I did not have a good night. I woke at 1:30 and did not go back to sleep until after 4:00. About 2:30 I gave up and started reading from PMG – Indonesian. When I am reading Indonesian and trying to figure out the translation, time goes by fast. But unfortunately it did not make me sleepy. Finally sometime after 4:00 I managed to go back to sleep until 6:00.
We continue to read from the Kitab Mormon. I am not sure we are any faster than the last time but I think we are doing a better job translating. Few words stop us and we can take the time to work out the correct word order, who is the subject, and when it is happening. It is encouraging.
It is P-day so we only had a morning IE class but we got a lot done. We are less than a week from graduation and so we are trying hard to get them prepared to take the Michigan test next Wednesday. I am working on reading comprehension and inferences. I also worked on some grammar that I thought might show up. Hopefully we are teaching what they need. They are a great group and have amazing talent.
We got some good news. Ronald has an interview next Monday for a job in Bandung. I called Lukito and he will come in tomorrow to work with Ronald about interview techniques. Hopefully between that and the confidence he has gained over the last month will prepare him for a great interview. I plan to write a letter of recommendation for him. I found something out about Daisy. She can memorize very quickly. Today she took about a minute to memorize the vocabulary words we were going over. She is much like Vita only with out her outward vitality. But she never complains and works very hard. I really hope she make at least 72 – 75 on the Michigan test. I also hope Rudi shows a big increase on this test.
As soon as the morning classes were over we headed for the mission office while they went home to do washing, cleaning up, and I would guess some sleeping. They will go to president Smith’s house tonight. We got some great news at the office. All of our burned out equipment is back up and running except for our big printer. It will be ready tomorrow – we hope. It would have been much easier if we had had it during the month but at least we will be all together by the weekend.
We all ate from BYU – Mary had soup and ayam sate. I had my usual rice, potatoes, and tempe – no cucumbers today. After lunch Mary went in to teach her English class and I just hung around talking to people such as Elder Roper, Hendra, and brother Tandiman. I also had a nice conversation with elder Walker. He and his wife are great people and have been a lot of help to us during this month.
After the mission office we went to SoGo for our fix of orange juice and BreadTalk. We also got the fixings for French Toast and other things for dinner on Saturday. We are going to have the students over and teach them how to make French Toast. I think only Daisy has ever had it before.
On the way home it rained like mad. I thought it would cause a real mess but instead it cut down on the traffic. First it took most of the motorcycles off the street. It also stopped pedestrian traffic so going past Carrefore was a snap. I think it also made some folks postpone their traveling until it slow down or stopped. In any case instead of taking the hour that Sam thought it would be, we got home in 25 minutes.
At home we read a couple of times from the Kitab Mormon. We got the brothers back to their father’s tent and then back from Jerusalem for the second time with the family of Ishmael. Laman and Lemuel would make a great case study of people who can not really make up their minds on what they want or are willing to do. Their seemingly true repentance on the journey back to camp after their second trip holds up for a while and then as Nephi says they forget all that the Lord has done, the angels and miracles they have seen, and all the other examples and signs they have been shown. They just will not give up their worldliness and trust in the Lord.