Querida Familia y Amigos:
With all good luck (and help from the mission nurse), I'm back on my feet for good.....at least as good as normal life is. We had a very informative FHE on hygiene and physical safety precautions, given by the nurse from the CCM (MTC). Unfortunately for us, she and her husband are finishing their mission in two weeks. There was no nurse for the CCM before she came and there will not be one replacing her. She says there are multiple doctors available for missions but very few nurses. When they finish their careers as nurses, they're ready for something else -- not nursing. We're on our own, but with two area doctors as needed.
There were so many things on her hygiene for foreign countries list that I was appalled. I didn't know about them and so was doing very few. No wonder I kept having stomach problems!! Guatemalan bacteria y yo son no compadres! As senior missionaries, we are talking about putting this information in every apartment. Certainly we'll leave the written sheets for the missionaries that come after us, as well as put them in our permanent records. It's also excellent info for any of you traveling to visit us or anywhere outside the US.
So.....I was back in the temple every day this week. The first day I was there just long enough to play for preparation meeting plus an hour. Every day after that was better until I was filling my entire assigned time.
Change of topic: I'm including the video below as your next work-out music, or for when you need a lift. I use it for helping me move through weights and other indoor workouts. It makes me happy, and while I could have included the song "Happy", I like this one better. The dancers are SO fun!
And if that's not doing it for you, try some stargazer lilies. We found some this week at the corner sidewalk flower vendor, for 25q or a little less than $3.50. They are stunning, about 8 inches across each, and I will use some tomorrow for an oriental arrangement. We are hosting a FHE, with the activity being all missionaries bringing a show-and-tell about something they like to do. Mine will be flower arranging.
With all good luck (and help from the mission nurse), I'm back on my feet for good.....at least as good as normal life is. We had a very informative FHE on hygiene and physical safety precautions, given by the nurse from the CCM (MTC). Unfortunately for us, she and her husband are finishing their mission in two weeks. There was no nurse for the CCM before she came and there will not be one replacing her. She says there are multiple doctors available for missions but very few nurses. When they finish their careers as nurses, they're ready for something else -- not nursing. We're on our own, but with two area doctors as needed.
There were so many things on her hygiene for foreign countries list that I was appalled. I didn't know about them and so was doing very few. No wonder I kept having stomach problems!! Guatemalan bacteria y yo son no compadres! As senior missionaries, we are talking about putting this information in every apartment. Certainly we'll leave the written sheets for the missionaries that come after us, as well as put them in our permanent records. It's also excellent info for any of you traveling to visit us or anywhere outside the US.
So.....I was back in the temple every day this week. The first day I was there just long enough to play for preparation meeting plus an hour. Every day after that was better until I was filling my entire assigned time.
Change of topic: I'm including the video below as your next work-out music, or for when you need a lift. I use it for helping me move through weights and other indoor workouts. It makes me happy, and while I could have included the song "Happy", I like this one better. The dancers are SO fun!
And if that's not doing it for you, try some stargazer lilies. We found some this week at the corner sidewalk flower vendor, for 25q or a little less than $3.50. They are stunning, about 8 inches across each, and I will use some tomorrow for an oriental arrangement. We are hosting a FHE, with the activity being all missionaries bringing a show-and-tell about something they like to do. Mine will be flower arranging.
Yesterday we had unusual troubles with the video system in the temple. Two sessions had half-hour or more delays in the middle of the films because the computers were not responding to the controls in the rooms. One oficiante (man in charge of the session) finally pushed the panic button, which then sounded for the entire rest of the session because it wouldn't go off. We heard it all over the temple. We had just received instructions about what to do when someone's phone in his or her locker is ringing. We are to put a note into the locker about turning off phones, even if the phone's reminder or alarm system goes on for the two hours of a session. I kept looking for a phone that could be that loud, before I heard the sound coming from one of the clocks. The temple clocks also gives us information about the sessions. I just thought it was broken. Then I was busy with another assignment and didn't notice when it finally went off.
Eventually I heard the story. Our chief engineer couldn't get things working correctly either, so the presidency called Salt Lake, and they fixed it long distance. Sister Roberts, from the temple presidency, told me that one morning before even the preparation meeting, the temple department in SLC called to tell them something was wrong with our computers. Apparently this system of computer monitoring is worldwide. Thank goodness for modern technology and how well the Lord has provided for His sacred work.
My first assignment yesterday was to help a group of jovenes (young people) receive their clothing for doing baptisms for the dead. When they were ready to go downstairs to the font, a presidency member welcomed them and told them a little about the temple. Presidente Roberts pointed out that on every temple throughout the world are the words "Holiness to the Lord and The House of the Lord". He asked them what words would be on the temple in Idaho Falls (his home). When they responded with the answer in Spanish, he said no, no, no! People in Idaho don't speak Spanish as their native language, so the words are written in English. Presidente Roberts is a big man, well over six feet and rotund also. He's the one I told you about at Christmas time, who gave a speech at the annual fireside for temple obreros (workers). He said he didn't have wings and couldn't play the harp; therefore he couldn't be an angel - in the temple or anywhere else! I always enjoy the preparation meetings where he conducts. He is such a fun communicator.
Eventually I heard the story. Our chief engineer couldn't get things working correctly either, so the presidency called Salt Lake, and they fixed it long distance. Sister Roberts, from the temple presidency, told me that one morning before even the preparation meeting, the temple department in SLC called to tell them something was wrong with our computers. Apparently this system of computer monitoring is worldwide. Thank goodness for modern technology and how well the Lord has provided for His sacred work.
My first assignment yesterday was to help a group of jovenes (young people) receive their clothing for doing baptisms for the dead. When they were ready to go downstairs to the font, a presidency member welcomed them and told them a little about the temple. Presidente Roberts pointed out that on every temple throughout the world are the words "Holiness to the Lord and The House of the Lord". He asked them what words would be on the temple in Idaho Falls (his home). When they responded with the answer in Spanish, he said no, no, no! People in Idaho don't speak Spanish as their native language, so the words are written in English. Presidente Roberts is a big man, well over six feet and rotund also. He's the one I told you about at Christmas time, who gave a speech at the annual fireside for temple obreros (workers). He said he didn't have wings and couldn't play the harp; therefore he couldn't be an angel - in the temple or anywhere else! I always enjoy the preparation meetings where he conducts. He is such a fun communicator.