Monday, July 29, 2013

Monday, July 29, 2013

          Laundry and an early walk started our P-Day.  Sister Starkey walked with me for most of the time and we had a great talk. 

We are trying to set up an account with a mailing service so we can receive packages for medications or anything else we might need.  It works by giving us a PO Box in Miami.  From there, this company does secure shipping to several countries and we would receive mail at their Tegucigalpa office.  In order to set this up on line, we had to have a cell phone.  So, we hailed a taxi again at the bottom of our steep hill and headed downtown to find one.

          There is a very “upscale” mall next to the PriceMart where we occasionally shop, and right inside the doors we found a kiosk offering cell phones.  How lucky!  We purchased an inexpensive one and a pre-paid option.  Then we were taken upstairs where they asked for a passport number and set us up on a plan and gave us a phone number.  The kind young salesman was very helpful, changed the language on the phone to English, and showed us how to turn it on and make a call!!!  You may think that’s funny—well, I guess it was to see two old people bending over this little black phone with reading glasses on trying to figure out how to use it.  It worked, however, and we were able to call our friendly taxi driver and tell him what time to pick us up for our return trip. 

          Then it was on to PriceMart for groceries.  It is like a Sam’s Club, so selection is limited, but we were able to get a few things in bulk that we use all the time.  It is great to get North American products!  We also bought a printer—the “bottom-of-the line” HP, some paper (800 sheets which will last through three missions) and of course, ink cartridges.  We haven’t set that up yet.  We were exhausted by the time we got home and we had to finish the laundry and get ready for FHE.  We’ll do our best to get it set up and working but will probably have to call one of our tech-savvy kids for help.

          The FHE lesson was on the “Tree of Life” stone from “Lehi’s Dream.”  Brother Amado had copies for each couple and then discussed each part of the diagram telling about the symbolism and the meaning.  It was very interesting.  Glade always sits next to me and translates, but tonight I was actually able to recognize and understand many of the Spanish words.

          Glade keeps interrupting me tonight—he has his Bose headphones on and is listening to his favorite music and singing along!  He is just like a kid and sometimes gets way too loud.  He even found Christmas Music on the Jango that he has on his old cell phone and brought it over for me to hear!

          It is back to the temple tomorrow—one more week on the afternoon schedule.  Hope we are rested enough to get back to it!!