Inspector Madsen
Inspecting missionary apartments took the better part of our day. We left our apartment first thing this morning and returned home after 5. It was a glorious day....clear blue blue sky and chilly. Our first stop was the Oxford elders. Next stop Oxford sisters. We walked to both.
Look at this beautiful little flower box we passed on the way....Middle of winter and these beautiful little shoots are making an appearance!
The sisters' apartment has a history of all kinds of problems. As you might guess, this is the apartment that waged war against the mice population and won. 8 casualties on the side of the mice and only minor trauma to the sisters. They are currently experiencing odd problems that can only happen in an old old building. There is a rusty red substance slowly oozing down outside their front door. There is a skylight in the bedroom that blows in enough cold wind to ruffle their hair. They have learned by now to have a written list for me.
SK had to walk about a mile to find a place to pay for another couple of weeks electricity for the sisters' apartment, so I sat on a bench on the town square. I was surrounded by pigeons! They were quite entertaining and noisy, and I only took a couple of pictures trying to show you how many there were. But I was also trying to be careful since there were people everywhere and I didn't want to look like I was trying to take pictures of them.
After leaving the sisters, we traveled by car to Newbury.....home of my Shingleton ancestors. It is a lovely city, and the elders live near its center. They walk every day to the walking street where they do street contacting. They were a little discouraged today. They said that very few people are interested in stopping to speak with them. Most shoppers are intent on getting to the next store.
After demonstrating how to clean a toilet to them, we presented them with our "toilet cleaning kit." It is only a pair of sturdy rubber gloves and a pumice stone.....but it's good to have. I merely showed them how to do a regular cleaning with a brush and toilet cleaner. Some of these young missionaries have never cleaned a toilet before coming to the mission field, and demonstrating how it is done is always a good thing.
The young elders were cute. It was after 1 by the time we finished, so we took them to lunch, which was very enjoyable. They serve in a ward with 30 members, and I think the members take good care of them, but I was reminded of our home ward in Gilbert, where families practically come to blows to see who gets to have the missionaries come to dinner this week. (I'm kidding, but it sounds good.) We share them with 2 other wards I think.
We stopped in at IKEA before coming home and purchased a frame for my new poster of "Jesus Christ, The Light of the World."
All kinds of fun things today.
Look at this beautiful little flower box we passed on the way....Middle of winter and these beautiful little shoots are making an appearance!
The sisters' apartment has a history of all kinds of problems. As you might guess, this is the apartment that waged war against the mice population and won. 8 casualties on the side of the mice and only minor trauma to the sisters. They are currently experiencing odd problems that can only happen in an old old building. There is a rusty red substance slowly oozing down outside their front door. There is a skylight in the bedroom that blows in enough cold wind to ruffle their hair. They have learned by now to have a written list for me.
SK had to walk about a mile to find a place to pay for another couple of weeks electricity for the sisters' apartment, so I sat on a bench on the town square. I was surrounded by pigeons! They were quite entertaining and noisy, and I only took a couple of pictures trying to show you how many there were. But I was also trying to be careful since there were people everywhere and I didn't want to look like I was trying to take pictures of them.
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| I felt like the little old lady in the song "Feed the Birds" - but I wasn't feeding them. |
After leaving the sisters, we traveled by car to Newbury.....home of my Shingleton ancestors. It is a lovely city, and the elders live near its center. They walk every day to the walking street where they do street contacting. They were a little discouraged today. They said that very few people are interested in stopping to speak with them. Most shoppers are intent on getting to the next store.
After demonstrating how to clean a toilet to them, we presented them with our "toilet cleaning kit." It is only a pair of sturdy rubber gloves and a pumice stone.....but it's good to have. I merely showed them how to do a regular cleaning with a brush and toilet cleaner. Some of these young missionaries have never cleaned a toilet before coming to the mission field, and demonstrating how it is done is always a good thing.
The young elders were cute. It was after 1 by the time we finished, so we took them to lunch, which was very enjoyable. They serve in a ward with 30 members, and I think the members take good care of them, but I was reminded of our home ward in Gilbert, where families practically come to blows to see who gets to have the missionaries come to dinner this week. (I'm kidding, but it sounds good.) We share them with 2 other wards I think.
We stopped in at IKEA before coming home and purchased a frame for my new poster of "Jesus Christ, The Light of the World."
All kinds of fun things today.
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