Well another exciting week has flown by here in the land of blowing dust!! We have been blessed with continual sunshine and milder temperatures. It has started to cool off in the evenings some, but the days remain hot.
We made it through transfers but still are waiting for the new missionaries to arrive. They have arrived in Praia but without their luggage, so it will be at least 2 or 3 more days before they can be sent out to their new areas. Sister Pollard did arrive and is now working with Sister Alencar. Even though they live above us we have rare seen them this week.
We are working on getting a Humanitarian project completed in the next week or so. We will be traveling over to Santo Antao and distributing new born kits. We will get to see the green side of the Island again. We are working on getting set for an Ophthalmology visitor in January and then in February the return of Steve Jorgensen and Joe and Linda Peterson. We really are looking forward to their visits and the service they provide to the members and community.
We have had a few opportunities to visit with investigators this week. Sharon has been going with the Sisters on Tuesday and Friday afternoon. They do walk her legs off though. We held FHE at an investigators home this week and I presented a lesson on the Temples.
We also have started to work on getting the Family History center up and running. They have a nice room in the new Chapel set aside with a microfilm reader and computer. Hopefully we can soon get the microfilm of Cape Verde records soon and open the center. Genealogy here is going to be a real trip. Most of the children born are to single mothers. Family units are not the tradition, which makes it hard to move the Church forward. I was told by one of the missionaries that when President visited the islands back in 1999, he said “If the members will start paying their tithing the rains will return to the islands”. Well they still aren’t paying their tithing and they continue to break the Law of Chastity which makes it for certain, that it will stay dry and hot for awhile to come.
This evening we are to attend a youth talent show for the District. They are doing a dance show, it should be fun. Added note; it was very entertaining and the youth did a great job. There were a couple of dances that I wanted the Elders to cover their eyes, but all in all great program.
Lunch with the Sisters and Sister Bikhazi liked her lunch as did we all.
Sister Alencar and Sister Pollard; who is from Lacy, Washington and in our good friends Phil & Kris Cramers Ward. Small world!!
Well hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving this week. We will be thinking of home and friends gathered around the table. We are having a Thanksgiving dessert day with the Elders and Sisters. After lunch at a local restaurant, we will adjourn to the church where we will have dessert and play games for the remainder of “P” day.
Love to all,
E/S Waller, Chuck & Sharon, Mom & Dad, Bama & Bampa
PS E/S Wirthlin, no we don’t get to swim just look. What a beautiful area of the world you serve in. E/S Leavitt we truly enjoy your newsletters, what an adventure you are having in Nigeria. Studious Sisters in NY you just sound so happy and busy, busy busy. We just love all your newsletters. Thanks for including us. Welcome to E/S Hinton in Sri lanka.
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