Dear Family,
I am sorry that I didn’t get a letter off last week. I will try to get it done and to you soon. We had so many things going last Sunday and this Sunday that I am getting behind.
This has been an interesting week, to say the least. But I will get to that as the letter goes on. We started out the week doing a missionary apartment inspection for one of the other senior couples because I had to take the MSF (missionary support funds) card to one of the missionaries who had lost hers. We thought that while we were there we could do the inspection. They live in a really nice apartment which has a concierge and a shop with fabrics where the occupants can go and pick out a piece of fabric they like and then tell them to make them what they want. That is a very different way of shopping for clothes than I am used to. The concierge came and opened the door and asked who we were visiting and then noticed out badges. He said that he had met the missionaries when he was going to school in Ghana. He said that he had read portions of the Book of Mormon and found that there were more similarities between the Latter-Day Saints and Muslims than there were differences. He was a really nice man and we enjoyed talking with a little before we went up to the 7th floor to the missionaries’ apartment. While we were there inspecting the apartment, we told them about the concierge and told them to go visit with him. They usually go out the back door where their car is parked. After inspecting the apartment we asked one of the sisters if she would sing for us—she is major in vocal performance at BYU and has a lovely voice. Then on a whim I asked if her companion wanted to sing with her and they sang I Am A Child of God for us. It was beautiful, so we asked them to sing an encore for us and they did. Finally by the 2nd verse I got my act together and video taped them.
We came back to the office so I could the rent paid—all 100 apartments. Just printing the checks and getting them into envelopes took a long time. I had 25 printed, then the computer said that they had not printed correctly (although I had perfectly printed checks in my hands) and then would not let me print the back up copy so I would have proof of the checks for us. Then in big red letters I got a notice on IMOS (church software) that I could not print any financial reports or do any checks until they got things fixed. Well, there went that plan of getting the rent done.
There was a fellow who owns a shop in Sunnyvale (the city where Lance and Amanda live) who gave us an offer last August to buy WES, but it was so low that it would have gotten more money by just selling our machines and closing the doors. We kept the shop open and went on our mission. Then when we bought out Sudhir last June/July Dad had the impression that he should sell the company and started making contacts with brokers and people he knew. That meant he contacted John again and asked if he was still interested in buying WES. He was, but again his offer was not quite what we wanted and John felt we were too far apart. On Monday, Dad told him that we couldn’t go with his offer. In the evening I brought home utility bills to work on and then about 9:10 the English sisters came over to get their mail and we learned that they had put a girl that are teaching on date and that our office elders had also put a young man they are teaching on date! What good news!
On Tuesday Dad took the day off to go to a seminar (sales pitch) from a company that sells companies. They do a lot of work and get all kinds of reports ready to show prospective buyers and hopefully they get lots of buyers and then we are able to choose from all of the offers. I had to be in the office at 7 am so that Dad could get to the seminar on time and then stayed until about 6 when he picked me up. Long day for both of us.
Wednesday we were both in the office and that was nice for me. It makes me sad when we have to take time away from the mission to take care of home things. In the evening a man came from the seminar to give the pitch for selling the company. It all sounded too good to be true, but it was interesting. We told him we would think about it.
Thursday was another early day—Dad had a 7 am dental appointment, so I drove with him to the dentist with him and walked to the office—very close. It was good to be in the office by myself to get things and found that I got more done in the first 1 ½ that I usually get done all morning. Dad’s teeth are in good shape which was good—they wanted to charge him $500 for a cleaning!! Dad told them that they had quoted him $250, so they lowered the price. It is a little frustrating because the dentist is a member of the church.
We went home and Dad called John to talk with him about the offer. He realized that John thought Dad was asking him to pay off the machines in addition to the amount he was asking. When he found that Dad had planned to pay off the equipment the price was about what Dad has asked. They decided to go ahead with the deal. So I guess that means we are going to sell WES. It is supposed to be finalized by 9-30-19. Here’s hoping that everything works out smoothly.
