Elder/Sister Meyers

Elder Jack and Sister Pamela Kellerstrass invited us to join them for a visit to the Colombo National Museum. They had hired a van and came from Negombo. They picked us up at our apartment on Monday. We had a wonderful time together. We enjoyed the museum but we especially enjoyed the visiting with each other. It was nice to actually be able to understand everything that was being said. Elder Kellerstrass is not a museum person so we went through the museum rather quickly. There were some very interesting ancient items. After we left the museum we went to lunch at Hotel 168. It is a Chinese place. The food was delicious. It was an extra good day for us all!
Elder Meyers was a little frustrated this week. He is in charge of the distribution center here in Sri Lanka. He had orders that had been out for over three months. He kept asking Sundar in India if he needed to do anything to get his orders. Sundar never answered. On Thursday he got the Liahonas for the area. He was short 23 Liahonas. He came unglued. He wrote Sundar and asked him why he was short so many. Sundar didn't answer as normal. Elder Meyers waited a while and decided to email President Robert William, second counselor in the mission presidency. Within a few moments he got a response. By Saturday morning DHL delivered all 23 of the Liahonas and several other items that had been ordered.
Friday evening we were out doing our home teaching. Anura was our tri-shaw driver. After we left Brother Jeffry's home in the middle of a thunder and lightening storm we ran through the down pouring rain, we discovered that the tri-shaw had a broken cable. Anura and Brother Jeffry worked for a while and got it running enough to get us home.
Today was the Children's Sacrament Presentation. There were 13 children participating in the program. The children knew their parts and they sang wonderfully. President Kolitha gave the closing remarks. He bore his testimony. With tears streaming down his face he pointed to the children and said, "You have just heard from the future of the Church in Sri Lanka." The Spirit was very strong! Many in the audience had tears as the meeting ended.
At the end of our singing time the children were treated to chocolate cake, candy, pop, marshmallows, and ice cream. They were so excited about how well they had performed their presentation. We enjoyed singing some fun songs today.
Sometimes we wonder why we are here in Sri Lanka but after the program we felt like we knew why!