Week 50 Dec. 14-20
Half way there
Preaching: Courage not compromise, brings the smile of Gods approval. Gordon B. Hinckley Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
Monday: Because of transfers it was a work day. Karen wanted us to bring our old computer over for her. We gave her our old one when we bought our new one. At 3:00 we had an appointment to teach English at the Acostas, but Estrella forgot. Before Family Home Evening, we took some soup that Joyce made to Sister Kemp. She has been very sick from a bee sting for the past few months.Karen went with us to FHE. This was the first time in awhile for her. We had told her there were a few new people coming so it was a little more exciting. Art made stuffed mushrooms that were a big hit.!
Tuesday: Today was our p-day but we still had lots to do. The missionaries are being transferred today so we took Sister Heiner and Skouson out to lunch. Sister Heiner, who is our most favorite, is going to Puyallup. It was a quick lunch since Joyce had a dentist appointment at 2:30 she needed to go to. From there we went to the Salvation Army to serve dinner. That’s always an interesting experience. Only one person, who had to much to drink was a problem. Usually they won’t let anybody in who has been drinking, but it really cold outside now. We had a good turnout from the ward which was good since we had to leave early for the ARP meeting. It went well even though it was a small group. We could’t pick up several that usually come because of being at the Salvation Army, but we had a wonderful meeting, none the less.
Wednesday: Our district meeting was first. Elder Samuelson is our new District Leader. Art knows him pretty well because he is the one Art had to do all the role playing with in our last district. President and Sister Eaton came to drop off some material for the English class. We are trying to put material together for the mission and Sister Eaton also asked if we would make sure that the two foreign missionaries in our zone have arrangements to call home on Christmas, thus, we are buying calling cards. After the meeting we ran to Sam’s Club for some gas and picture hangers. We needed to hang some pictures that we gave Joyce Johnson. Joyce read the Book of Mormon with her while Art hung the pictures. Joyce also read the Book of Mormon today with Estrella after her English lesson and Art put a puzzle together with Princes Joy and Eldrex. He plays with them so Joyce and their mom can read the Book of Mormon. Princes Joy can speak English now that she has started going to school. Karens graduation at the Seattle Union Gospel Mission was tonight so we skipped the Bishops meeting and went there. The last one was 3 hours long, but this one was only an hour and they had good refreshments. She graduated from the 1st phase and now has three more to go.
Thursday: The weather has turned rainy and cold again. In the morning we packed up the computer we just bought and took it back to Sam’s Club. It has been locking up on us. You always can find something else you need while there, so we shopped a bit. Our next stop was to Staples so we can get the material printed for the English classes. We looked there for a computer but no luck. We ended up going to Best Buy and getting a new computer there. The Elder Sisters had us over for dinner and Sister Chamberlain cut Joyce’s hair. We all went to our missionary meeting and then home.
Friday: We went to W. W. today since we didn’t have the institute class. After the lecture we walked over to Staples and ordered some more copies for the English class. We are presenting the material and giving the instructions on the 31st. to a group of missionaries that President Eaton is going to pick. Say lots of prayers for us, we are going to needed them. The first order isn’t read yet so we will go back on Monday and pick it all up. That will give us a week to get our presentation figured out. We thought that not much would be going on next week with Christmas so we thought we could have some time to prepare, but the days next week are getting booked right up! We had rain and a cold wind all day so we decided to do some much needed shopping for our dinner tomorrow and clean the apartment. We also have a few more projects that needed to be finished. There is a lot going on tomorrow so the cleaning needed to be done today. We have already had to tell Skyway A we couldn’t teach with them tomorrow because of our dinner plans. We hate not teaching with them, but we already had the dinner scheduled. Two people we met at the Filipino Cultural Center and several of the Acostas and another lady we’re work with are coming over. All are Filipino, so wish us luck. They all speak pretty good English so we should be alright. Art is still working on getting the new computer to work so his B.P. may be a little high now. Joyce is getting Christmas put together.
Saturday: It’s amazing how fast our day can get out of our control. We delivered some Christmas trees and presents to both the Acosta families and to Mhina first thing in the morning. We had a few minutes before a service project so we stopped at a store and got some treats for the Elders. Our service was at a ware house, to organize toys and food for the Salvation Army’. They have 800 families coming on the 22nd to shop for Christmas. It’s not really shopping since everything is donated and free to them. There was all kinds of toys and clothes to chose from. It’s also part of the Toys for Tots program from the Marine Corp. When we got there, we had boxes and boxes of toys and clothes to go through and put out nicely so that the people can find what they want quickly, in a 15 minute period. When we started, we thought we would be there all day, but more and more people kept coming to do service. It was so fun to see the boxes emptied and nicely displayed by gender and age group. Then, we did an assembly line to get all the food ready. We were going to be there four hours, but we finished in three so Skyway A wanted us to go teach Christina with them. They were going to teach her later in the day but we could’t be there so they moved up the time. We have to pick her and her friend up, and take her and her friend home after each lesson. It went well, such a good spirit there as we discussed the gospel, but it did make us late for our dinner appointment we had. She did commit to be baptized on her birthday in two weeks. Even though it made us run late it was worth it. Before the lesson, we made a quick trip to Joyce Johnson to drop off another Christmas tree. Our dinner appointment was at our house. We had four of the Acosta’s, Estrella, Michel, Richel and Sunshine, plus Sister Milagros Fabon, whom we love. We also had four people that we work with from the Filipino Cultural Center, Jane, Apollo, Germalyn and her son, Mark. They were all late so it all works out in the end. It was so nice for all of them to get acquainted and for us all to visit. After dinner we played a new dice game we found. We had a great time, we just hope the neighbors don’t complain.
Sunday: We started out with three then had one cancel on us so we only took two to church. Coming home was a bit different. We had five to take home. It was a little tight, so Ruth had to sit on Rubi’s lap. Then, Art forgot where he was going so we had to do some backtracking but we got it done. Church went well with our Christmas program except Ruth and Rubi wouldn’t sing with the primary. Some things never change. At least they came and stayed for primary and all the Acosta ended up in Joyce’s class, even Estrella, Sunshine, Richel, Michell, Eleazar and Raymark. After taking everybody home we stopped at the Filipino Cultural Center for a program they had invited us to. We think they just wanted our money. It was $15.00 dollars a ticket for a fund raiser for their new proposed community center. It was definitely designed for Filipinos so we didn’t stay too long. While there we faced time Jake and Lara and they were having a party at our house so we saw lots of the kids and got to visit lots with Allison and AnJanell. Jacob and Lara do know how to throw a party! It made us homesick to see them all in our home. Mom and Dad had even been there, but had just left before they called us. Skyway A texted to see if they can come over on Christmas for dinner and use our phone or computer to call home. The member support here is not too good. Those who are active are great, there just isn’t very many of them. It looks like we will be spending Christmas with the Elder Sisters and Skyway A Elders. The R.S. President is having Skyway B over on Christmas because no one else would sign up for them, but they are coming over Christmas Eve to Skype because Elder Jaio is from China and on Christmas Eve it is Christmas in China, so that will be fun. We love the Elders and the Sisters that we get to serve with!
Love Joyce and Art
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