We just got a nice letter from an Elder that got transferred to another area.  He said he really enjoyed getting to know us and talking to us.  It was 2 pages. It was so nice of him to do that.  He is from Cedar Hills.

Yesterday, since we are the only Senior couple here right now, we got a call from a set of Sisters that needed recused. She has a spider bite that two days before they had squeezed green pus out of it, but it wasn't getting better and was really painful.  We went and got them and took them to the hospital.  On the way, she says she was hit by a car today while riding her bike. She flew off the bike and hit the ground.  She said she was ok from that, but we had the doctor check out both things.  She was given topical and oral antibiotics, and she will be fine.  They had not eaten all day, so we fed and took them home.  We just got home and they called and said she wanted a blessing. So, we called a set of Elders and picked them up and took them with us to give her a blessing.  Then back across town to our apartment, and now it's 10pm.  We asked the elders if they had dinner and they hadn't--so we made a quick stop at big M. This was only from 5pm until 10pm.  Most of the time our day is like this.

In the morning, after talking to family for Mother's day, we took off for a national park to see the famous Rafflesia flower at Gunung Gading National Park.  Will post pictures later. We climbed to the top of a mountain, but found out the flower was at the bottom of the mountain. Oh well.  It only lasts 5-7 days, and we got there on the last day.  But we still have pictures. It won't bloom again for another 7 months--from some other buds. This park is about 1 1/2 hours from our apartment. 

There is only one town between here and there, and it's the last town on the map out there, called Lundun. We stopped at a beautiful market, pictures to come.  I bought some vegetables from a man that spoke very good English.  As we were talking he asked about the Church and how he could learn more. (We don't have missionaries in that area).  Then he introduced a lady to us from Cambodia  and called her his SLAVE.  I will tell you about that later.  She really is a slave, sorry to say.

Then we went on to the park and saw the head guide there. He also asked about the badge and the church.  Then he started telling us about the flower and showing us around.  There are remains of jeeps and stuff from WWII laying around in the mountain.  Then he said the Japanese came to his village and demanded food from his grandfather. His grandfather said no.  They tied his hands behind his back and cut his head off.