November 4, 2015

Bonnie:   It's about 9:30 pm and we just got back from taking a vehicle to President Clayton that he will return to some Elders tomorrow. MLC turned out well, though there were some mishaps along the way. When the ESL cards came today I was ecstatic that they arrived on time. Then, I saw that they had the wrong phone numbers on them! When I got around to calling them I found that it was their mistake. I made another order and they will not charge us for it. The only problem is that I don't know how I'm going to get them delivered to Ossington and to Weston very soon. Waffles went well. We had enough berries and whipping cream. The only issue I have is that two large packages were not picked up by the Zone Leaders. I was hoping to have all of the boxes out of the office foyer for awhile. Such is not to be, I guess. We receive large packages daily now. And I figure it will get worse the closer to Christmas it gets. I don't know where we will put 220 Christmas packages!
I felt much better today after having a full nights rest. Restful nights are important for my well-being, that's for sure. Tonight we "pulled" the pork in preparation for our special dinner Saturday. Then we decided that it won't be enough and bought another roast tonight on the way home from Clayton's. I will cook it tomorrow night and we'll have to pull it Friday night.
It's getting close to my bed-time so I will turn this missive over to Bob. Have a good night, everyone, and a wonderful day tomorrow!
Love,
Mom/Bonnie

Bob: Waffle making went well. I cooked on two griddles and mixed up the batter as I went. Not bad since I couldn't spell waffle 6 months ago! Put a picture of the operation below.
I did have some success with the text report today. Gave the President a printout of my analysis of the companionship that had the most texts last month. He liked it and said that would be most useful. Now to find time to streamline the process so I can do a few companionships each month.
I thought I was going to have to take a car back to the Farsi Elders tomorrow and pick up our truck. Got a brain storm and had the Elders that drove it to the meeting today take it back once we loaded the needed items (5 chairs, a desk and dining table). Gave them an extra occasional table that matched the dining table. That should make the Sisters happy.
Did have a disgruntled landlord call today. Seems that she went and inspected the apartment we are renting from her. There are not any Elders in it right now as the area was closed during transfers on the 20th of October. She said the place was filthy and needed a good cleaning. I told her we would send a couple sets of Missionaries down to clean it up. Looked up who lived there last, but I got the wrong Elder. He was able to tell me who did live there though. Of those 2 Elders one had gone home. Called the other one and reported to him what the landlord had said. He immediately proclaimed they had cleaned it before leaving. Told him that he was probably going to have to 'raise his bar' for cleaning standards. Told him the Zone Leaders for the area he left would have to go clean it for him and that his present Zone Leaders would be around to check his apartment for cleanliness as I didn't want this to happen again. The 2 Zone Leaders going to check his apartment were more than happy to do that. In fact, they are 2 of the 4 that did an excellent job of cleaning out an apartment we just left on Bloor Street. President Clayton was all for having the Zone Leader take care of it. He said he needs to make all the Missionaries aware of how these situations will be handled. I don't think a whole lot of the Missionaries want to be the reason the Zone Leaders have to go clean up after them. We'll see how it works out.
Enough rambling for tonight. Hope everyone is enjoying your fall season. It is so nice and pleasant here right now. Love to all, and good night brother.
Dad/Bob