Elder & Sister Knowles

Week B25 Transfer 13 Week 1 June 12-18

After all that said and done, there is more said than done

Preaching: As a Church, we believe in fathers, We believe in “the ideal of the man who puts his family first.” We believe that “by divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families.“ We believe that in their complementary duties, “fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners.” We believe that far from being superfluous, fathers are unique and irreplaceable. Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Sunday: Church was disappointing for the Elders. They had several committed to come to church and not one of them showed up. There were a few less active’s that they are working with. We didn’t do very good with our invitations either. Ric, Raymark, Sunshine and Eldrex didn’t come to church. With Karen in Minnesota, we didn’t have anybody else that wanted a ride. Kind of different to go to church we just ourselves. We did take the Acostas that were at church home afterwards. After a quick lunch, we rode the bus to visit Darlene Jones. She has been sick the last few days. The Elder Sisters we there also, so they gave us a ride home. Sister Stevenson wanted to see where we lived since she had heard how bad the area was. We pointed out all the places where there had been shootings, which happens to all be in the Elder Sisters area. We told her “welcome to Skyway”. In the evening we talked to several of the kids and called it good enough. We did have our last call from Elder Christiansen, our district leader, he goes home tomorrow.Thankfuls: Estrella, Eleazar, Princes Joy, Michele, Joshua and the twins all came to church,also the Cabios who we haven’t seen for a few weeks, good weather, good talks and lessons at church, cleaning supplies from the mission, face timing with the family, working and leadership from the young elders, and the ward directory on the computer.

Monday: We did service for Darlene Jones until 1:30. Lots of yard work and cleaning around her pool. The Elders couldn’t make it so we didn’t get everything done. It will probably take several days anyway. After the service project we went over to the Elder Sisters and ate left over turkey. Home for more work on the ward list and changing into our missionary clothes so we could go back to the church at 5:30. Sister Neuss was teaching an origami class before we had FHE. The numbers there are getting smaller. Thankfuls: playing in the dirt for service, friendly ward members, leftovers, safety again, calls from the kids, e-mails and cool weather.

Tuesday p-day: P-day was today because of transfers this week. Tomorrow we will see if we will have two sets of Elders back in the ward and see who was transferred. Most of the morning we did more computer work on the ward roster. We picked up the Elder Sisters and went shopping at the Landing and out to lunch. After lunch we drove to old downtown Renton and Art dropped the Sisters off at the Farmers Market and he went and tried to find a place to park. The Sisters didn’t shop long because of the cold wind. After taking the Elder Sisters home we drove back to the employment office, parked and then walked back to the Farmers Market and bought some berries to eat. At 5:30 we were back to the employment office center, so we could run the finance class. We are being the facilitators for two weeks. Class went well, with lots of good discussion, even ending on time, then home to bed, we have an early morning appointment tomorrow. Thankfuls: Shopping, money to shop with, new places to eat, fresh fruit, warm clothes ( it has gotten very cool now) parking, new friends and birthdays to celebrate.

Wednesday District meeting: We picked up Eldrex at 7:15 so we could be at the Children’s Hospital by 8:15. Lots of traffic that time of day. Estrella was running late, so we had to wait a bit. Since MaryAnn has gone back to work, Michelle has to stay and watch the baby. We still made the appointment on time. We had hearing tests first in audiology for Eldrex. After two hours there, we went to ophthalmology. After lots of tests, they dialated his eyes and then we waited another hour, so that all took about three more hours. He does definately need glasses, so we will take him on Friday to Kent to get those ordered. Our new district was meeting at 11:30 and we missed the meeting. We didn’t finish with the hospital until after 2:00 and then had to drive back home. We did take Estrella and Eldrex to lunch in the hospital cafeteria when we were all finished. At 5:30 we picked up Princes Joy, Michele, Reymark and Elezar for Achievement Days/YM. We all met at Coulon Park and walked around the path and played on the swings. The Achievement Day girls had so much fun and ran around like little deer. It’s just so nice to b3e outdoors! Reymark was bored. Next week we will plan better for YM’s, even though it is not our programs to run. Art dropped Joyce off at the church for the Bishops meeting and then took the kids home. He went back to the church to pick Joyce up, but stayed in the pick-up until the meeting was over. He hates meetings. It was a long meeting and a long day by the time we went to bed. Thankfuls: Healthy kids and grandkids, beautiful parks to walk in, friendly people who see our name tags and stop to say hello, interpreters, short meetings (except we have never seen one,) scripture study, and bedtime.

