Ocho

Today was P-day.  We are definitely in a routine with the wash and refrigerator freezer defrosting.  Brian picked up Rohan and they drove to Lime Hall to pick up Wayne.  Wayne needed to get his birth certificate so that he could get a tax number.  It is always nice to have Rohan along because he knows the ins and outs of Jamaica and he is also is very familiar with the PEF program since he and Tracy have taught the course.  I stayed home and studied for my seminary lesson.  Brian brought Rohan and Wayne back to our condo so that they could fill out the birth certificate application on line.  After Brian took Wayne back up to Lime Hall, I went with Brian to take Rohan home and then we stopped at the store to get a few items.

Sunday was interesting.  Our Elder's quorum president, Relief Society presidency, and Sunday School teacher were all absent.  Brian taught Sunday School and  Sister Mouritson taught Relief Society.  She did a great job.  After the meeting I tried to help Sister Barbagee with her ipad but that was like the blind leading the blind.  She had forgot her password and when she was setting up her ipad, her birthday got entered in wrong.  The e-mail on her phone was different than the one that was put on her ipad so there was no way of getting her new password.  We finally gave up.  When we finished at the church, we took Shawn with us to visit Sister Noble and her family and then we stopped at Brother Lester's to give Peter a school bag.  Shawn is the new branch mission leader.   From there we drove to Mansfield Heights to visit a sister that we have not met before and we also visited with the Elder's quorum president.  When we got home we skyped with Jill and Brian talked to Ben.  He informed us of the passing of Jeff Greensides.  We were really sorry to hear that news.    We watched the Christmas Devotional and then retired for the night.  I got a ton of mosquito bites on my legs while we were at Sister Nobles and I woke up in the night clawing at both of my legs.  The mosquitos are vicious here.

Saturday we went to Lime Hall to get our car washed.  Brian talked to a man who is just starting a restaurant and he  gave us his card.  We will probably go up there to eat some time.  We thought we would wait until  our company came but we thought it might be better to try it out first.  He gave us  four Soursops.  They are a really interesting fruit.  We had to ask Wayne what you do with them.  He told us that when they are really ripe, you just peel them  with a spoon and take out the seeds and blend the fruit in a blender or press it through a sieve.  I tried one of the Soursops.  It wasn't too bad.  I mixed it in a smoothie of banana, and orange, pineapple and mango juice.  Sunday night I juiced the other three as they ripened very quickly.  Wayne told us to mix it with water or milk and add some nutmeg.  I haven't tried it that way yet.  After leaving Wayne's, we met up with the sister missionaries and they showed us where one of the members lived.  From there we went to see one of our less active sisters.  She is very sick and her blood is very low so she was freezing - if that is possible here.  She reminded me of how Sister Rose looked before she died.  Brian gave her a blessing.   We drove home for lunch and then met the missionaries at the branch.  We were going to sit in on a lesson but the investigator never showed up.  We took the missionaries up to Shaw Park to visit with Sister Temple.  She hasn't been out for awhile but she said she would come and she was there on Sunday.  We left the missionaries in Shaw Park as they had another appointment and then we headed home.

Friday we spent the morning with the plumber.  Our tub would not drain.  The plumber had come over on Thursday but he couldn't fix the problem.  He thought it was the drain plug but found out on Friday that it was some roots that had gotten into the pipe.  After lunch, Brian went to the bank and I did some reading.  I am trying to read Jesus the Christ. I am really enjoying it.  I think I started  it a long time ago but never finished so I thought it would be a good Christmas read.  When Brian got home, we took some school bags to Sister Jackson and stopped to visit with Sister Llewellan before we picked up Tracy to do my hair.  It was nice to get the hair cut short again.  Tracy does a good job.

Thursday the Whiteheads came up to Ocho to pick up the humanitarian kits.  It was nice to get the kits out of our condo.  We went to lunch with them at Island Grill.  They made a trip out to Mustard Seed to drop of the kits but we didn't go with them as we had seminary and institute to teach.  Brian bought some drano to put down the tub drain and when that didn't work, our condo supervisor called a plumber.  She said he could come at 3:00 so Brian took me down to the branch so I wouldn't be late for seminary.  He came back home but ended up not being able to teach institute because the plumber was still at the condo.  Finally, at 7:00 p.m. he came down to the branch to pick me up.  I did get to meet Elder Cox.  He is new to Ocho.  He is from Emery County but use to live in Manti. His family moved to Castle Dale a few years ago.  He didn't have enough knowledge of his ancestors to know if we were related.

Wednesday was transfer day and because Brian was taking four elders back to Port Antonio, I stayed home.  I made some rolls and spent most of the day reading.  Brian got home around 7:00.

Soursop fruit.