Elder & Sister Knowles

                           Week 45 Nov. 8-14

One person cannot change the world, but one person can change the world of one person!

Sunday:  We had a couple of miracles today.  Ruth, Rubi, Princes Joy, Joanna and Mhina all did their parts in the primary program and even sang the songs.  Karen was the only one who rode to church with us, until Skyway A asked us to pick up John Chumm at the last minute.  He is scheduled to be baptized on Saturday.  From that point things went a bit downhill.  We talked Eleazar and Reymark into staying for Sunday School only to find out that their teacher didn’t show up, so no class.  John also wouldn’t stay so Art had to take him home.  When Reymark and Eleazar found out there was no teacher, they walked home.  In the evening we had a FHE with the Acosta’s.  They still haven’t found Rachel, but she did call one of her sisters so they know she is okay. 

Monday:  Today is a work day because of transfers.  Karen needed to take her T.V. back to Tacoma so we took care of that.  This is the T.V. we went and got last week.  The shelter wouldn’t let her have it in her room.  We think they have different rules for her because she is L.D.S. The weather has turned cold and wet so we didn’t walk around much, just for a minute along the water front when we were looking for a place to eat.  We ended up driving back to Renton to eat since we kept getting lost in Tacoma.  Skyway B came over in the evening for an ace bandage for Elder Jiao.  He had wrecked on his bike.  They usually have a car, but they were on exchanges and neither Elder (Hisita and Jiao) has driving privileges because they are both from another country.

Tuesday p-day:  We picked up the Elder Sisters and drove to Enumclaw to visit a sister from our ward that had to move into her son’s home because of health problems.  She is not happy about the move.  We took her to lunch so we could visit a bit.   She liked that.   In the evening was our A.R.P. class with one new member showing up.  It’s a good thing we didn’t quit having the class. 

Wednesday District Meeting:  We had our meeting in the morning and got to meet all the new elders to our Zone and our new District Leader, Elder Green.  More role playing, but it was a good meeting.  For a reward, (for being in the Primary Program) we took Ruth, Rubi, Princes Joy, Mhina, and Joanna to the Family Fun Center and then out to dinner. Reymark wanted to come, too.   It was crowded and loud because was Veterans Day and the kids were all out of school, but we survived.  There was a service project in the evening at the Salvation Army that we went to that late.  They were decorating for a craft show this weekend, so Joyce helped and Art tried to stay out of the way.  From there we went to our meeting with the Bishop. 

Thursday:  The weather has really gotten bad, with lots of rain and now wind, so we stayed in most of the day and worked on the ward list. The computer also crashed and we lost a bunch of records so we worked a bit on trying to fix that, with no luck. We did brave the storm and taught English to Estrella and read the Book of Mormon with her.  In the evening we had our meeting with the Ward Mission Leader. 

Friday institute:  We attended our class with the Elder Sisters and went out for breakfast with the Bensons.  The weather is still bad so not much else happened until evening, except Joyce got a lot of practicing done on the piano (keyboard) so that she can accompany at the baptism on Saturday.  At 6:00, the wind and rain had stopped so we walked to the Acosta’s for a lesson.  Elder Hisita was teaching because Ric (Estella’s husband) was going to be there and Elder Hisita is from the Philippines.  Ric was at work so it didn’t happen.  We did have a good lesson with those who were there.  Skyway B showed up at the end of the lesson.  Sometimes the communication among the missionaries isn’t very good.  They didn’t get the message that the lesson time had changed, plus we had been told they weren’t coming to the lesson.  By now the rain had started again, but we were prepared with umbrellas.  We had been invited to a thank you party at the Filipino Cultural Center for volunteers, and it was a nice evening, except for the rain, so we walked there after the lesson.  We made new friends, played Jacks, played a marble game and ate pizza.  They wanted us to do Karaoke, but we got out of it.  We met a bunch of very nice people and got to visit with the Vice President, Neffi, about the church.  We had a great time and it was a good picker upper.

Saturday:

  We help clean the building on Saturday and John Chumm was being baptized.  We were cleaning when Skyway A called to see if we could pick up Eleazar.  Again the communication lacks some.  Art got one of the three Elders that were there filling the font to go with him so Joyce could keep cleaning.  Half way there, Skyway A called and said not to pick up Eleazar that he wasn’t coming. We got back to the church to find out that the baptism was cancelled.   That’s why Eleazar wasn’t coming.  They didn’t interview John until right before the baptism and guess what, he had some concerns and wanted to wait.  With no baptism to attend, we decided to drive to Beehive Books and More to order some things we need for Christmas.   We spent so much that they gave us all a free chocolate bar. The Elder Sisters went with us, so we had to go to lunch on the way home.  We hadn’t done our grocery shopping for the week so we took care of that.  We just love Wal-Mart on a Saturday, plus all the rain.  In the evening, we went to the Acosta’s to teach Mary Ann, with Skyway B.  We walked there in the rain and Mary Ann was sleeping and only Eleazar and Reymark were there, so we had a lesson with them about the temple, the family, and being kind.

Preaching:   3 Nephi 12: 9: And blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.  We challenged everyone to be peacemakers; it seems like rainy weather makes for a good reminder. Love ya; Joyce and Art