Carnet

This week we were busy but didn't do anything out of the ordinary. The mission was running out of money. I am not to let the cash box get below 3,000 soles, but because I didn't have my carnet I couldn't go the bank and get any money. Finally on Friday I got my carnet and received 5,000 soles. On Thursday we locked the safe and couln't find the combination to get in. Usually I only have to use my key to get in but I must have turned the combination and it locked. Almost a day later I found the combination in an old binder on top of a bookcase.
Thursday we met with Fernando and talked to him. He was to come to the office on Friday evening with his novia but they did not show up. We will have to check that out.
When we got our carnet we were at the Immagration office for 5 hours standing in line. I received my carnet but Karen never did get hers. It seems that their computers went down between me getting mine and she hers.
We are anxiously awaiting this week. On Wednesday Elder Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve will be here in Lima and will talk to all the missionaries in all the missions at the MTC.
We have been going to the office before 9:00 and coming home some time after 7:00. In the morning after breakfast we read in the Book of Mormon and study Spanish before heading out. It is an exhausting schedule some times. We are learning Spanish ever so slowly. Karen gets frustrated that she isn't learning faster than she is, but she is progressing every day.
We know that the Gospel is true. We love to give the Joseph Smith story and know that it is true. We know that there is a value in us being here. Already we have freed up two of the better missionaries in the mission. One became an assistant to the president and the other a Zone leader.