05 May 2008 – Monday

Slept well and woke in time to go to the gym. It feels good to exercise in the morning. So the morning was pretty usual with us reading from the A&P and studying some Indonesian.

We went a little early to the office and I took care of a number of things I needed to do. Mainly sending out e-mails such as touching base with the man we met yesterday at church who had all the jobs to offer. I informed Elder Subandriyo and he suggest I visit the company and see if it is for real.

I checked in with LDS.org and read the news. There was an excellent article about a couple of missionaries and the Church. It was one of the most positive thing I have read that was not written by someone who is LDS. It got me to do a search of the org site to see what came up with Indonesia. This turned up some great missionary stories that I printed so I can use them in talks. Most of them came from the early years of the Church in Indonesia including how the Tandiman patriarch joined.

We came home for lunch and since then we have been cleaning out drawers and shelves. Throwing away some things and putting everything else in piles to either take home or leave for the Rebers. We needed to do this now so we can file what is staying in the office or in boxes. It does not seem like we are preparing to leave so much as cleaning house. It is amazing how much we threw away – we definitely are pack-rats when it comes to paper. Luckily Mary asked the Wisers if we could send two more boxes home – I was going to ask if we could send one.

We are moving right along with the A&P. If we are diligent we should be able to read all the way through before we leave Indonesia.