The floods in Solo were bad. Water up to 9 feet in some areas. We were in Madero or we would have probably had to go over there. They have 2 mission couples there and 7 missionaries so they took care of it. We had to request money from the church for assistance, because those families lost everything. A dam broke on a river that caused so much flooding and then so much rain caused the mud slides.
We have an Indonesian Wedding Party again today, but this couple went to the Temple in the Philippines to get married so they spent their money to do that so this party will not be as elaborate as the last one we went to at the church. But I can guarantee there will be rice. I hope we can eat rice when we come home.
There were exchanges with the missionaries this week. With so few sisters in the mission it is hard to transfer them and Sister Hinckley has been here 10 months she has been my main translator so I don't know what will happen because there is going to be 2 Indonesian sisters here now.
Next week we are back to teaching that English class again 2 days a week. So that will keep us busy again.
The start of a brand new year. Things really slow down this week for us. All the parties are over. We were invited to a party at Hendro and Bertha house. They are members of the LDS Charities team. They live in a really nice part of Indonesia. They have a nice house. It is a 2-story house probably the same size as Mike and Jen's house. For Indonesian standards it is a nice house, because the average person here in Indonesian doesn't live in a home like that. They both own really lucrative businesses. Anyway, this party was held outside which is just hard to believe on New Years Eve. They had opened sided tents set up and they had a program. Dad, Elder Subandriyo and Pres Marchant gave talks. They had some music and then a big buffet dinner. It was very nice. Something happened in the kitchen and there was a grease fire and 2 women who are their cooks got burned on their legs really bad. They had to take them to the hospital and then it started to rain really hard so that kinda broke the party up. They had some fireworks, but it was too rainy to do that.
New Years Day we didn't have anything to do so we just went over to the mall and hung out. You could get lost in that mall. It has two big anchor stores and many other stores. Then there are 3 grocery stores in the bottom level. We met the Elders and we took them to lunch at the Burger King. You can get a whopper meal for under $3. so it is a real bargain and it beats rice. Ummi sent us a huge arrangement of flowers thanking us for all that we did in Bengkulu. That was so sweet of her.
We have an Indonesian Wedding Party again today, but this couple went to the Temple in the Philippines to get married so they spent their money to do that so this party will not be as elaborate as the last one we went to at the church. But I can guarantee there will be rice. I hope we can eat rice when we come home.
There were exchanges with the missionaries this week. With so few sisters in the mission it is hard to transfer them and Sister Hinckley has been here 10 months she has been my main translator so I don't know what will happen because there is going to be 2 Indonesian sisters here now.
Next week we are back to teaching that English class again 2 days a week. So that will keep us busy again.
The start of a brand new year. Things really slow down this week for us. All the parties are over. We were invited to a party at Hendro and Bertha house. They are members of the LDS Charities team. They live in a really nice part of Indonesia. They have a nice house. It is a 2-story house probably the same size as Mike and Jen's house. For Indonesian standards it is a nice house, because the average person here in Indonesian doesn't live in a home like that. They both own really lucrative businesses. Anyway, this party was held outside which is just hard to believe on New Years Eve. They had opened sided tents set up and they had a program. Dad, Elder Subandriyo and Pres Marchant gave talks. They had some music and then a big buffet dinner. It was very nice. Something happened in the kitchen and there was a grease fire and 2 women who are their cooks got burned on their legs really bad. They had to take them to the hospital and then it started to rain really hard so that kinda broke the party up. They had some fireworks, but it was too rainy to do that.
New Years Day we didn't have anything to do so we just went over to the mall and hung out. You could get lost in that mall. It has two big anchor stores and many other stores. Then there are 3 grocery stores in the bottom level. We met the Elders and we took them to lunch at the Burger King. You can get a whopper meal for under $3. so it is a real bargain and it beats rice. Ummi sent us a huge arrangement of flowers thanking us for all that we did in Bengkulu. That was so sweet of her.
Dad is so involved in reports all the time. He has all the office staff doing things for him all the time too. They have just been charging things here and there on any account or project that was convenient. Dad is trying to straighten it all out and get the records right. Elder Subandriyo has also had him tracking down all the projects that have been done and how much was spent and how many people have been affected so he has had the crew in Hong Kong working too. If Metro TV decides to give LDSC an award this year like they have said, this information has to be given to them. So he has been hustling on that all week, besides trying to get 3-4 more water projects going.
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