Dad spent the day at the Family History Centre. No patrons showed up and so Dad and the other workers spent the day doing indexing. The two workers had some difficulties doing their indexing and Dad was able to help them. Dad was able to do 70 entries on Friday, so it's a start to his new goal for the month of April.
After Dad was finished at the FHC, he came and picked me up and dropped me off at a local coffee house. Chantelle, who was a student teacher at Kawungan when I was doing Bronwyn's grade two contract, and Bronwyn and I got together there (Chantelle said she had been there before and they made good drinks). I ordered an iced chocolate which was actually pretty good: milk with chocolate sauce, ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate shavings. The three of us chatted for about an hour, mostly about what is happening at Chantelle's school. She is working at Torquay State School as a Prep (kindergarten) teacher - it was interesting talking with her about how her school works. It seems so different from Kawungan. When Bronwyn had to leave at about 5pm, Chantelle drove me home and we ended up talking in the driveway for another hour or so. It was great to see Chantelle again and to catch up with her. I gave her some of my supply teacher cards and she is going to hand them out at her school. She is going to try and talk with her Deputy Principal (Vice Principal) on Monday and see if I can come in and meet with him on Tuesday. She also suggested that I come and volunteer at her school and get my face/name known. I think that I might start doing that on Fridays when I don't have work.
On Saturday, we woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep (how frustrating!). I put four or five loads of laundry in and worked on Primary stuff while Dad worked on church stuff - he was reading the 'Ensign' maganize trying to figure out which article he would base his Sunday lesson on for the High Priest group.
After lunch, we went downtown to do some shopping - had to buy more stuff for Primary. When we got to the 'mall' (small shopping centre), we met our friends, Rob and Rosalea, who were also shopping. Rosalea was looking at clothes and so, as we talked, I looked at some, too. I had looked at some skirts earlier in the week and so I checked them out again. After trying two of them on, I decided to ask the woman at the cash if the sale that I saw earlier in the week (2 for $50) was still on. She said 'no' and I said 'okay then - I was going to take two of them, but I will just take the one' (they were on for $29.99 each). She then said she would give them to me for the sale price (see, it pays to ask :-) They are both VERY colourful skirts and just the kind I like: elastic waist and long. :-) Rosalea then wanted to go to another store in the mall, so I went with her. Can you believe that I found three shirts that I loved in that store which were on sale? I mean, I NEVER am THAT lucky! :-) I got a green, blue and white shirt and they all go with the two skirts I bought. Rosalea bought a ton of stuff at the second store and she usually isn't that lucky either, so we both said that we each must bring each other good luck. :-)
Today was a nice relaxing day - as Sunday always is. :-) It was Fast and Testimony Sunday today and the members in Hervey Bay are quick to get up and bear their testimonies and they fill the whole time up. Both Dad and I were thinking about going up and bearing our testimonies, but there just wasn't a break. We both plan on doing it next month - we will have to just get up at the beginning of the meeting. Primary went really well - we still have a lot of working out to do, but we are on the right track. I gave the Sharing Time lesson today on where we lived before we came to earth and how Jesus said that he would come down and die for us. The kids were really good at answering the questions and participating by helping me to hold up some visual aids. Today, the High Priest group (of which Dad is the leader) met for the first time today - there were eight of them present today. Dad gave the lesson about the atonement of Jesus Christ. Dad said that the men were really good about participating and so they had a good discussion.
Dad and I spent the rest of today relaxing. When we got home, I took my Primary stuff outside and Dad took his lesson book outside and we sat in our new outdoor chairs. It was lovely out there - nice and warm (about 24C with a lovely breeze) and our chairs are so comfortable. Dad has taken some pictures of the suite and so there are a few below this entry. We stayed out there until it was supper time and then ate supper outside on the table. It was just a glorious time! :-)
Outdoor set with two chaise loungers
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