Today I taught the Sunday School lesson, Lehi's Dream. We handed out about 30 copies of the October 2011 Ensign, plus 20 copies of the article "Lehi's Dream" by Elder Bednar. We read part of it in class. If you haven't read it lately, I would suggest it to you.

Matt came for a visit yesterday. I helped him with a sewing project and he and Dad talked about what is involved in upkeep on this place.

Most of our communication while in Colombia will be electronic but here are some instructions for pouch and packages.

Pouch mail is sent from your location to church headquarters by USPS (regular mail). They are forwarded to the mission by courier each Friday. Only postcards or one-page (no envelpes) written on one side of the paper may be sent through pouch. Fold the letter into thirds with the writing inside and tape the long edge about an inch from each end. Do not seal the ends, do not add any enclorsures. Turn over and address the center section like an envelope with your return address in the upper left corner and postage in the upper right corner. Address:
Elder and Sister Oliver
Colombia Cali Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City Ut 84130-0150

Packages: Only small packages, less than 4 pounds, mark as "teaching materials" and put a low dollar value on the declaration slip. The best method seems to be the padded envelopes.

Elder Harold Oliver
Sister Colleen Oliver
Colombia Cali Mission
Avenida 2, Oeste #10-130, Edif Tempo
Oficina 201, Barrio Santa Rita
Cali, Valle del Cauca
Colombia

If you ship with a private courier (Fedex or UPS) you will need to add the mission office phone number: 57 2-892-1709

Well, I can now check off "send kids the mission address". One more little thing done to get ready to go :)

This is a report on my 5 year brain tumor checkup. I had thought we would get 2 missions in before the checkup but we received a notice from Dr. Shelton that it was time for the checkup. It happened Thurs. I had been told by our regular doctor that everything would be normal and I didn't think I was worried but after we left Dr. Shelton's office and he had told us everything was normal and that I didn't need to come back. I felt a big relief. The worst part of the evaluation was the MRI which I don't like. I have had two now They also tested my hearing and said the remaining hearing didn't not get any worse.

One of the last days in the temple I went into to initiatory to help another shift before our shift started and there met my audiologist. When I told him where we were going he said that we needed a hearing aide dryer to put the hearing aide in every night. We saw him Thurs also and he had ordered one in and had it waiting for us. He has been very helpful. I had been concerned because when we went to Seattle/Alaska the hearing aide quit the first day out. When we got back the people in Rex Scott's office replaced the filter and said it had become clogged from the humidity.

Now we have a couple of weeks to pack.