Dear Children,
It is 105°F outside right
now. That is rather warm. I’m sitting under the AC that blows in
one spot in the room. It gets too cold, so I turn it off, and then it
warms up, and I turn it back on. I have the remote control by my side.
I want you to know that I walked to and from church in the heat. It is
about a 15 minute brisk walk, and also about a 12 cat walk. Even the cats
seemed lethargic this morning.
We just had 15 people in our
living room for “lunch”. We used to invite people for “dinner”, but I
decided it was better to call it “lunch” and then I didn’t have to prepare so
much. We never know how many will be coming to eat after church. We
usually have six “for sures”.
Five of our guests were children…
from about 1-12. So I had to think of something to feed them that they
would eat. I settled on sandwiches. I’ve only just found some buns
that can be used for sandwiches. And it only four shopping trips to get
enough food for the lunch. All of the shopping trips involved a lengthy
walk. Are you appreciating this yet? I found some cheese in one
store, and some deli meat in another. Dad found a huge watermelon that I
couldn’t even lift at one fruit stand. I bought some other stuff for
potato salad at another fruit stand. And we took our pulled shopping cart
to a distant market to get other supplies. I bought potato chips… they
were a hit with the children…. And the adults. I made hummus and my
special rice krispy treats (cocoa puffs). Almost everything got eaten except
we still have watermelon left.
In addition I bought 10 candy bars
for a treat for the fathers at church. I didn’t how many men would be
there, but there were 7 (including the YVs and a YA). I worried that
they would melt in my bag by the time I got them there, but I assume they were
okay. I copied a nice little quote from President Monson and added it to
a little bag.
Yesterday we had a
Branch bowling party with 24 people. That was huge! Only seven
of us were members. The elders did a great job of inviting people.
Even their Turkish Tutor came with his son. One of the YVs is almost a
professional bowler. We had four lanes. I didn’t bowl because I’m a
little cautious about my knee. But I told the YV that I would have beat
him if I could have bowled. He didn’t believe me. I was
serious. It isn’t fun getting old and not being able to display your
prowess.
We went to Dominos for pizza
afterwards. We could have eaten in the bowling alley, but it is in the
Hilton Hotel, and I know it would have been very expensive. We may be
paying for this, so we wanted to minimize the costs. We sat outside of
dominos and ordered pizza and drinks. It was probably only 99°F.
About 16 of the guests are relatives. One family was baptized in the
Ukraine, and the others were family members who now live in Turkey. The YVs
have been meeting with them a little bit. I know their interest in the
church will be sparked if we have frequent bowling-pizza parties.
We had a baptism scheduled next
week. It isn’t going to happen, yet. It seemed like a golden
contact, and the YVs were very excited. I’ve been around enough to
know that “things” can happen. So we’ll see what is next.
We’ll go to Istanbul next week for
one night. WE are having a Maxi conference. Part of the Maxi
conference will be 10 hours in airports for us. Oh well.
I hope you are all having a nice
Father’s Day. I know that our ward gives Father’s a piece of pie to take
home. Shoshauna said she was making 3 pies. She is much better than
I. I helped out a time or two, but I always bought the pie. Too bad
Shoshauna doesn’t have a Costco membership right now.
BTW… I have a woman here who does
my hair. She is actually very good and expensive. She even drives a
car…. No one drives here. I had an appointment this week, and just as I
was leaving, she called and asked if I’d like a ride to the salon. She
lives in my neighborhood. I said sure, I was just leaving. So I met
her and climbed in her car. I told her (she speaks English) it was the
first time in almost a year that I had ridden in the front seat of a car.
And it occurred to me that I haven’t driven in that long either. It was
an unnerving feeling to be in the front seat of a car. But I survived the
drive to the parking garage, and let her fuss with my hair. I really
looked beautiful for about 10 minutes.
Well, have a good Sabbath
Love,
Mother
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