Family -
My faithful green pen is on it's last leg! But this is the only pen that I have. I'll have to go and buy another one today. :)
Things are going well here. Sister Allen and I had kind of a lame week, but hopefully this next week will be a big improvement.
We had a big disagreement with the Assistants to the President this week. We just got a new AP and he really has a problem when he is in leadership positions, he's one of those power mongers (or however you spell it). Sister Allen had phoned to make an appointment to see President Stevenson. Elder Bestor (the new AP) phones one night and asks me why Sister Allen needs to see Pres. I told him he should speak to her. He then asks her why she wants to see Pres. She responded that it is a personal matter, he said that, that wasn't specific enough and kept hounding her to tell him. She finally said, "never mind", she didn't need to see Pres. He then asked for me again and asked again why she wanted to see Pres. I told him I didn't know and then we hung up. The next day we were at the mission office for a meeting and the AP's called us into Pres' office and they sat and reamed us. Telling us how Sisters are such a problem and how Elders would have just said what the problem was and then they would have known when to schedule the appointment for. Just on and on. They were such jerks! Anyways, it was interesting, Pres knows the problem with this one AP, but Elder Bestor knows the office really well and has a lot of really good administration skills, they just don't have anyone else right now, I guess. It's dumb!
Anyhow, I'm sorry if this has all been negative. It really isn't that big of a deal, I guess it happens often with Sisters, I've just never experienced any problems at all.
Well, other than that this week has been pretty quiet. I'll tell you, the people here want us to get fat! Everyone is feeding us! I haven't had a meal at home for, I don't know how long. There is a lady in our ward, Sister Francois who has a daughter on mission in Johannesburg and she just really takes care of us because she hopes someone else will do the same for Karen. She brings us food and such to church every Sunday. Other people have caught on and bring us things as well. Yesterday we came home with bags of food. They really are kind. I'm really sad because I think I am going to be transferred in about 2 weeks time. I've really grown attached to this pace in the past 5 months. Even though this is the hardest area in the mission (or at least that is what they say). I could stay here for the rest of my mission. I'll be sad when I am transferred.
Some areas in the mission are going like gang busters. Umlazie (one of the townships) had 13 baptisms yesterday! That is really exciting.
Mom, my companion and her family are really into natural healing and things like that. They only go to a herbalist, not a doctor. She's been telling me about all of the things this herbalist does. It sounds cool. You should look into going to an herbalist. They are supposed to be quite a bit cheaper than a normal doctor. You just might want to look into it.
We were at an Indian family's home for lunch on Saturday and their son has a 16 foot fishing pole. I suddenly thought of home. They do a lot of ocean fishing. They are a really cool family. I love curry! I want to learn how to make it and I'll make some when I come home. Mom, I think you'll like it, and everyone else, but I think dad will have a hard time with it. It's the kind of spicy that makes you sweat and makes your nose run. It's really nice though! :)
Well, I had better go. I hope all is well there. I love you all very much. Take care. I'd love to hear from all of you. Mom, thanks for your letters! Be good. Stay well!
Love
Michelle :)
P.S. Maybe something happens in the shipping of tapes because I had a hard time understanding the one you sent a while back.
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