Monday, December 01, 2008

Frankie and Emery picked the family up sun. at 3 and took them to our house for dinner and after dinner we took them to Glendale to see the lights ,they seemed to enjoy it ,after the lights we brought them back for dessert ,took them home around 8 pm we picked them up on sun. morning and brought them to church .they even stayed for Sunday school.
Frankie

Tika and Kamala are upset with the quality of the produce, as Elvern mentioned, and were disappointed with the shelf life. Kamala showed me brown grapes and droopy green ?? I don't even know what it was! Whomever takes them shopping next should talk to them about taking small amounts, or only what they'll eat in a day or two of fresh produce. They can cut back on the size of the prepackaged grapes just by taking some out of the bag. I think their fridge is very humid right now because the apartment is, so the herbs and grapes were spoiling quickly. Tika and Kamala thought it wasn't cold enough but I checked everything and all the contents are cold. They could be introduced to Sprouts, as Carol suggested, to get better produce. There is one on Northern and 19th Ave. I explained that "fresh produce" isn't really all that fresh since it travels a long way to Fry's. Tika seemed to understand.

Has anyone ever used those "green bags" that supposedly keep produce longer? They'd be worth the money if they work.

Please add to the potential tasks that I will take them to the library for library cards now that they have proof of residency. The older girls and their friends routinely walk to the Cholla branch for books and DVDs. Can you imagine an American kid walking from 35th/Dunlap to the Cholla branch on the other side of Metrocenter?

Tika has significant leadership skills, and could be a great asset to reaching the larger Nepali community for Christ. We can pray for the Truth to become real to him and to his family and then to the many friends and neighbors they have!

Carla

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Picked up Tika and girls for trip to Cholla branch library. Kamala wanted to stay at home. Before we left the apartment Tika told me the vacuum was not working again. I got it out, and it started right up. Uma said I am magic! The look on Tika's and Kamala's face was so funny. We used it a while to see if the problem would show itself, but it worked like a charm. I then showed them the upholstery brush and showed them how to use the hose. Much to my surprise, but no surprise to whomever hauled that couch in, it's a sleeper sofa! Wow. That thing is huge. So I surprised them with pullling a big bed out of their couch!! It was like magic again!! They thought it was very funny!

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Mike Darus said...

From: Kathleen Petty [mailto:kpetty11@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:42 PM
To: helen and elvern bootsma; Frankie and Emery Brown; Mike Darus; mark giebink; Jane Moore; Keith Nettles; Amy and Mike Rabayda; Ann Simmons; Carla Truman; Carol Langley
Cc: Kathy Petty
Subject: News



Hi Team:

This is what I found out today:

1. The family is enrolled in ESL classes. They are on Tues. and Wed. from 6:30 to 8:30 and they need to attend. Jane if you would like to attend a class please do so.

2. Ganga reports that LSS will do bus training on Dec. 3. I did place a call to Mike and Amy Raybada to see if they could start with this on Tues. or Wed. but with LSS starting the training so soon maybe we should hold off and see how much they actually learn.

3. Ganga reports health screenings are scheduled for Dec. 12.

4. On Friday Ann and I will take the family to grocery shop at 1:00 pm.

5. Ganga suggested getting a bike for both Tara and Tika. If Tika gets a job close to home he could use it for transportation.



Decisions to be made:

1. Due to the Bus Training on Wed. which may be an all day event (?) maybe we should wait till next Wed. to take the family to Wonderful Wed. Dinner at Church.

2. Schedule a date this week for cleaning with Carla and the family.

3. A different meeting day and time was brought up again during our Sunday meeting. I'm open to any suggestions. One suggestion was to alternate meetings (e.g. one week have the meeting on Thursday and the next week it would be on Sunday).

4. If I send a draft of the talk to be given in Church on Dec. 7 and all of you reply with your thoughts/suggestions maybe we could cancel the meeting for Thursday Dec. 4. Also, we would need to schedule activities with the family for the following week. What are your thoughts?

5. During the talk in Church on Dec. 7 will all the refugee program volunteers come up to the front so they could be introduced?

Let me know your answers.

Thanks, Kathy