"Life is like a piano, what you get out of it is how you play it"

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

MoreFit for The Kingdom, More Used Will We Be

The FHE turned out to be a lot of fun. It was surprising to see creativity come out of the least expected! We have pictures. Yesterday we had Area devotional and I played the piano. The secretary to the Area presidency, Elder Dalton, spoke, and I understood all he said. He is a gringo and spoke slower than Chileno. We left there and got to the office by 9:30, where we worked till 1:30. On the way home, we bought groceries and took them to the new apartment. While Jay put them away, I started cleaning the old apartment. I have to brag that I finally got to clean a place to my satisfaction. It is SPOTLESS. Ten elders from the Chile MTC (which is on the floor below) came to help carry everything across the street and up 5 floors. (They have service hours to perform; we gave them ice cream sandwiches for thankyous). By the time we had unpacked our six suitcases and put it all away, it was 10:30. We were in so much pain that we didnt sleep very well. Sooo....., this morning the power was off. It was dark. We couldnt see,and the place was unfamiliar. We finally used what little light there was to get ready for the day. I looked at the clock and was shocked to see that it was 10:15!!! We left only to find that the elevator didnt work, so we had to hoof it down 5 flights, walk a block and a half to the bus stop, stand all the way to work. As luck would have it, our bus didnt come for 15 minutes at both stops. The ladies at the office werent too happy about our being so late, but we didnt even know it was so late, and we didnt know the power would be off, and we didnt know we'd have to use the stairs. On the way home, we had to stop at the old apartment to pick up my hat I'd left. Surprise! The elevator wasnt working. I climbed 4 stories of stairs, retrieved my hat, and hoofed it down. Surprise! The elevator at the new apartment isnt working. We climbed 5 flights of stairs, making a total of 9 for me. We are going to the temple in a few minutes, so we will walk down the 5, and maybe climb AGAIN after. But at least the power is on. For now. My legs are getting stronger every day. I have pretty good balance on each foot from standing on the moving buses, and with "no funcionan" elevators, my circulation should be improving, too.

1 comment:

Louise said...

You two are going to come back so fit and trim...
So glad to hear you FHE went well.