This has been a great week.
Since we had some of our missionaries that came from Venezuela that
needed to get visas some of my time was spent in preparing the packets. One thing that is challenging about dealing
with the government offices it that they want only cash, even when it’s large
sums of money that has to be paid, like when we get visas. Lynn had to make sure that the financial
secretary would have the money that he needed to get the visas since they would
cost about $150 each. Since we were
getting 8 that makes for a lot of money to have to have with him. This is an
example of the challenge that money transactions can be here. Most places, besides government offices, won’t
take credit cards and want exact change and really frown on $20 bills. The exception to that is the bus. Lynn
has found that they seldom turn him down when he gives them a $10 bill for a
.50 cent fair for the two of us. He will
get lots of change, mostly .50 cent pieces and smaller, plus some $1
coins. These coins seldom last long
after he has been to the post office or some other store to buy things for the
office.
On April Fools day our daughter announced that she was expecting. Since it was April 1st I wasn’t
really sure if I should take it seriously or not, but she later confirmed it. We
are excited to have another grandchild expected in September. That will make 42 grandchildren for us.
This weekend was great. We
enjoyed the two sessions of conference during both days. Saturday night we had a dinner with the
seniors at the two sisters’ apartment.
They made Navaho tacos, having the rest of us bring ingredients to go
with them. They were great, really
light. We then separated to different
apartments, the men to the Kaneens to watch the priesthood session and the
sisters to the Greers apartment to watch the movie “Miss Potter”. I hadn’t seen it before and really enjoyed
it.
I really enjoyed the conference talks.
For me it seemed that there were a lot of talks about how to cope with
trials and to be spiritually prepared for hard times ahead. Several of the brethren were speaking
directly to the youth to stay strong. I’m seeing more and more how hard Satan is
working to win over to his side. We
have to stay vigilant and strong. We
know who is going to win. The big question is which side are we going to end up
on. Let’s pray that we all stay strong
for the Savior. I loved Elder Stevenson’s
comment about our “four minutes” of life and how we will have all of eternity
to consider what we did with our “four minutes” of this life and the choices we
made.
Stay strong.
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