Thursday: In the morning went to Sister Jones to do more service. Today we worked inside cleaning out a bedroom. First we made a run to U-Haul for some boxes so we could pack up some books. The Elder Sisters worked in the kitchen while we worked in the bedroom. We will be back next week for sure, there’s lots to do! Came home for lunch and then picked up the sisters and went to Kent to pick up a food order for a member. After we dropped the food order off, we went to the church and Joyce practiced the piano before our missionary meeting, then found out that the meeting was cancelled, sort of. Not everyone got word it was cancelled, some showed up just as we were leaving. Not sure what was going on, but we went home as most did. Thankfuls: money to meet our needs, safe travel, cancelled meetings, nice cool weather with lots of sunshine, each other, letters and packages from home and friends.

Friday: Another early morning so we could take Joyce Johnson to look for plane tickets to Accra, Ghana so she can get her son, Gideon here to Seattle. We found the place, only to find out that they don’t help get plane tickets anymore. The interpreter that we had at Children’s Hospital is a travel agent so we will call Maxi and see if she can help. Next project was taking Eldrex to get fitted for glasse in the city of Kent because they will take the state insurance. It will take 4 - 6 weeks to get the glasses because there is such a high demand on this insurance place. By now it was time for lunch so we all went out to eat at Shari’s, Art’s new favorite place, (they have good pie.) We took the Acostas home for a bit

then picked them up again for a trip to Children's Hospital. Eldrex was fitted for leg braces. Reymark was hungry so Art took him to the cafeteria while they worked on Eldrex. It was so interesting. Peter, the one that worked on Eldrex, put a sock on Eldrex’s leg, then taped a grooved plastic thing down the front of his leg, wound the cast around his leg, and it hardened quickly. Then, he cut the cast in half, down the plastic grooved thing. Then, he did the other leg. They will make the braces using these molds. The right brace will not be real ridgid, as this is his good leg. The left brace will be real ridgid, to get his foot down so he quits walking on his tippy toe. Peter talked a lot to us about prosthetics. They even make legs for animals and said to watch the show, Dolphin Tail. ( If you watch the show, let us know if it’s good.) He got to go to Florida and see this dolphin get this prosthetic. Pretty cool appointment. Going home traffic was fun as always. We are trying to talk the Acostas into singing in the devotional next week. All recent converts, especially those of color from the past 18 months, are being invited to sing with the mission choir for President and Sister Eatons last devotional. We met Skyway B for a 7:00 lesson but no such address existed, plus the lady won’t answer or return phone calls. We don’t think she is that interested. Thankful: Safe travel in traffic, medical treatment, pie, busy days that make the time fly bye, two more packages from home and the scriptures.

Saturday: We messed up this morning. The plan was for Access to pick up Eldrex and take him to Harborview Hospital to be evaluated for riding the Access bus. They were suppose to call Friday night and tell us the time, which they didn’t do. Our plan was to go to the Acostas at 7:30, but the bus came early and we missed it. The Acosta’s won’t go without Joyce. We will try again next week. We rescheduled for Thursday. Art tried to fix Eldrex’s wheelchair but didn’t have the right tools, We worked some more on the ward roster in the morning/afternoon, then went and worked on the wheelchair somemore, with the right tools this time. The screws have been stripped, so we ended up buying more tape and putting it back together. Joyce will call some numbers on Monday so we can get it fixed. Then, we hit the streets. Saturdays works good because most people are home. We got quite a bit of information and the people we talked to were helpful and nice. At least we got one more quadrant done. It does seem like everything is up hill from our apartment. Thankfuls: good health, The Acostas, good weather, just a little rain to keep it cool, each other, people who are home and are courteous, people who can speak English, Advil and the Braves have won four in a row!