12 December 2007 – Wednesday 

Slept in way late so I did not go to the gym. There were new pictures of Jim and Kristy’s new addition – great ones with Olivia – and from Daniel and Becky. The Jensen’s are getting grandchildren in bunches.  

We did not leave the house until 10:30 – it is P-day – to go to the mission home to practice for the Missionary Christmas Program which we will perform on Saturday. It is fun to be with all the elders from the Zone. They seem to be having fun. Sister Moore is doing a yeo-woman’s job in getting it together. After the practice, everyone stayed for lunch. The president mentioned that they had already served 100 meals this week.  

Before the meeting I went upstairs and talked to elder Subandriyo about the theme park he envisioned for Indonesia. I had received back an answer from Steve Gibson about his take on the park but I also got a more positive one from a professor at BYUH who told of smaller theme parks that he knew about that seemed to be successful. I suggested to elder Subandriyo that he contacts a couple of the people and see what they had to say. I think this idea appeals to him. I have a few thoughts about it and will send him a letter about them. I should not be surprised when one of his ideas or visions starts to jell – I do not know where this one will lead but hopefully it will lead to more jobs for members. 

Also while I was up there I was given a letter from BCA. I thought it was a notice that Tom had been able to transfer the last money that we will need for our mission. But it was a letter saying that I had won a 32″ LCD TV in some contest they held. Although it looked very authentic, I still thought it was a scam so I asked sister Autin to call and find out for me. After the practice I went up and talked to her and it turns out it is completely real and so now I just have to take a lot of proof to the service department to pick up my prize. For some reason I still think it is a scam and I will be very careful about letting any of my papers out of my hands until I am 100% sure it is legit. Of course we will leave the TV behind when we leave…probably sell it to some one very cheap. 

After that we went to SoGo for a few things before coming home. Daisy was waiting for us so she could start cleaning the apartment. We then were visited by the exterminator who sprayed everywhere for bugs and mosquitos – it turned out that we had some kind of infestation in Mary’s bathroom of flying things which he fogged and killed them. Then a man came to repair a hole they made in the ceiling to look for the source of a leak. So for an hour we had a lot going here. 

After the workmen left – Daisy was still here – we read from the Kitab Mormon. I worked on a review test for Mary’s class, sent off some e-mail, and wrote in this journal. Mary was busy with her crocheted snowflakes – she is stiffening them with a white glue solution. After watching Manchurian Candidate on TV, we read from the Kitab Mormon for the third time today. Even then we are behind. 

We got good news about Femmy getting a job in brother Soewigno’s store. It is good she has a job but it takes her out of her home in Bekasi. Hopefully she will go to church in Bogor.