Jackie comes and cleans on Wednesday, so we need to be here at least until she arrives, and between 3-4 when she leaves. I got to the computer early to try and finish some tests for the Nursary School children at the school that Morrice owns. He had dropped them off and asked that I do it. It takes a little time, but would cost him a lot to have someone else do. So it seems a small thing to help him move forward in his business.
George was scheduled to come at 9 am and be trained in his duties as a counselor in the elders's quorum. He arrived early and Elder Fox spent a productive hour training him. Joyce was to arrve about 10 so we could go to the municipal building and talk to opinion leaders about the All Africa Helping Hands Day. However, she was tied up in a meeting and we rescheduled for 3pm. But I spent part of the morning writing up letters to take to these opinion leaders telling them about Helping Hands-- how we would volunteer our time to work on a project to benefit the community and help the poor and needy-- and did they have some ideas for projects?
After Tom finished with George, I spent a few minutes with him in a crash course on Interviewing. He will be applying for a new job. We started to work on his 30 Second Me and Power statements, but then he had to leave for work. He will come back tomorrow and we will work some more. As I was doing that the branch clerk arrived to report on the Lion's Eye Clinic and to do some certificates. Tom assisted him with some training on that.
We got a call from the courier service that a package was in, so Tom went to pick that up and pay the water bill. And I called about the rent pmt. and learned it will arrive tomorrow and we'll need to deliver it then. And the Elders Quorum President arranged for us to go and visit a less active sister. So we dropped off a package to the missionaries and drove over to the sister's house and had a very nice visit. She seemed pleased to see us and genuinely interested in the message. I hope she will come back to activity.
We came home, had lunch, and I waited for my 1pm visitor-- a sister with some concerns she wanted to share. I got most of the Liahona Magazine read while Tom sent off child name and blessing and other forms to Nariobi, caught up on his journal and did other computer things--
Said sister arrived closer to 2pm. Had a good visit... at least I thought so. I hope she will be able to resolve her concerns in a Christ-like way. Joyce didn't come at 3, but an investigator called to see if he could take us up on the offer to school him in interviewing skills-- we thought we scheduled it for 4:30-- after we'd be through with Helping Hands. Joyce texted to say she was still in a meeting. I finished a few sewing details on a dress that needed fixing. No investigator showed up. But the missionaries called to say the new missionaries, coming in on transfers were to arrive shortly. Could Elder Fox come and pick up them and their luggage? It was now too late for the missionaries assigned to Busia to travel there, and so there was extra luggage to take to the apartment. He did.
Jackie finished and left about 3:30. It would have been tricky to have gone to the municipal bldg at 3... when she wasn't finished so it's just as well time is fluid here. Joyce arrived some after 5pm-- long after the city offices were closed. But she read the letters and took them and we scheduled for tomorrow morning-ish to go to the city and the PM's office.
Tom returned from missionary ferrying. (It took a little longer as one left his bag at the bus station requiring two trips.) We fixed carbinara for dinner. We called the investigator. He thought we'd call him back when it was okay to come...oops. So it's scheduled for Friday.
In what was left of the evening, we skyped Miranda, I placed a YL order. I also visited with missionary couples in Nairobi and discussed timing for a Public Affairs visit here and made arrangements to get my hair cut while in Nairobi. It will be my first haircut not done by missionaries--Sister Littlefield, or Tom and I. Tom watched The Testaments. And the day was done.
We had hoped to visit and train another brother and a friend at the museum. We have Leadership training to prepare. I guess that's what tomorrow's for. Good night.
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