We went to Borgor on Monday to a Gong Factory. It was so interesting-they had these fires going where they were heating up this metal and then they would take it out of the fire and start pounding on it. Then we watch as they shaped them the way they wanted it. It was like going back 2000 years to see the way they were doing it.

We taught the English class on Tuesday they are such good young people. We have our drivers son in the class he has just finished his mission and he would like to go to school, but this test they have to take (the Michigan test) is so hard that none of them are able to past the test. In order to apply at BYU Hawaii they have to pass this test. They are working on getting the Perpetual Education Fund here in Indonesia, which would help so of these kids to get an education. These are bright kids and they deserve to have a chance in life.

We have started to have meetings to prepare for the Family Enrichment Program. We met with Elder Subandyrio and Jemmy on Wed. We were going to have a conversation over satellite with Elder Palmer in Singapore, which was so interesting how that works. We could see right into the office there in Singapore, but he was not at the office so we were not able to talk to him. So Elder Subandryio just asked him to fly down for the meeting on Fri. We were suppose to meet with Metro TV, Jemmy, Elder Palmer, Elder Subandriyo and us on Fri here at the office. Everyone was here, but we had a really bad rainstorm and Ira from Metro TV was unable to make it here. Traffic is so bad here in Jakarta that rain can just stop everything. We are going to be meeting every week for a while. We have meeting scheduled next week with the secretary to the First Lady again at the Palace and then we will go from there to the Minister of Social Affairs and meet with him again. I can't believe the things we are doing and the places that we are going. Elder Palmer is coming again next week. That is if he can get here. John took him to the airport to catch his plane they were gone for almost 6 hours and they came back because they couldn't make it to the airport on time for his flight. They left at 2:30 his flight was at 6:00 and they came back here at 8:00. They are trying again this morning, but it isn't raining yet so maybe they will make it.

The translators here have been working feverishly trying to get all the translating done and ready for President Hinckley’s funer. So I guess all the talks are written so they it can be broadcast worldwide. I have never realized that before. They will be starting on the conference talks here soon.

We are flying to Surabaya next week to go to a closing ceremony at a blind school where LDSC donated some Braille equipment. I wish we could go to some of these places and see something interesting there, but we just fly in and fly out.

The wheel chairs are here too and Dad needs to get them distributed to the different places. He is saying if he doesn't think he is going to be able to get it done next week and maybe we won't be going to Bali. I told him maybe he won't be going. So he better get his work done.
Well I hope you all have a great week.. The snow just keeps coming. We are really getting the rain now.