Sunday, April 6, 2008

I have curles and it cost 110$, Dad's estatic

Well thats the main news and, oh yes, /dads now seen my as to here to never been seen real fingernails. I can not fix that sentence and Dads napping. We've just finished with a temple update on Family Search. This the newest and only truely in depth, family search engine. It is not avaible in Houston yet, but, we are in through the backdoor of our New Zealand area reps. We've already been looking at Reynolds Cahoons wifes family. Our understanding is that they are Jewish, so, I wan't to know . Sr. Lelo [NZ help] is one of the few in the Pacific with insight into this area. We'll let you know how it goes. We have been so busy, but here goes. In the Pacific people just change their names at will. We had 2 familes come Vanitu Island, and the paper work was so bad . It is a miracle they were sealed at all. The bapismal font is dedicated to the dead in all temples and can not be used for the living, ever. Except twice here in Fiji. Once President Hinkley, this past year did allow it because there was no paper work on a 9 year old to be sealed to her family. So the Pres. just called Salt Lake and spoke to the Prophet and it was done. Just like that!! This week we had a similar, but sorta funny, different problem. Our little girl had been baptised by her Dad, she was only 71/2 not 8. You see her dad worked on a huge fishing troller [sp] and was out to sea for 5 mon. at a time , so he just did it early.... No can do, folks. So on this past friday, the pres. spoke to the Prophet for fifteen minutes and again it was done. In the Pacific people change their names, sometimes ....weekly.... No joke. To day the problem was discussed with the Lelos and there is no solution. It is a cultural thing. The family being sealed changed their minds 4 times on names for their kids. All on the same saturday!!! The family went to church in our ward and the mom bore her testimony. Both she and her husband were return missionaries!!! and still the name change thing. Only in the Pacific, folks.

Last week a very ol women , everyone calls Mother came to the temple and was she a mess. Her clothes were a dark grey and the smell made my cast iron stomach throw up in laundry. Sr. Ratuvukivuki took her to the showers and cleaned her and put her temple clothes on her. Then she went on a session. I have never cleaned anything of this kind. First thing was to run water on the clothes to help the smell and then I cleaned them 3 times in bleach water. I never thought to find weather or not to use bleach... Sometimes the Lord just takes a hand, in laundry. And I kid you not!. Her clothes turned out to be white!!! Who knew? When she left, and this makes me cry just now, she looked like a bride. And smelled so clean. She lives in a village rather far a way and when she does come she just pops in and stays with Sr. Ratuvukivuki for 3 or 4 weeks!!! Here it is not called a bladder problem. They say she is just late walking to the little house. Many have flush toilets in the villages but few are in their houses. Next I told everyone with ears " next time anyone come in who smelles, really bad, bad is sorta common here, Shower 'em , and give me the clothes and I can turn out laundry fast, before the session is over." These are Cookies rules in laundry!!! love Mum.

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