KATHY VS THE SHOWER

KATHY VS THE SHOWER

The water is very cold here and so everyone has these little heaters, here is our little beast.

Our problem is that both the water and the electricity are not consistant.   The water flow is up and down as well as the electricity.   Here is what our power pole looks like.

Every morning Kathy goes to battle.  Armed with nothing but her Jamies and hands, she adjusts and re-adjusts the water valve to get the warm water to start.  To much flow and it is cold to little flow and it real hot and shuts off and she has to start over again.  We have learned that when we do get into the shower, to wash hair first, so, if it shuts of you don't have to have cold water pouring down your head. But, Kathy does a great job and about 3 day out of seven the water is reasonable.   Here is our warrior.

GARY AND THE PODIUM

Gary is strange.  He gets into strange situations, not on purpose, but, he initiates them.  For example, when he was a young man and got his first leadership assignment as a supervisor, he had his very first meeting with another manager.   He went to the managers office, entered, and they did their business. It was a bit aukward but he got through it.   He went to leave the meeting, said all the normal goodbys and opened the door out of the office.  To everyone's surprise, he had the wrong door and walked into the broom closet.  He laughed it off after a few years.  

Well, Sunday, we attended a delightful little ward.  It so happens that it was ward conference, and, the stake presidency was there.  They asked us to come and sit on this very crowded little podium.  The stake presidency, the bishopric, and a few others all crammed together on folding chairs.  Gary was on the end with Kathy.  During the opening hymn, Gary was shuffling around because his big body didn't quite fit, well the two legs of the chair slipped off the edge of the podium and he fell off the podium.  He was not hurt.

THE CHOIR

this little ward put together a choir.  The women were all dressed traditionally and looked just beautiful.   They sang several songs, all practiced, but, they where a bit off tune, however, their spirite made up for it.  Here they are.

Here is a picture of this really old and frail couple.  However, the missionaries told use that they are at church every Sunday and they live very far away.  They walk for an hour then take a bus.  They are sealed in the temple and are just wonderful.

Dedi

Dedi is a young women the missionaries found working at a members house.  Dedi is in her her teens and has a small baby with no dad around. Dedi has been molested by her parents and others.  She lives with her grandmother who treats her very badly.  Luckily, she spends most her time with these members.  She can not read or write.  The missionaries have been teaching her and she loves their lesson.  However, not reading is a problem.   After our visit with her, we were very upset by her condition.  We got home and realized that we had a full set of the Book of Mormon on CD.  The next day we got the set to the missionaries.   This was all a few weeks ago.  This past Sunday, at this little ward we were talking about.  There was Dedi with the missionaries.  The missionaries said that she listens to the Book of Mormon every day during her lunch and is just "eating it up".  She will be baptized the 29th of this month.   We were just thrilled.