Hal and Janis

  Certainly can't leave without a few more challenges. A couple of days ago I noticed a little water on the bathroom floor...nothing big...but I did mention it to Hal. Well, within a couple of days the water was becoming a little more serious so Hal put some buckets to catch the drips from the geezer outside, thinking it was the geezer that was  leaking too much. When we woke up to water ALL over we decided it was more than just the geezer. Used towels to mop up the excess water but it was coming in almost as fast as I could keep wringing out towels. Oreen had asked if she could do some work for us so today was the day we had arranged for her to come and help me with some deep cleaning that I haven't been able to get to. I did not go to the office. She was a life saver! She helped with the water issues besides getting into corners and got the house clean so we will feel better about leaving. I didn't like asking her to clean because she already works too hard I believe. I i...

What a week! We said farewell to some amazing, wonderful missionaries this week: Elder LeBaron (Utah), Elder Kent (Utah), Elder Juhasz (Washington), Elder Vilane (Eswatini), Elder Djanie (Ghana), Sister Johnson (Nampa, Idaho), Sister Wilkinson, (Utah), Sister Graff (Arizona), Sister Hatch (Idaho Falls, Idaho), and Sister Mangena (Zimbabwe). What memories we have made with all of them! They will be a light wherever they go...    Sister Johnson can sing!!! Wow!! She is always so happy and bubbly! And Sister Mangena has an amazing testimony. The only member of the church from her family and pretty much disowned is now seeing receptiveness and welcoming arms home. So grateful for all we have learned from her!! Another bubbly bubble!! Sister Wilkinson always can see the good in all situations and has a knack for pulling out gospel lessons from things she sees on a daily basis! Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of all of the out going missionaries. It was only a little bit busy h...

  Not sure how we got so lucky to have to deal with TWO audits in one year, but we did! The first audit was with these two lovely ladies, Sister Faith and Sister Mapanene, from South Africa. This audit was mostly for expenses with the previous Financial Secretary. It is always a little cloak and dagger, seek and find adventure! It was not nearly as painful as the one we had last week! This one was very time consuming, hunting in folders and online for the correct documents and receipts. Hal was given two very lengthy documents online to fill in. There are five apple size boxes full of folders containing envelops full of receipts, etc. and two file cabinet drawers. Doesn’t seem like much as I write this but it took forever going through them to find what we needed!! A week ago I invited the maids here at our apartment complex to have lunch with me. There are three of them. Of course they could only come during their lunch break and that didn’t happen all at the same time. Carol was ...

 This is an incredible lady!! Her name is Soka Banda.  I have seen this lady a lot over the past few weeks. A couple of weeks ago in Relief Society she was making wonderful comments and her contributions were so beautiful. The discussion that day was about the Book of Mormon and how we can share it with friends and neighbors. She was quoting scripture from both the Bible and the Book of Mormon.  After the meeting I learned that she was NOT a member of the church! I was so surprised!!  Today she, along with her two daughters, Grace and Precious, were baptized! After her baptism when she had changed back into her church clothes she walked out into the hallway. I walked over to her and she had tears in her eyes but had the biggest smile on her face!! She said, “This feels SOOO good!”                                         She lives very far from the church. It is a ...