We've spent time helping people fill out applications for housing, met landlords, seen apartments, scheduled appointments for viewing apartments, loaded up possessions for moving, cleaned up the new home, fixed flooring and prepared a bathroom for use in the new place, given English lessons, temple prep lessons, driving lessons, French nursery lessons, called the Rental Inspection Department about problems with rentals, called and made doctors appointments, helped prepare a house to move into by installing another window, and then a little bit of teaching the gospel. We haven't spent this much time in work clothes since our first couple of weeks after the tornado.
Housing is a real issue here. There are lots of really nice apartments for those who make less than $28,000 a year, but for those that make more than that its hard to find decent affordable housing.
The weather has been mostly gorgeous this week! The fall colors are blooming, the leaves are falling and the harvest is ongoing. It really is a beautiful place.
I have to share this picture from Zone Conference lunch because I don't have one of the Badgers. They are really great!
The flora around my pond is everchanging.
The Elders only had a few minutes to help, but we got all heavy stuff loaded.
I finally got a shot of a squirrel. They are everywhere gathering nuts.
Fixing the bathroom flooring.
Amelia was cooking Liberian food at the lesson at her house, so I had to get some pictures of it. 
I had lots of fun at Super Saturday while Elder Quincy helped with more moving. They took some furniture and a fridge from one home to the home of another family.
This tree has just about lost all its leaves. Lots of the trees are still green.
I caught this blue heron taking off.
First they took out the old broken window, then they made the hole bigger and put the new window in.
The perfect marriage of Elder Quincy and my favorite candy!
Moving out.
The Primary Children's sacrament meeting presentation was Sunday and it was super! I was especially happy that Rovy participated! He knew most of the songs and said his part in a mostly understandable way! We had parts in French and Spanish and children from many countries participate. I think there were over 125 people there! If we had the Primary present every week, we'd be ready for the next phase of a building in no time! Kids are just the best thing ever! We've spent time today shopping a Goodwill for a purse to take to someone 30 minutes away, delivered it, then picked up a sister to take to a Women's shelter 45 minutes away so luckily I started laundry at 7:00 this morning and got 2 batches done before we left the house. We have 3 appointments tonight, so its a good Pday! We love this work! Each week is another opportunity to serve in surprising new ways!
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