Monday was memorial day. We decided to work because we didn't really have anything planned. I went to work in the morning but we got there late. Often on Mondays the Assistants to the President need the computers so we just go in a little later so they can use them.
We went to Walgreens on the way to work to get a prescription that I needed. We picked up a few things. It was about 10:30 a.m. when we got there. There were more Assistants there than usual so I let them use my computer. At first I was having a hard time deciding what I could do without a computer so I called Mom. Mom was just getting ready to go to the annual Jenkins Reunion in Heber City, Utah with Kathy and Rex and Annette. We had a good talk for a few minutes.
After I got off the phone the Williams came and we decided to have devotional. Every morning we get together and sing a song and have a thought and a prayer. Elder Williams plays the piano in the meeting room and we sound like a bunch of off tune people but we enjoy it. Often we will talk for a half hour about the thought. Elder Williams served his first mission 48 years ago in San Antonio and he loves to tell us about how it was then. It is amazing to compare the growth and the improved standards for missionaries. He got all excited the other day at San Antonio North Zone conference and told them about how he learned to make beans on his mission and they would make them several different ways and they would eat that all week. He loves beans or frijoles as the Spanish call them and he speaks very good Spanish it seems. Having grown up with my Dad it suprized me that someone actually liked beans.
Nathan had a friend call from the ward who's husband is in jail and wanted him to take her to see her husband. He wanted to help her but as he cannot drive, I volunteered to go with him thinking it would take about an hour. We started out at 1:30 p.m and went to Kirby to pick her up. It was almost 3:00 p.m. by the time we got back to the jail. Nathan and his friend went into the jail to visit while I sat in the lobby for an hour. I did everything I could on my phone and then I noticed that I had some pass a long cards in my purse. I decided that I should try to pass them out to the people that were there waiting for their turn to visit someone. It took me a few minutes to get up the courage but the spirit helped me to know what to say and I was able to pass out all the ones I had in my purse. I only had three people tell me that they did not want one so it wasn't as bad as I thought. By the time I passed out the last card Nathan and Connie were looking for me. By the time we took her back to her home it was 5:00 p.m. when we got home. So I did not go back to the office.
It rained a lot yesterday. Down by Nathan's friends house there were a lot of roads blocked off by water over the road. The northbound exit to Austin on 35 north was closed because there was water over the road. That is one reason it took so long.
When we got home we had dinner and we went to Walgreens again to get some medicine for me and Nathan went just to look around. He said he had not been there for a long time. That was our family home evening activity and then we read from the conference talks when we got home and said prayers together and went to bed.
Today we went to work early and had another fun devotional. I started working and it seemed that I kept getting one referral after another. I was busy answering the phone all morning. And some of them were not easy referrals. I hate it when the address is not good and it is hard to understand the addresses from Mexico.
We got a lunch fixed for Nathan before we left because we were not coming home because of Zone Trainings in Kyle, Texas. Nathan had some friends come and bring him a pair of pants because of his plea for help finding pants with elastic waist or with a snap rather than a button on Facebook. He said that the speech therapist came today also.
We drove to Kyle and stopped at MacDonald's for lunch. We gave our presentation and were back by 3:30 p.m. We drove one of the mission cars because Larry was worried about our car. It went well but it was raining a lot today also, more so in Kyle.
I spent most of the afternoon on the phone with the global support center trying to find the answer to how to find out which Mexican mission a referral I had went to. I am hoping to figure out a way to find this but so far the method they told me is not working. Many times though all it takes is a short prayer and things are working again.
The car started not shifting again when we were coming home so we were glad that we had taken the other car to Kyle.
It was 6:25 p.m. by the time we made it home. We had some yummy burritos and fruit and than we have worked on a few things around. Larry learned how to deposit a check with USAA with his phone tonight as I finally got paid for the curriculum that I spent forever writing. Now he is in misery because his neuropathy is acting up. Praying that it will relax soon and he can sleep. I bet you can't tell what I spent the night doing!! Nathan watched Ender's game for the 100th time and worked on his Ipad. Sorry no pictures tonight.
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