On Monday we got our laundry done and then had the Elders come over for a late breakfast and to watch a movie. We had German Pancakes (one Elder also knew them as Fluffy-cakes). We watched "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and had popcorn.
Tuesday we didn't have anything scheduled so we went to the church and spent the day there. Last Tuesday we had a new granddaughter born. She is so sweet looking. Maren Sonora Tucker. Can't wait to hold her although she will be about 1 1/2 yrs by then because her family is moving to Brazil in November/December. Great experience for them. Our son served his mission there so he is excited to go back.
Today (Wednesday) went to the fabric pasar (fabric market) here many stores of one type all open in the same area of town, so the street has fabric stores on both sides, and branching streets also I would guess there are well over several hundred stores. We had to get some material for the house (curtains for three windows) that used to be the sisters, currently occupied by elders, but latest information is that we will have sisters again in early November instead of a third set of elders. I think that is a good decision, as so many of the women and girls who are taught here are single it makes it difficult for a set of elders to teach them. Elder also checked out some material to see about getting some material to have a pair of dress pants made, in preparation to have a suit made sometime before we leave, He wanted about $30 for the material so he'll have to keep looking when the opportunity is there.
On Thursday we went to Ace to get some rods we can use for the curtains we are making to put in the one house, also got cash so we can cover our trip to Jogjakarta, and to pay our driver, while we are gone he is going to go back to his home village, and remove the remains of a fallen tree from his mother's home.
On Friday we had our District meeting in the morning, and we took the "Es Buah" that Elder had made and then picked up Padang Chicken and rice for lunch. In the late afternoon it rained hard for a couple of hours, so because Elder had allowed Bro. Manalu to go home and come back when we needed him, he was late by 45 minutes because he had to wait until the rain let up enough for him to ride his bike back to the church from his home. We went with Elders Barlow and Hansen to see Toyo (15) and Roni (18), the road was a river (up to the running boards on the car) for several kilometers of the trip, but we got there and had a good visit, it was the first time they have been able to meet with them, they have tried to call, but have always tried to call the mom, and she left 3 weeks ago to go to Banda Ache which is the province north of here, they have not heard from her, and are not sure what her plans are, which explains why she hasn't answered any of the phone messages the Elder's have left.
On Saturday we of course helped clean the church, then we helped Dearly work on information for her PEF loan application, we have been going around in circles the past few days, it has been lost, misfiled, in need of changes, and finally in need of some additional number changes, which we sent the official letter from the school to Elder Kentjana and suggested he input the numbers he thought Hong Kong wanted to see, instead of having us guess what numbers they might be interested in receiving. Because it is a new program there seems to be a lot of portions of the computer software not working correctly and a lot of people who aren't sure how the use the program at this point. We are just trying to make sure that the school doesn't get upset in the process of us learning our own program, and not allow Dearly to attend classes for the lack of on-time payment. We met with our Branch Mission Leader today, and did some additional training with him. Just before English we met with Sara Nababan and were able to finalize her PEF loan renewal, so that's one more complete. Then we got set up for English, again today we had about 20 people there, but we have handed out 30 books, and didn't have enough for everyone who was there, so about 12 who have been there earlier weren't there today. But we could never fit 30 people in our room for English with access to a table for writing purposes. About a half hour before class was over, the sky opened up and rained for about an hour and a half, so everyone stayed in and around the building and visited until the rain and lightening slowed down.
Just hanging around waiting for the rain to let up. It was pouring and the streets were all flooded. We are in the rainy season here in Medan.
It was a normal Sunday. We did get Joyce and Kevin Harefa to come to church today. It has been awhile but the Elders have been visiting the family every week. Joyce is 13 and Kevin will be 12 this month. They ride an angkot for about an hour to get to church. We leave early in the morning for a Senior couple conference in Jogja. It will be good to see other couples from the mission although we are down to only 4 couples from the states, the mission President and his wife and 2 couples from indonesia that work in the office and PEF part time.
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