Grandma's Journal 9/28/08

Sunday 9/28/08
Trouble breathing but we finally got a hold of the church and they had someone meet us in town and then ride with us to the meeting which was in a house that the church is renting. No air conditioner and Sacrament Meeting was outside under a tent on the patio. Sort of like a tent meeting! The meeting was excellent. Two wonderful brothers stood up and spoke without any notes and from the scriptures and the talks were so good, inspiring. Everyone is very friendly. Met with the District President after church. He says there is a missionary couple that will be in our area and they will be very glad we’re here. Of course Mike told him we would be glad to do anything and help in any way we can which translated means he will volunteer me for just about anything because he will be working all the time. Bad attitude I know, probably because I don't feel well. OK here’s one thing you don’t see in Sacrament Meeting in Utah…One little boy, about 2 gets up out of his chair and walks to the back of the congregation and then on up to the house and pees on the wall! He walks up to the wall and I look at his Dad and his Dad is shaking his head no, but he pees anyway. His Mom puts her face in her hands and shakes her head like what could possibly happen next. Oh well, what can you do? We were in the RS room, which is sort of the dinning room or living room of this house and there are some shelves up front. I look up and there is the Young Women’s motto taped to a piece of cardboard cut off from a box, and next to it is the Proclamation to the Family next to it on a piece of brown cardboard box. These people are so poor. But the church is true no matter where you go! I think we have decided to pay our tithing here instead of waiting till we get home and paying it in one lump sum. It came to both of us while in Sacrament Meeting and we talked about it after. These people need the money. We have to talk to them about getting reporting for our taxes and so forth.