W'k, abbreviated

Our friend Febri with our new banner which hangs on the fence.

Our week was abbreviated as far as work, because we were both sick for several days and lost a certain amount of productivity.

Not sure where we picked up the stomach bugs.  On Saturday, we went out to eat with the family of our driver Brother Manalu.  On Sunday, we had been out of town a bit to a wedding luncheon.  On Monday Sister Porter got her monthly haircut, and we found banana bread at Lotte when we went grocery shopping.  (We bought all 4 loaves that were available; a taste of home!)

Manalu family at lunch.

But Tuesday morning Sister Porter woke up with vomiting and diarrhea, and she does not vomit much due to laparascopic Nissen fundoplication surgery in 2001.  She went to one pre-scheduled appointment that was necessary, and then went home and finished the ironing, something that was necessary* but didn't require much concentration and it was nice to have it done.

The symptoms continued and on Wednesday she was very sleepy, and nearly didn't make it through English class.  She must have slept well over 12 hours that day, and ate very little.  Elder Porter was also queasy much of the week.

Finally, on Friday she started to feel better.  We ordered in Pizza Hut for lunch!

This week we picked up our new banner for English class, and we are happy with that.  It is made of vinyl, and on days there is class we hang it on the metal fence of the church to help people know they are in the correct place, and catch the eye of passers-by.

*Sister Porter is morally opposed to ironing for all of the reasons laid out in The Feminine Mystique.  In an era of Permanent Press, it is a waste of  (mostly women's) time.  But although we are fortunate to have a washing machine here (we did not in Brasil!) we do not have a dryer, so sadly we must iron in order to maintain a professional appearance.