Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - My dad would be 110 today. Born in Tropic, Utah weighing in at 3 lbs and living 97 years. Went to see Arthur (one of our guards at our apartment) and Agatha's baby boy Prevot (pray vo) They were so sweet to invite us and were thrilled we accepted. Took him a cute little blanket. Also Ryan Dain's birthday (Ryan is one of the general contractors here to ultimately build the temple) 41 years old today We had him and Larry (one of his helpers) over for dinner. Had poppyseed chicken, rice, green beans, green salad, rolls, and the Smith Couple made one of their famous chocolate cakes and the Sneddon couple brought ice cream. I
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - FORTY-THREE YEARS! Took the day off from the office. Took a nice long walk in the morning (Around the Plaza many times) Ro promised he wouldn't even look at his email on his phone. We puttered around the apartment organizing things that haven't been taken care of for the nearly 6 months we have been here. Ran some much neglected errands and had an early dinner at the Charlene Patisserie, wraps and gelato (of course it wasn't as good as Italy's gelato but hey....this is AFRICA) Met up with Manon and Anne Sophie, Nilza and Marta and Eloi and when to the Kimbanguiste Orchestra. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! A great way to celebrate. Their closing number was a tribute to us performing Bon Aniversaire . It was lovely.
Thursday, June 26, 2014- Went with Nilza and Manon to the Messina chapel and met there with the Stake RS Pres and Stake Young Women's President to discuss doing a maturation project in October. They are excited about it. More on that after Nilza and Manon return.
Friday, June 27, 2014- Office---getting caught up, lots of paperwork and reports. We are liking our new office. Well let's put it this way, it is a different office that is a little larger and it has a great window! YAY.
Saturday, June 28, 2014- Met Felix, Eric and Eddy and went out into a village to meet with the chief's of three villages that we hope to do water projects for. Chief John Pierre is a kick. HE LOVES ME and always makes a big deal over my being there. We didn't do any jungle trekking this time. Rather than us go out to their villages they came to meet us all in one place closer in. We probably hiked maybe one kilometer but that is all.
Sunday, June 29, 2014- Church, studying and getting reading. Making some plans for this coming week. Smith couple brought over chocolate chip cookes. YUMMMM.
In general. In the plaza across the street the world cup is going on full blast every night from about 6-10 p.m. The cheering of the fans and the game noise is just fine although it sounds like it is in the middle of our apartment. The issue is the local DJ who likes to hear the sound of his own voice and gets on the mic and starts screaming at the top of his lungs and then turns on loud extremely LOUD music. during the intervals between games or whatever. We are grateful they have been accommodating to close up shop no later than 10 p.m.
June 30th is the Congo Independence Day. They started celebrating on Friday the 27th. Also across the street on the plaza they have set up a stage with constant commotion. Mostly screaming and dancing and drinking and insanity. Also though they have closed up shop around 10ish at night. Tat may sound normal to everyone else but the Congolese are well known for partying and I DO MEAN partying until 5:30 a.m. I try not to begrudge these people for any fun they have because they HAVE SO LITTLE FUN! But ....ummmmmm their fun truly does sound like it is in the middle of our apartment.
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