Mision Este Zone Conference

We made health presentations at the Zone Conferences for the East Mission this week. It is always fun to see the Elders in the field.  We are quite sheltered living in our Temple housing, so it is hard to tell the Elders in the CCM what to expect.  Often no elctricity, no hot water, no pure water from the tap, no air conditioning and no fans if the "light" is off.  No one talks of the electricity here except me, it is always referred to as light: "we had no light",  " the light was off so we couldn't cook", etc.  Sometimes I forget where I am and suggest they use their vacuums for bed bugs, soak their feet in warm water twice a day and so on. We saw pictures of some of their apartments, as the Mission is trying to crack down on them to increase hygiene, they are not very good housekeepers.

Considering the conditions,  this conference I stuck to simple things, eat clean food and drink pure water. Keep you kitchens and hands clean.  Choose to be careful even though it takes some work.  I only hope they will listen a little bit. They laugh when someone else tells them about how they found bed bugs or how long a worm someone passed.  Too be young and immortal again, what a waste youth is on the young.

Two conferences were held near us in the capital, Wednesday and Thursday at the Gascue building, on Friday we drove two hours east to La Romana for the La Romana and San Pedro de Macoris zones.  Elder McDermid was not with us as he was accompanying an Elder home for treatment.  Driving and scenery were nice, though browner in the winter then last fall out that way.

Elders waiting for a gwa gwa after the conference.

Sr. Hernandez teaches 72 hour kit preparedness

LaRomana Stake Center, a fine building.



There was a wedding on the grounds as we arrived home,
it is always nice to be back safely.  The Temple is busy today,
I saw more weddings this morning, Saturday.