On Monday, Dad and I went to our friend, Denise's home, as she needed help with updating her anti-virus software onto her computer. She had received advice from other people about what to purchase and it wasn't working for her, so she asked me if Dad could tell her what to do. I told her that we would come over on Monday and Dad would do it for her. She balked at that at first saying that he would never accept payment for helping. I told her two things: Dad would be blessed for helping her out (so that was payment enough :-) and also that she was always doing service for others and that sometimes she had to let others do service for her. She finally agreed! :-)
On Tuesday, I had another facial from Helen - she is amazing - I love going there and relaxing while she works on my face (and my head and my feet). She massages my face for a bit, then puts on some goop and lets it do its thing while she massages my head. Then, she wipes that off, puts on some more goop and while that does its thing, she massages my feet. Well worth the money, she is!
After that, I met up with a friend (Sandy) I used to teach with at Kawungan. We talked about how things are going at the school compared to when I was doing my contract/supply teaching work there, and it looks like it's gone a bit downhill - especially when it comes to behaviour. It was nice to catch up with Sandy and to have another iced chocolate! :-)
While I was visiting with Sandy, Dad got a special visitor - a new foster cat, Jordie. He is a Blue Russian cat and he is lovely. He did jump onto the counters in the kitchen a few times, but we have sure cured him of that behaviour. He loves to be petted, but doesn't like to be held. He often follows us around the house and sleeps for part of the night on our bed. We are going to have him for a couple of weeks while we are here in the Bay. I love that we can have a cat whenever we are in HB, but then don't have to worry about them when we leave.
That evening, we had the missionaries and a couple from the ward - Elaine and Martin Cooper - over for dinner. We miss having the missionaries over - we used to have them every week when we were here in HB a lot. We have been to the Cooper's a couple of times for dinner and so we decided to have them for dinner this time. The missionaries gave us a spiritual message at the end of dinner - about love. They asked us to try and make a cross out of a piece of paper and to be able to use the leftover paper to spell 'love'. The catch was that we could fold the paper as much as we wanted, but we could only make one straight tear. I actually was the only one who figured out how to at least get a cross out of it (although one of the missionaries said it looked more like a plus sign. :-) They related the exercise to the love which Christ has for us - he died on the cross for us. I love hearing the messages they have for us each time they visit.
Elaine Cooper, Elder T., Elder E., and Martin Cooper
Elder T showing us how it's done (the cross with the word 'love' out of one sheet of paper)
On Friday, I met up with my friend, Haidi, at - where else - the Coffee Club .............. for - what else - an iced chocolate. Mmm - they are so yummy! It was great catching up with Haidi - she and I get along so well, but since I am away so much from HB and she is homeschooling her children, it is hard to find the time to get together too often.
While I was socializing so much this week, Dad was kept busy around the house. Since we are not home so much, it seems like there is a list of things for Dad to work on when we are at home.
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