10 April 2008 – Thursday
I got in an extra couple of hours of reading Indonesian today – from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m – not my favorite time to study or even be awake but at least it was time well spent. Woke again in time to go to the gym for a vigorous workout. It felt really good – I am not gaining much in the way of muscles but just being able stretching them is important.
Read from the Kitab Mormon and Mary managed to get off our report in time for it to into HK and then SL today. We were much later than usual. At the office we found we could not get on the internet for the fourth day straight. We came home and did what we needed to do on our computer.
We then went to the mission office so May could teach her English class. While she was doing that I studied Christ like Attributes from Preach My Gospel. Each time I study that section I get new ideas as well as seeing areas I need to work on. I think this is my favorite part of PMG. I also was able to get a converter for Elder Herman so he can charge his shaver. It was President Marchant and is ancient but it should work until we can get him a lighter one.
We had lots of time before we had to be at Tangerang for district meeting so we stopped at the mall and did a little shopping. Anny had joined us at the mission home – she has been doing that regularly lately so Sam and her can have more time together. They are trying hard not to show how excited they are about their upcoming wedding, but are not succeeding very well.
Two of the elders were a little late getting to DM but it was great as always. Elder Laki is now Elder Prause’s companion. he has been out about 15 months and has not learned much English. That is a real shame and much of that I lay on his companions. We will try to get more English into him before we leave.
We thought no one was coming to our English class but Agus called to say they were on their way. So again we ended up starting a little late but we had a very good class and I think they learned some vocabulary. Agus and Cathrin’s family is so close and happy. It must be a joy for the children to be so loved.
The trip home took longer than usual. We had to go the long way to avoid the traffic jam on our regular route. They are working on the toll road and that always makes a big mess. Which makes sense since it is a pretty good sized mess when there is no road work going on.
So although there was some frustrations during the day I had some spiritual experiences to make up for it. I especially enjoyed reading from PMG and the interaction with the missionaries.