Nothing spectacular about this load but since it is all water, it must have weighed quite a bit. Notice the two cases between his legs. That can not be comfortable.

02 November 2007
I was tempted to roll over this morning but I got up and went to the gym. I think it is going to be that kind of day, because when we started to read the Kitab Mormon my mind just did not want to function. Unfortunately Mary was about the same so it took us way too long to read just one page. Hopefully we will wake up before we start teaching our classes.

We got all the computers and one printer up and running again. Now we just need our good printer back. I started the class and then created three vocabulary reviews. Those take a lot of time but we should be able to use them from now on. Between now and January when we are to hold the next one, I hope to make reviews for all three of the vocabulary books so we can use any of them or any chapters. I think the students are burning out a little – my group was not nearly as prepared as usual. I decided to back off on the homework and hope that they recover by tomorrow.

About 1:00 Lukito showed up to give a short career workshop to Ronald and Daisy. Mainly he had them develop a Me-statement and a Power-statement. Then he taught them how to use them in interviews. Hopefully this will give them confidence to do well. While they were having their workshop the rest of the class left to go to the Walkers for their afternoon class, dinner and hopefully some more study. When the other two were done I gave them money to get a taxi to the Walkers.

Lukito stayed long enough to call all of his specialist and come up with a report for October. I spoke to Agus and he said that there were no new hires in all the rest of Indonesia. I find this very hard to believe but I am not going to call all the specialists to find out for sure.

Just a word about our friend Lukito. He is a wonderful LDS who puts the work in the Kingdom first. I have never called him for help – even last minute help – and not have him arrange his life so he could do what was asked. He always has a positive attitude and a quick smile. His moto is “Don’t worry. Be happy.” He seems to live that moto each day. He is very much a business man and seem to be always keeping a number of balls in the air at once. So I am not sure how he is able to quickly change what he has planned to serve the Lord when asked. There are few people – and most of the time I am not one of them – who are willing to drop everything and do what needs to be done.

After locking up the chapel and grounds, we caught a taxi home. We had our Friday date night which included bringing in pizza and watching Amazing Race on TV. We read in the Kitab Mormon for over an hour – it went much better than this morning. We are in 1 Nephi where Nephi is getting his desire to know what his father saw and heard. His faith and diligence are so great that nothing is held back.

Mary worked on some things for our English class and I wrote in this journal and organized a few pictures. Before going to bed I read some for PMG. It was a good day and it went fast. When you serve the Lord and his children He truly pours out blessings upon you. That is one thing I have certainly learned on this mission.