Friday we went to read the Book of Mormon with Nancy in an effort to keep some contact with her. She isn’t making progress, so the missionaries have quit teaching her. We thought that if we read the Book of Mormon with her and she could feel the spirit of the Book that she might want that spirit in her life. We are willing to go on Fridays at 2:30 to read for ½ with her. She mentioned that she felt something different than she had felt before. We talked about what that feeling was all about. Hopefully she can feel that more and more.
Saturday Dad went to the office to work for an hour or so while I ran errands to get the stuff for the transfer luncheon. We did grocery shopping after that and then went home to get ready to do a few house chores. Dad vacuumed and I sewed. Then it was time to get ready for a baptism. It was a wonderful baptism and there was a lot of family there. Many of these people from Africa wear the prettiest colorful clothes. They just make me happy to look at them.
Today we went to church in Centreville at 9 am so that we could go to a meeting at 10 am with President Brandenberg (2nd counselor in the mission presidency). He is over the YSA in the mission and the new senior couple coming in is going to be working with the YSA wards. This was an orientation meeting to let them know what they would be doing. In the past some of our MLS missionaries came in and nobody knew what to do with them and it took the missionaries a long time to figure out what they could do to serve. We had one couple leave after a year of service because they didn’t have enough to do. Dad wanted to make sure that didn’t happen again, so he has, with President Caplin’s blessing, helped to figure out who wanted them and what they could do. This way both couples are hitting the ground running.
We went to the Carlile’s for dinner tonight for smoked Alaskan salmon. This couple orders a large amount of salmon to be frozen and shipped down to them. We get to be the beneficiaries of that. We also get to be with the office elders and usually another member of the ward. That is fun because it helps us get to know some of the people in our ward better.
Dad had Mission Presidency meeting tonight. President asked him to conduct so that they could keep the meeting to an hour.
While he was gone I visited with the girls to finalize plans for the wedding breakfast. What fun!!
Love you lots,
Mom
I am sorry that I didn’t get a letter off last week. I will try to get it done and to you soon. We had so many things going last Sunday and this Sunday that I am getting behind.
This has been an interesting week, to say the least. But I will get to that as the letter goes on. We started out the week doing a missionary apartment inspection for one of the other senior couples because I had to take the MSF (missionary support funds) card to one of the missionaries who had lost hers. We thought that while we were there we could do the inspection. They live in a really nice apartment which has a concierge and a shop with fabrics where the occupants can go and pick out a piece of fabric they like and then tell them to make them what they want. That is a very different way of shopping for clothes than I am used to. The concierge came and opened the door and asked who we were visiting and then noticed out badges. He said that he had met the missionaries when he was going to school in Ghana. He said that he had read portions of the Book of Mormon and found that there were more similarities between the Latter-Day Saints and Muslims than there were differences. He was a really nice man and we enjoyed talking with a little before we went up to the 7th floor to the missionaries’ apartment. While we were there inspecting the apartment, we told them about the concierge and told them to go visit with him. They usually go out the back door where their car is parked. After inspecting the apartment we asked one of the sisters if she would sing for us—she is major in vocal performance at BYU and has a lovely voice. Then on a whim I asked if her companion wanted to sing with her and they sang I Am A Child of God for us. It was beautiful, so we asked them to sing an encore for us and they did. Finally by the 2nd verse I got my act together and video taped them.
We came back to the office so I could the rent paid—all 100 apartments. Just printing the checks and getting them into envelopes took a long time. I had 25 printed, then the computer said that they had not printed correctly (although I had perfectly printed checks in my hands) and then would not let me print the back up copy so I would have proof of the checks for us. Then in big red letters I got a notice on IMOS (church software) that I could not print any financial reports or do any checks until they got things fixed. Well, there went that plan of getting the rent done.
