THE BIG SLUMP

Another week gone by quickly.  The big news is that we’ve hit “the slump”.  As we used to say back in my Japan missionary days, bump, hump, slump and dump, signifying the 4 quarters of a mission. Alisa and I hit the 75% mark on July 15, with 4 ½ months yet to go.  To celebrate, this note will be short.  Saturday we were to hike the volcano on Rangitoto Island.  But when we got to the ferry terminal for the 9:25 a.m. departure, we learned that they’d dropped the 12:30 return ride, meaning we’d have to wait until around 4 p.m. for the return ferry ride to Devonport.  The hike to the top of the volcano and back is only half a day, so we skipped it.  Read a book back at the apartment.  Today after church we have a young couple from YSA ward, Maddy and Mathew coming over for dinner and a visit.