We went to the Plantation chapel early so Mary could practice the organ before District Meeting. She has been asked to play for sacrament on Sunday and since she has not played the organ for quite a while she felt she needed the practice. As I think I have mentioned before she has been playing for Relief Society since the first week we went to Weston/Pembroke Pines wards meetings.

While she was doing that I got the van washed…the constant wind off the ocean, rain, the many trees that are constantly shedding leaves, and the ash from burning cane fields makes it very hard to keep cars clean which is why a good car wash here seems to be a real money maker.

As you can tell from my weekly posts District Meeting is always a treat. It even extra special today because President and Sister Anderson came to the meeting. The handbook training was done by the only new elder in the district, elder Plowman who is now elder Meredith’s companion. Elder George did his normal great job on the conversion process. He does very well at getting the district to set and commit to district goals that stretch them but are always reachable. We have seen that they respond by succeeding to reach most of them. We hope that we contribute some meaningful thoughts at DM but I know we receive more than we give.

   

Elders Meredith and Plowman – they had a ton of investigators at sacrament meeting last week. Sister Hong and her infectious smile. I missed taking her picture last week at our Last Lunch so I got it today.

After DM and lunch we went to the office where I found that while Mary had things to do I had time on my hands. So I shredded old files. It is not a job that I particularly like but I realized that it was something that needed to be done and that I needed to have the right attitude of service. Not all jobs in the office are exciting but they are all necessary.

  

My friend the touchy shredder. Try to feed it too much or too fast and it just stops until you repent and say you are sorry.

Another task that takes more patience than skill is cutting out chapel cards. They are made as missionary tools for each ward and branch. Some are made in two or three languages. Notice on the sign in front of the chapel it says “Legliz de Jezi de Sen de Denye Jou” which is the name of the Church in Haitian Creole. Talk about a foreign mission experience…Southern Florida is it!