Love to all—
I am over to one of the vacant houses to do laundry this morning. I am a traveling laundry!! Tons to do as it’s been a week. We never seem to run out!! This week lots of jeans that are covered with sheet rock mud. Dad and Elder Browning began perfertaping on Monday as we passed inspection on Friday of the sheet rock. Elder browning walks on stilts. Dad prefers the ladder! Yesterday the stucco guys came and began the first coat. They were able to do both houses yesterday and will return in a week to do the next layer. I’ve sent a picture of our house at this stage. The gray color is just the under layer of stucco.
This morning they had to go find some heaters as it has gotten cold and damp here and the sheetrock mud is not curing as fast as we’d like it to. Lee wants them to concentrate on getting our house done as soon as they can and then complete the duplex after. I think that’s a great idea! We are always ready to have emergencies that will take them away to another project but hope we can get a lot done before that happens. I have been going to all the storage places on the farm and making an inventory of furniture, appliances and dishes etc. so we can furnish these 3 places. I found a wonderful big wooden rocking chair that has awful upholstery on it so that is my next project-to make new covers for it. My refinishing of that old dresser is coming along nicely.
Dad finally had his first appointment at the VA. We saw his primary care physician, a very nice man from India, Dr. Bonaparai. He has a big black beard and wears a large black turban, very fascinating! At first he was very serious and short speaking but pretty soon we got a smile out of him and when we left he was very cordial. He had flu shots and pneumonia shots and blood work done. We go back on December 3 to find out the results of his blood tests. The clinic seems very good however they are only open Mon-Fri from 8-5 so if you have an emergency you have to call a hot line and they will assess the problem and authorize you to go to a local hospital. If time isn’t a factor he has to go to the VA hospital in Los Angeles, about 2 hours away. I am waiting to get insurance during open enrollment with Kaiser Permanente. Because I didn’t change my address to California with the Social Security as soon as I got here I have to wait for the open enrollment next month and then it won’t take coverage until January, 2011 so right now I just have Medicare. Trying to stay healthy so I don’t need anything. Luckily Dr. Burton gave me a year’s supply of meds before we left in June.
Today I am busy making chili and coming up with costumes for the ward “Trunk or Treat party” tonight. This is the day 4 months ago that we got here! We love the people and love the work and especially love the changes that are happening to us as a couple and individually. What an incredible journey this earth experience is! Write and tell us all that is happening to each of you. We miss you , and especially miss seeing the things that each of you grandchildren are involved in. We used to catch up on waffle night. (We feed the Elders a lot so one night we had “waffle Night”. They loved it!) Please write to your “old grands” and fill us in on your adventures.(good & bad)
We love you and pray daily for you individually that you will be blessed and watched over and mostly that you will have experiences that will help you to grow. It is amazing how all of life’s challenges and struggles can become blessings if we turn them over to God and allow the Savior through the Holy spirit to lead us through them. We only need to be open to learn from them.
Have a great week,
Mom & Dad
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