Elder & Sister Knowles

         Week 44 November 1-7

                   You can’t take it with you

Sunday:   We have been dreading this day.  It will now get dark by 4:30-5:00.  It makes it hard to get things done and be in before dark.  Pretty scary to be on the bus in some parts of our area after dark and walking up to a door can be an adventure. Church went very well.  Ruth and Rubi stayed and even went to the Primary program practice.  Pray that they will come next week and maybe say a few lines.  Tesloach came to church with us, but he is getting to be a behavioral problem.  He hides from us after church and can’t tell the truth when you ask he something.  Now we are understanding why the Tiffany Park Ward isn’t too excited about having him come to scouts.   We’ll have to work on getting his dad back to church so he can take care of him.   We spent most of the evening talking with the kids.  We love facetime.

Monday p-day:  We had a really fun day today. Not much preparation done. Karen needed us to take her to Tacoma to get a few things from her storage unit.  It’s a bit out of the mission, but it helps her.  After the stop at the storage unit and loaded up what she needed, we drove to the Chandler Bay golf course and walking trail.  The course is on Puget Sound and the U.S. Open was played there this year.  It is a beautiful course with a walking path all around it.  We only did the part that went down to the Sound, (it gets dark early now).  Karen wanted to go out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant on the way home.  She lived in Tacoma once and has always dreamed of walking on the trails and eating at this restaurant, so she was pretty happy.  It had rained all day and then cleared up while we were walking.  We took her home and unloaded her things on the sidewalk, we can’t go in where she lives, so we couldn’t help.  She was so thankful for a fun day, so we felt like we had done a little good in the world today, plus we had fun too.

Tuesday Zone training:  We had great training today and fun role playing.  President and Sister Eaton were there and it is always good to hear what they have to say.  After the meeting we went to Sam’s Club to fill up because we had lots of errands to do.  The Bishop needed us to go to the D.I. in Federal Way and pick up a bed and drawers for someone and deliver them to the home.  We also had a Bishops Storehouse order we needed to pick up in Kent. 

The D.I. order filled the back of the pick-up and luckily it didn’t rain on us because we couldn’t use the cover. It ended up being more furniture than we were told.  The bed went to a home who takes care of handicapped people and a member is moving in.  One of the care givers is a member, but not active so we invited her to church and invited her cousin to listen to the missionaries but only got a maybe from her and a no from him.  We decided to keep the ARP class going so that went well tonight with six in attendance.  We are going to keep it going even if only one person shows up.  With all the meetings and running around it made for a long day.  We have been working, for the past several months, on a photo book for a sister in the ward to give to her on her birthday.  We sent if off this morning and found out tonight had we have been spelling her last name wrong.  O well, it’s the thought that counts, right.

Wednesday service:  We had a good day at Northwest Harvest with the sister missionaries sacking up rice.  The regular volunteers are getting much friendlier towards us. Everyone likes the sister missionaries.  After the service we went to lunch with the Elder Sisters and a stop at See’s Candy for the free sample.  We did spend some money there.  In the afternoon we made some visits, but only found one at home out of four stops.  The other three are all elderly so they should have been home, but nobody would answer.  Our Bishops meeting was cancelled, so Skyway B came over during that time and we finished going over the ward list.

Thursday: 

We didn’t go to W.W. because we went with the Acostas into Seattle to check on getting some help for Eldrix (B-Boy).  The Acostas weren’t ready when we arrived at there place so we had to wait, but that allowed us to visit with Ric some.  After riding the train to Seattle we stopped at a Subway and ate. We were a bit early for the appointment.  The Social Security building was the same routine, take a number and wait.  Estrella communicated through a translator so that part went well.  Eldrix can’t get any help until he becomes a citizen. They did send us to the State.  We made a few phone calls and figured out they did have insurance, but have never taken him to see a doctor.  We rode the train back to Othello and took them all to lunch, then went to the clinic and made an appointment to see a doctor on the 3^rd of December.  The clinic is just up the street from us, so it’s easy to get to.  All of the running around took up most of the day, at least the daylight hours, but it needed to be done.   We went to our meeting in the evening with all the missionaries and found out the Elder Bohne is being transferred next week.  We really like him, so not good news, but there is a good reason why. 

Friday institute:  We had a very good class with the Elder Sisters and the Bensons.  After, we did our usual thing and went to lunch.  On the way home we made a stop at Sam’s for gas and to pick up some pictures for the wall.  Gas is going up again.  We had several visits we needed to make so we rode the bus up by the church and then walked to the places we needed to go.  The first was to Mhina’s to make sure she was coming to the Primary Program on Sunday for her part and to drop off the suckers we had gotten for her family.  They are hard to get.  They look through the drapes to see who it is and they may or may not answer the door.  We were persistent and they finally answered.  We then walked the trail through the power lines to the Acosta’s to give suckers to their family.  Skyway is on a hill so we get a nice view of the sunset, but the puts us in the dark and this is another ruff part of the ward, but we made it.  We rode the bus home, which is an experience at night and now we were feeling brave, so we decided to walk to our next appointment with Skyway B.  It was on Rainier, so by the time we got there we were thinking maybe we had made a bad choice.  We did run into a member we have been trying to contact and we would have missed her if we wouldn’t have been walking.  The appointment cancelled just as we got there, so we talked with the Elders for a bit then walked home.  It was a very pleasant evening so the walk was good and once we get away from Rainier it’s not too bad.  Karen came over and picked up her P. blessing that Art had printed off for her. She had a rough couple of days and wanted to visit some.  Joyce took care of that.

Saturday temple:

  There was a lot going on today, (clean the church and a R.S) activity but we had committed to go to the temple with Sister Sanchez.  She likes to ride the bus there because a car makes her sick.   We met her at the transit center in Renton and rode the bus to the temple, only to find out that our recommends expired the end of October.  Deseret Book is close to the temple so we went there instead.  Margareta has to rent cloths, so Sister Knowles bought her temple cloths. We were going to try to get back for the R.S social, but it was too late so we decided to go eat before riding the bus back.   Between the bus ride, shopping and eating most of the day was gone.  It rained hard most of the day so that was a good way to spend the day.  In the evening, we walked (in the rain) to the Filipino Cultural Center for a $100.00 a plate dinner.  It was just a little out of our comfort zone and budget.  Now we think about it, we don’t have a budget, so I guess that’s why we went.  They are trying to raise money for a bigger building so they can expand their programs and they asked us to come.  We volunteer here a lot.