Elder did not sleep well Sunday night, he also ended up with about 4 hours of chills and fever. In the morning he took a taxi to church so he and President could take care of yesterdays tithing. President dropped Elder back off at our apartment and he rested in the bedroom (so as not to share with the others) while Elders and Sister Tucker watched a movie (Turbo) for their P-day activity. That night I had a milder version of what Elder had. It took us most of the week to get back to 100%.
On Tuesday we stopped by Brastagi so we could get cash, and pay our driver. Elder got the lawn mowed at church today. Steven stopped by and he and Elder talked for awhile, was able to get him to talk with Pres Rico, and schedule a time to visit and get his teeth checked out, cause he has been experiencing a lot of pain, could be sinus or an abscessed tooth. We helped some young adults work on their PEF workbooks, in preparation for receiving financial assistance for college. We spent time with Vani after PEF class, working on getting her signed into LDS.org & doing some family history. Elder had Bro. Manalu take his phone to see if they could service it, but they do not handle HTC phones. So he sent his phone to Senopati so Ari could take it into the HTC shop to see if they could service it. That evening we waited for a while for our appointment & a number of other young adults from the branch started showing up at the building, and we suspected about it being for Elders birthday and not an appointment after all. We continued visiting then we were invited to go into the RS room where Elder was treated to a birthday celebration with cake and soda. Elder Headrick felt bad and kept saying he tried not to lie to get us there. Then we headed home for the evening.
Elder Tuckers birthday party. Samuel, Vani, Novita, Mei, Chaterine, Bro. Manalu and Sister Imelda ( the RS pres., Institute teacher, FH person and teaches Gospel Doctrine quite often)
On Wednesday we did a lot of prep for a basic but not remedial English class, for those who are not quite ready for the class we got from Hong Kong, which requires they know English pretty well. We went to Sun Plaza to get a printer cartridge for our printer, the English class has been using up a lot of toner and paper. Also to check out new phones just in case they want too much to fix Elders, or they can't fix it at all. Then we picked up a couple of things at Hypermart, and some DVDs for evenings when we get home early and would like to sit down and watch a program in English. DVDs here are 10,000rp a disc or just under a dollar. It doesn't matter if it is a movie or tv show. They just add up the number of discs you are getting and they give you the 11th one free.
Thursday we had 11 English books printed for our next class in the beginning of September. Elder went by the barbers, but the guy who usually cuts his hair wasn't there so he didn't bother having someone else try it. We got a call in the late afternoon from Sister Believe saying they had just gotten Sister Zabriskies ticket for transfer and she was leaving the next morning instead of Saturday, so she will be staying with us until her new companion gets here Saturday evening.
On Friday morning Sister Believe came over in the taxi taking Sister Zabriskie to the airport. We went grocery shopping at Bratstagi for the week. Elder tried the barber again, but no luck. We took the missionaries to Pizza Hut tonight before everyone was supposed to start leaving, except Sister Zebriskie was shipped out a day earlier than we had thought. A very late, but great night. We walked to Sun Plaza and back with Sister Believe so our driver could go home. That is where the Pizza Hut was we went to.
On Saturday we picked up a few things we still needed at Carrefour, cleaned church, and Elder managed to get his hair cut, the barber he likes was finally there. We had baptism for Mulah Manalu this afternoon at 3pm. Pres. Donald asked us to try and have baptisms on Saturdays, instead of on Sundays. So we are trying, but with it on Saturday there were, as expected, a lot less people able to attend. It was held after Seminary and Institute classes and before English class. Elder spent a little while in English, but I as usual took care of the class. Elder went out to check on the power to see if it had come back on, but it hadn't. It went out just before the baptism. Elder ended up visiting for an hour about dating nonmembers with several YSA, which is difficult with the limited number of members here in Medan. He also purchased a new hack saw and used it to cut a large piece of bamboo and plans to use it as a craft project. Sister Wihanda and the 2 new Elders showed up at church about an hour after English class was over. The sisters went home in the taxi and then we took the Elders to their new home. Elders Sutarno and Davies had left that morning and Elders Headrick and Suwarsid were heading out first thing in the morning but were at an appointment when the new Elders showed up. They gave us a set of their keys so we could take them to the house, though. We discovered that Elder Barlow was from Bountiful and was goods friends with Hannah Sandorf, our niece Thats about all we know at this point as we only had a few minutes to visit, as we dropped them off for the evening.
Bro. Manalu and Mulah
Today we had our first District leader in the mission come back with his family to visit at Church. Brother Broberg was the one, along with Elder Barrus who helped us get set up and get our bank accounts open and everything else. He was released in June. I had no helpers again in Primary so we work through the language and the music together. There were 6 children, 5 boys and one girl. All but one were 8 or older. That afternoon Elder and Bro. Manalu (our Driver) went to the airport to pick a a returning missionary (Elder Mendrofa) and take him to his family. I stayed home and worked on dinner because we were having the Broberg family for dinner and before Elder left he made some Es Buah. Mom, Dad and 4 children ages 21, 19, 15, 12. They are such a wonderful family and we now know why Elder Broberg was so great. They even brought some of my vitamins that I was running out of with them. We loved having them.
Elder cutting up a fruit called Sirsuk
Coconut gels and tomatoes are added, the tomatoes are put in the blender as is all the fruits extect some of the pineapple that is chopped in to small chuncks along with the gels.
As it is being prepared
The Broberg family, Mom, Emily, 12, Dad, Dallin (Elder), Jeanette, 19, and Spencer 15.
In many ways it seems to have been a fairly disfunctional week, but we were able to get many of the things done that needed doing.
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