Monday, Elder Murphy & Costner came by at 7am so they could use internet for email home, Elder Costner is headed to Jakarta for meetings, at about 8:30am Sister Jibson and Hasibuan came over, we had German Pancakes and Sister Jibson made crepes for breakfast, the sisters stayed forever okay about 4 in the afternoon (nothing better to do on this preparation day). They were making invitations for the Valentines party. We went out that evening and checked on some of the people who live or lived on the street the church is on, based on when they were all baptized it looks like they all joined about the same time and did so shortly after the church moved into the building. We did confirm that several of them still are living there, the others we got leads as to where they might have moved.
Tuesday, we met with our tutor again today, had a good study session with him, and provided some direction on what we wanted to try and study. Elder Tucker climbed up on the roof to check the water level in the tank at the church, water is not flowing in at a very high rate, and it is almost empty. Elder Tucker and Elder Murphy installed the air fresheners President Rico bought in the church building, also since we had the ladder out we also cleaned air conditioning vents, we installed the air fresheners near the AC so they could move the scent around the rooms better. About 4pm we went to visit Bro Simanjuntak, we were 20 min late, and he was just leaving on a borrowed motor, as the motor on his transportation is not running, he was headed off to get some parts to see if he could repair it himself. So we visited with his wife for about an hour, she normally does not visit with the missionaries, she even discourages her husband from participating (it's not usually a problem for her as he works from 5pm until about 3am each night repairing flat tires). Our visit with her went very well she agreed to read an article from the Conference issue of the Liahona. Went out to the car to get it and didn't have it with us, so we said we would get it to her later. Then headed over to the Sagala'a, none of the kids who are members were home so we headed to the church to pick up a copy of the Liahona for the Simanjuntaks. Then again tried the Sagalas, and were able to visit with Kristian but none of the other children. From there we headed home sometime after 7pm.
Wednesday, Went to the church for an appointment who didn't show up, Elder Tucker and Elder Murphy dropped Sister Tucker off at the apartment and then we went to PMI again, after getting an email asking if we could provide updated information on the situation with the volcano eruption. With the flooding in Jakarta and Manado, they have not sent our request into Hong Kong for approval, so this was our third update for then, hopefully they will get it sent in this time. After our visit with the PMI we stopped at a little street vender and got something to eat, there was fried banana (it was mixed up with a dough, and then fried and reminded me of a apple fritter only with banana), goreng minced vegetables (green onion, carrot and not sure what else, mixed in a batter and fried (this was pretty crunchy, and was also pretty good) Fried tofu that was stuffed with who knows what, then dipped in a patter and fried. And finally an egg roll also filled with something. Everything except the Banana were eaten with panas. Then we visited with Jonathan Hutapea, and also stopped by to check on Rorot who was still not at home. We also stopped at the Lims and confirmed they had moved back to a Tangerang which is just east of Jakaarta. Then we took Elder Murphy home just as Elder Costner was opening the door to their house.
This is some of the goreng that we had
Thursday, Threw a couple of loads in the laundry, since we could
hook up the washer again, can't actually close the bathroom door all the way when
the laundry is hooked up, as it drains into the shower, and gets its water from
the same valve as the toilet. Studied
and did some things around the church building during the day. Got office
supplies and did some computer work that afternoon. That evening started filling the font from
the water tank, hopping that we keep getting water through the night. Friday, Checked the font, about 9 inches of water in the font, all we got was what was in the tank and there is nothing coming into the tank. Attended DDM for a couple of hours, then started filling the font for Sundays baptism, by filling about 10 small trash containers and ~5 gallon water jugs at the Elders house. Each trip added about 2.5 inches to the depth of the water in the font, and each trip took about 1 hour to make. Made three trips today. That evening we had a FHE activity where members and guests were invited to attend. The missionaries attempted to answer their questions with information from Preach My Gospel. There were about 24 members, and 2 guests there, they were young men from our English class.
Saturday, Started at 9:30am filling font, (only lost about 1/2 inch overnight) made 4 trips, and think we are okay. Sister Tucker and I then went out to visit Sister Teng for the Chinese New Year. Her youngest son was in town for a week visiting. We enjoyed some Chinese snack food, and a sweet and sour candy, which I can only describe as interesting. It was a sweet hard candy with an area of exposes salty/sour that was like a rough felt it wasn't until the end that I realized it was a fruit of some kind, because the pit was still in the center. We gave some to the young missionaries and they were less than impressed. Sister Tucker was never willing to try it. So Elder Tucker has 8 pieces or so that should last him a long time. We also got the recipe for a bean drink we have enjoyed a couple of times, we asked Sister Teng to invite Sister Tucker over some time when she is making it, so she can actually see the process and quantities, the recipe we got is in Indonesian of course. Back to the church for a meeting and then teach English. We had about 8 young adult students, and 3 pre teens, so we split into two groups, letting the young elders take the 3 preteens.
Sunday we had Church and then had a baptism. Fenny is the young adult who was baptized. We then had the Missionaries over for dinner. We made chicken parmesean and Sister Tucker made brownies. When they left we gave them the things from our fridge that would not last until we got back from Bali.
Fenny with the Missionaries and her kost (boarding house) mate who introduced her to the Church
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