There was a fellow who owns a shop in Sunnyvale (the city where Lance and Amanda live) who gave us an offer last August to buy WES, but it was so low that it would have gotten more money by just selling our machines and closing the doors. We kept the shop open and went on our mission. Then when we bought out Sudhir last June/July Dad had the impression that he should sell the company and started making contacts with brokers and people he knew. That meant he contacted John again and asked if he was still interested in buying WES. He was, but again his offer was not quite what we wanted and John felt we were too far apart. On Monday, Dad told him that we couldn’t go with his offer. In the evening I brought home utility bills to work on and then about 9:10 the English sisters came over to get their mail and we learned that they had put a girl that are teaching on date and that our office elders had also put a young man they are teaching on date! What good news!
On Tuesday Dad took the day off to go to a seminar (sales pitch) from a company that sells companies. They do a lot of work and get all kinds of reports ready to show prospective buyers and hopefully they get lots of buyers and then we are able to choose from all of the offers. I had to be in the office at 7 am so that Dad could get to the seminar on time and then stayed until about 6 when he picked me up. Long day for both of us.
Wednesday we were both in the office and that was nice for me. It makes me sad when we have to take time away from the mission to take care of home things. In the evening a man came from the seminar to give the pitch for selling the company. It all sounded too good to be true, but it was interesting. We told him we would think about it.
Thursday was another early day—Dad had a 7 am dental appointment, so I drove with him to the dentist with him and walked to the office—very close. It was good to be in the office by myself to get things and found that I got more done in the first 1 ½ that I usually get done all morning. Dad’s teeth are in good shape which was good—they wanted to charge him $500 for a cleaning!! Dad told them that they had quoted him $250, so they lowered the price. It is a little frustrating because the dentist is a member of the church.
We went home and Dad called John to talk with him about the offer. He realized that John thought Dad was asking him to pay off the machines in addition to the amount he was asking. When he found that Dad had planned to pay off the equipment the price was about what Dad has asked. They decided to go ahead with the deal. So I guess that means we are going to sell WES. It is supposed to be finalized by 9-30-19. Here’s hoping that everything works out smoothly.
Friday we went to read the Book of Mormon with Nancy in an effort to keep some contact with her. She isn’t making progress, so the missionaries have quit teaching her. We thought that if we read the Book of Mormon with her and she could feel the spirit of the Book that she might want that spirit in her life. We are willing to go on Fridays at 2:30 to read for ½ with her. She mentioned that she felt something different than she had felt before. We talked about what that feeling was all about. Hopefully she can feel that more and more.
Saturday Dad went to the office to work for an hour or so while I ran errands to get the stuff for the transfer luncheon. We did grocery shopping after that and then went home to get ready to do a few house chores. Dad vacuumed and I sewed. Then it was time to get ready for a baptism. It was a wonderful baptism and there was a lot of family there. Many of these people from Africa wear the prettiest colorful clothes. They just make me happy to look at them.
Today we went to church in Centreville at 9 am so that we could go to a meeting at 10 am with President Brandenberg (2nd counselor in the mission presidency). He is over the YSA in the mission and the new senior couple coming in is going to be working with the YSA wards. This was an orientation meeting to let them know what they would be doing. In the past some of our MLS missionaries came in and nobody knew what to do with them and it took the missionaries a long time to figure out what they could do to serve. We had one couple leave after a year of service because they didn’t have enough to do. Dad wanted to make sure that didn’t happen again, so he has, with President Caplin’s blessing, helped to figure out who wanted them and what they could do. This way both couples are hitting the ground running.
We went to the Carlile’s for dinner tonight for smoked Alaskan salmon. This couple orders a large amount of salmon to be frozen and shipped down to them. We get to be the beneficiaries of that. We also get to be with the office elders and usually another member of the ward. That is fun because it helps us get to know some of the people in our ward better.
Dad had Mission Presidency meeting tonight. President asked him to conduct so that they could keep the meeting to an hour.
While he was gone I visited with the girls to finalize plans for the wedding breakfast. What fun!!
Love you lots,
Mom
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