Our Preparation Day is on Thursdays this transfer (which ends on May 27th), so today was our Preparation Day. We decided that we’ve been too busy the past while to take time to really enjoy life, so we elected to make this a close-to-home Preparation Day with no hectic. We started the day by going to the Temple for the 9am session. The Temple was very peaceful and refreshing and we saw a couple of people there that we really enjoy.

After the Temple we took a lot of clothes and stuff over to the BYU-Hawaii Give-n-Take facility. At the beginning of each transfer we open up our garage for the sister missionaries to put anything that they don’t need anymore but is still useful or serviceable. They can also sort through whatever is there and take anything that they can put to good use. Whatever is left we then take over to the BYU-H facility. They like getting our stuff because it’s usually fashionable, clean, and in good shape.

After that we drove fifteen minutes to a neighboring town where there is a Taco Stand for lunch. We’ve not eaten there before, but it came highly recommended. On the menu they offered a pineapple drink so Nina ordered it along with a taco salad. I ordered the two-taco meal combo and a medium soft drink. The bill was surprisingly high … and when the pineapple drink came, it became clear why the price was so high. First and last time for that drink! We will eat there again, however. The food was quite tasty.

We then came back home to do some laundry and whatever (after making a quick stop at Foodland). On the way back home our son Daryl called on FaceTime to chat for a few minutes. We stopped at a beach along the way to take the FaceTime call. We had a great chat with Daryl and granddaughter Lilly.

About 3pm I got a text message from one of the sister missionaries about the refrigerator in their apartment so Nina and I drove over there. The fridge is definitely having problems so I called the landlord to get the problem resolved. The resolution may require the fridge to be turned off for 24 hours to thaw out, which will mean more work to do to keep the food cold or frozen as needed. In that apartment was a bunch more stuff to go over to BYU-H Give-n-Take so we made another stop there on our way home. I could finally start ironing my shirts.

Except I had run out of spray starch. We chatted on Skype with Jared and Tania and then I drove once again to Foodland to pick up some starch. The white shirts are all now ironed.

Two of the sister missionaries stopped by for a quick visit on their way back to their apartment after their afternoon shift at the Visitors’ Center. We had some ice cream and chatted with them. Now I’m writing this short blog post and then headed for bed.

Even when we stay close to home, it still turns out to be a Very Busy Day!

Ta ta for now!