This week has been a lot of taking people to appointments; our car is the most important thing back here. We’ve put 10,000 miles on it since we got here. In Utah the most we ever did in one year was 6,000! Dad is getting very good now getting around. He does all the driving (thank goodness he does), this is one mixed up city to understand their address system.
We’ve had the usual appointments this week. Some of the new converts we still meet with each week to teach them more principles of the gospel. Alma, one of our most favorite converts hasn’t been out to church now for a month. We met with her Sat. She says she is still very enthused, but then, why not go to church? A lot of it is her favorite Elders left. They get so dependent on these young elders, dad and I don’t cut the mustard when it comes to these Elders!
Wed. we took Lynda, a month old convert, to have surgery. She went in the hospital thinking she was going to have an infected toe cut off. Instead they just scraped the bone and we brought her home 5 hours later. She was to church today! Good for you LYNDA, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK EVERYWHERE YOU GO!
Thurs. we took Rozenna to the dentist. She has adopted me. I’m a little worried because she told me on the way home she wanted to live with us in Utah. I made the mistake of telling her we had missionaries living in the basement and she wanted to know if they were living there while we are out here. I told her no, not while we are on a mission, so she thinks she and her brother can move in with us when we go home. I’m going to take a picture next week when we take her back to the dentist next Thurs. I wish I had taken one last time we took her. She is a very big, black sister, and had on a strapless top that hung to the floor. She has been a slicer in her younger days with scares all over her body. She had 4 teeth, one they took out which I WAS HOLDING HER HAND THE ENTIRE time while she cried and screamed. They gave her seven shots to numb her. Now she has 3 teeth with one more coming out next Thurs. They will only do one tooth at a time because she puts on such a fit. I feel sorry for her- the state these people get themselves into back here! No car, no money, no sense, what a carryover from one generation to another. How do we help people like this?
Luz (Lucy) is a member that is trying to get active again. She talked in church today and did a nice job. You never know what they are going to get up and say. I’ve fallen in love with her little daughter. She just turned 5, and is as pretty as a picture with black curly hair. Her name is Ruby, along with our newest baby in the branch. He is three weeks old and so adorable; we had a shower for the mom today after church. She is the lady that wanted to get married to her boyfriend (who is in prison) before the baby was born, but that is when Pres. Burno got sick and it didn’t happen. She told me today that it has to be done with someone at the prison anyway!
Dad had quite a day today. He is becoming a good branch Pres. He picks up about 3 different people for meeting, today it was Marcadies, the baby and her son. Grandma and Grandpa don’t know how to get the new car seat buckled so we are 20 minutes late for church. Dad is conducting, we ran out of speakers for this week, (when you only have about 10 to choose from his turn came up again.) He did a wonderful job. However, he would be the last to tell you so. Then it was the 5th Sunday of the month so someone from the presidency had to teach combined RS and Priesthood. Guess who got to do that? Not me, I’m always in Primary. Then he had to do the conducting and talks at the baptism. He is really growing and takes it all very serious.
The Baptism today was a darling girl (25) named Jomira Romera and then Faith. She is 8 already but hadn’t been baptized because her dad just got out of prison, and there is no mom in the picture. She is a darling girl. I have her in Primary, there are 4 kids, I’m so glad the dad is back in the picture, the kids really need a parent. Both baptisms were very nice, we had a lot of support from the branch.
I feel bad there is nothing after the baptisms, but we meet in another church building and can’t take over that building to have a party time at the end. I hope they realize how special this occasion is for them. Don’t know if dad and I ought to do something for them or what, any suggestions?
We love it here in this mission, you really feel needed, there isn’t a day that someone doesn’t need some help, just wish we could do more!
HAPPY 4th! We love all of you and miss you terribly! Mom & Dad, G&G, Great G&G, and Friend
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