Elder/Sister Meyers

In primary they have been talking about missionaries. Sister Primali told the children that they could make a card at home and bring it to her and she would mail the card to one of the missionaries that were serving from the Colombo Branch. Adithya is five years old. She made a cute little card of a mouse and gave it to Sister Primali. Sister Primali asked who she was to send it to. Adithya said sent it to Sister Meyers. She is my favorite missionary. I love the card! Today Adithya asked her Mom if she could go home with me. I said sure you can come to my apartment. Adithya said, "No, I want to go with you to your real home in America." I told her I thought that would make her Mom and Dad sad. She decided she should stay in Sri Lanka. I love the children!
In English this week, we had role playing for our 6 pm class. Marilyn and her daughter Arriane are shown in the picture. Marilyn had hurt her head and Arriane was asking her how, what, when, where, who and why questions. These kind of things are very hard for them to think of all by themselves. It was a fun class and we had lots of laughs.
Sister Ann turned 50 on Thursday. We had lunch for her. She brought her husband, President Anton and her nieces, Codi and Milli. Elder Meyers decorated the front door and the dining room area for the celebration. I made her favorite food which is Tamale Pie. Anton doesn't eat hamburger so I made some rice and stir fry for him. I made a pudding cake for dessert. They loved the pudding cake. They had never had that before. It was fun helping Ann celebrate her special day!
Yesterday was Sister Vinitha's (Vino's mom) birthday. Her boss gave her a lovely bouquet of flowers. She and her husband, Ramiah, brought them over to our apartment. She said my house is too warm. These flowers will be dead by tomorrow. I want you to have these. They stayed for about an hour and visited with us. We loved their visit. I had a loaf of banana bread in the freezer so I gave that to them as they left. What loving, generous people!
The Colombo District did their 75th Anniversary Welfare Project on Saturday. They chose a Catholic school for 30 special needs children in Ragama. They cleaned, painted, and made some simple repairs. The teachers, a few parents, and even one of the children came to help. It felt good to be doing some physical work. There were around 30 people assisting with the project. Elder Meyers and I had to leave before the project was totally finished. We had a seminary/institute class to teach.
We continue to push forward daily. We are happy serving the members and pray to teach someone soon. We have had several referrals but most of them are out of our area. Today at church Nirma, a non-member, came up to us and asked to be taught. We made an appointment to teach next Sunday. Pray for Nirma to show up and feel of the Spirit.