13 June 13, 2012

Neither of us slept that great. I woke up at 3:00 and Gene about 4:00. We got up before 5:00 and before we knew it, it was time to go to the airport and pick up Elder and Sister Rempp. Hari had arranged for a van to take all of us and it was a nice big one. And the price was right, only 1400 rupees.

We saw Elder and Sister Rempp enter the terminal and it was about an hour later that they came out of the airport. There was a good size welcoming committee there to greet them and they got a warm welcome.

We returned home and Gene and I spent quite a bit of time with them going over what is happening as far as Latter-day Saint Charities goes. After a while we all walked over to Bhat Bhateni’s and showed them around. Then it was back home and more orientation. We did go to Thamel for dinner and Deppong’s went with us. By the time we got back, the Rempp’s were so tired they could hardly keep their eyes open. By 7:30 they went to their room. I suppose they will be awake early and we probably will too. We still have just a little packing to do so we will be ready to fly out tomorrow. We are excited and can’t believe our time in Nepal is soon coming to a close.

We look at them and how tired they are and know that will be us in a couple of days.

12 June 2012

We got up this morning and moved all of our stuff out of the Master Bedroom. We had already moved most of it so it wasn’t that bad. We’ve been busy packing bags and weighing them. Boy, we are going to be right at the limit.

Nick dropped just before noon with his USA visa. It looks great and is valid from today’s date. That means he could go to the USA early if Pres. Jackson allows it – and still enter the MTC on September 5^th.

This afternoon, Debbie and I took the Relief Society Presidency to lunch at Pizza Hut. We had a good visit, talking a bit about Relief Society and how they can ‘raise the bar’ just a little. They are doing a great job, especially considering the challenges they face. I think the major one is that all the materials are in English and there are quite a few sisters who only speak Nepali. So how do you involve them? The lessons need to be in Nepali, but the teacher has to be able to read English and translate it into Nepali. We talked about the sisters needing callings and some of the things they could be asked to do. This presidency is on the ball and they do a great job and I am impressed. But there are sisters who aren’t coming because they don’t understand the lessons and the talks in Sacrament Meeting. It is a challenge for the Branch leadership.  Anyway, lunch was good, we had a good visit. Utpati had never been to Pizza Hut and liked it a lot. It was good but I’m looking forward to a good Supreme Pizza back home.

This afternoon, we have just tried to make sure we have all the bases covered as far as what to go over with Rempp’s. We have rented a van and driver to take us to the airport and bring us back. It’s a 15 passenger, so we can take quite a few people. It will be a fun welcoming committee. I’m sure they will be overwhelmed and tired, but we are going to try and share all we can in the short time we have together.

Tonight Gene went to PEC. We still don’t know for sure if Pres. Jackson is here.  When he got back he said they had a great meeting and that he was interviewing  the four young people going on missions . All is well.