Dear Family,
Monday- We had settled
in Monday night to watch Pride and Prejudice again, with Colin Firth. The
phone rang about 7 and two of our favorite sister missionaries were calling.
Sister Hemi (from NZ) said her companion Sister Greenhalgh (from Wales)
was having chest pains and having a hard time breathing. We told them to
hang on and we would be there in about 10 minutes. We called the elders
who live close by and asked them to go asap to the sisters flat and give a
blessing. They were there before us. We arrived during the
blessing. Sister G had fainted so the blessing was being given to her
while she was on the floor. The elders got her up and put her in our car.
We drove her straight to the hospital.
We called President and
Sister Maxwell and they met us at the hospital. It was scary but thank goodness
Adrienne is a nurse and could help.
She is doing good and we
are once again thankful for the Elders and priesthood blessings.
Tuesday- rainy and cold.
We came home from the office, got cozy and finished watching Pride and
Prejudice. It is definitely fall turning to winter here in Melbourne.
We turn the heat on the minute we walk in our door.
Wednesday- We went to
the Post like we do everyday. The mail is done differently here so we
have to go everyday to mail things. Thank goodness the workers know us
now so we don't have to show our id each time we go. There is so much
outgoing mail from the office. While we were there we ran into 3 Chinese
sisters, Zhang, Wang and Lee. They always hug and kiss us. We know
we use the words cute and darling for all the sisters but they are. They
are pretty, petite and always smiling. Adrienne and I are so taken with
all the Asian babies and children that live in Melbourne. They are so beautiful
with their big dark eyes, olive skin and shiny black hair. Their parents take
very good care of them. It is always fun for us to watch them. Ok
back to the sisters. We took them to lunch and of course had Asian food.
I have never eaten so much Asian food.
Friday- It was a
different day for us. We were up early in the car driving to Deer Park.
It is about 1 1/2 hours away. We had to drive though the city which
is very slow, because of so many cars. It is a crazy drive but they don't
have connecting freeways here so you always have to go through the city or
downtown Melbourne.
We went to a flat with 2
Samoan sisters. The landlord wanted to kick them out and charge the
mission $500-2000 dollars for damage. It had been lived in before by 4
large islanders who had done lots of damage. Adrienne and I went out to
help them clean the flat, throw away garbage vacuum, clean the kitchen,
organize all the cupboards, do windows and so much more. The
sisters had not been taught how to clean. They were great helpers and
hopefully they gleaned information on how to clean. The flat couple,
Hullingers came and fixed doors, fixed blinds etc. Anyway we accomplished what
needed to be done. Afterwards we we took them to lunch at a pasta/pizza
restaurant. Sister Puileai and Sister Ioane had heard the word pasta but
had no idea what it was. Adrienne explained pasta and pizza to them.
They got a pizza with everything on it. The sisters said that they
ate very large dinners and that they were fine til the dinner the next night.
We had a very good time with them. They hugged and kissed us good-bye.
Working in the office
gives us contact with all these young missionaries. We love them all.
We know of their goodness and desire to serve the Lord. They are
great examples to us.
Saturday we went to our
favorite mall Chadstone. We ate lunch at Wild Bill Tacos. We put a
picture of the menu on our blog. Adrienne noticed on the menu New Mexico
Enchiladas, flat tortillas with cheese, chicken or beef, mild red chile and an
egg on top. This was Roger's favorite meal to eat. He didn't have
chicken or beef and always had hot red chile. What a surprise to see it
on a menu in Australia. No one in the US understands the difference with
New Mexico food but obviously Australia does. It certainly brought back
many memories of TACO SHEL and Roger.
We went to the General
Relief Society meeting on Saturday night. As always it was great,
spiritual and emotional. We loved seeing pictures of the temple grounds,
flowers, and Salt Lake.
Sunday night
We just
got back from dinner at a member's home, Rex and Phyllis Campbell.
Phyllis is from Hong Kong and Rex is from Australia. He served his
mission in Melbourne about 10 years ago. They have a darling 2 year old
boy named Manti. He walked around and pretended we weren't there.
He totally ignored us but did send us a kiss with his hand as we walked
out the door. It was a very casual and pleasant evening. We had leg
of lamb for dinner. It was delicious.
Monday
am
We are driving
to work right now and just saw a full rainbow. The sky and clouds here
are so different than home. They are unique. That is the best word
for them. We are enclosing on the blog a picture of the full rainbow over
the temple.
In closing;
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren,
pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with
this love,which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son,
Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we
shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope;
that we may be purified even as he is pure." Amen
Moroni 7:48
As always our love and
prayers are with you,
The Moms, The
grandmas, the Sister Sisters
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