Monday we didn't make it to the exercise room or pool as, my ear has been causing me grief so I don't want to get it wet. So Elder did not go down either. We talked with some of the kids and their families and then spent the rest of the day getting ready for the week ahead. We also spent some of the afternoon doing some research on family history. Elder has been using my Ancestry account, since they have not sent him his invitation to get access yet. It was a nice restful day.
Tuesday we visited with more kids and family for my birthday. We picked up a letter from President Rico's office this morning and then picked up the Elders and went out to Mandala area. We had an appointment scheduled to teach Jonathan Hutapea at Sister Ezra's home, because his father does not want church contact in his home. Jonathan now has a job working at the Wesley House Hotel down the street from the church and hopefully this will be a better fit for him and will last longer than his previous attempts at employment. We then went and visited with Sister Teng and talked about doing some family history for her, and then getting together this Sunday. We then headed back to Sister Ezra's for a scheduled appointment with Samuel, her neighbor. He never showed up, but while we were waiting we entered additional information for her on her family history. Spent the evening at the church, drained the font and visited with Bang Eka for a few minutes before the Elders appointment to teach him, then headed home for the evening.
Wednesday was Election day for the Indonesian President, so it was also a National Holiday. We had no appointments today. Elder spent the afternoon getting information pulled together for the quarterly report, and trying to come up with a way to help young missionaries know where people live in this city, so they don't spin their wheels trying to locate someone who has already been researched and the location resolved. We got an email asking us to get the AC installed on the Sisters house and some drapes and sheets for the Sister Trainers when they come to Medan. Fortunately we have a man coming on Saturday to do the survey of the site for the AC, so we were ahead of the game on that one.
Thursday we spent the day at the church and in the evening did our shopping. We had to get some things so we can prepare dinner for the missionaries this coming Sunday, 4 of us 8 missionaries are having birthdays within a 2 week span of time.
Friday we got an early morning call from Pres. Donald asking if we had spent any money on the improvements to the Sister's house. Which we have not. He told us not to do any work on their house, as the number of sisters in the mission was going to be reduced from 22 to about 16 in a couple of months, and with the lease expiring on the Sister's house here in Medan, that helped him decide to pull them out of here for now. He is also pulling them out of Manado, which is the other city in a similar situation to Medan. We had DDM this morning, and then lunch with the young missionaries, then for the afternoon we did some PEF training for some of the Young Adults in the branch who had visited with the PEF Couple the week before. After finishing that up in the evening we took the Sisters out to see if Lya had returned from Malaysia, but she will be gone another few days. We then tried to figure out where Hesty Saragih lives, Sister Believe thought it was over near where Sister Desni had lived, but Bro. Manalu said it was in a village about 6 hours away from here. After we got home I was able to locate where she lived and it is more like 2 maybe 3 hours drive away from here.
Saturday we spent the morning cleaning up at the church, then after the AC man showed up Elder went to the Elders house to see how it would be best to install AC for their bedroom only. He then returned to the church, and we got set up for the Seminary/Institute Graduation and English Class. After English Class we visited with a group of young branch members for the next couple of hours and then about 7:30 headed for home to get lessons and programs put together for tomorrow.
Today I only had 3 in primary and they were all non members. Sister Tri was at church today. It has been many months since she has been because they have all been living in their village near the volcano Sinabung. We had the missionaries and Sister Teng and her husband for dinner tonight. 10 people in our small apartment. We managed but it was a tight fit. Elder grilled steaks. We were celebrating the 4 missionary birthdays.
Elder Tucker grilling on our balcony. That is also where we dry our clothes.
As you can see we really pack them in but we do have fun. We have to use our desk as a serving table so people can use the table to actually eat at.
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