Hail! The conquering hero!

It is such a wonderful feeling to figure out a solution to a problem that has been bugging you! It probably seems like a little thing and kind of stupid but not having the ability to do laundry if I need to really bothers me. Tuesday this week I got all the laundry done. Wednesday morning Ethan woke up wet and he had gotten James wet as well. :sigh: No big deal, right? We were going to a prophet’s chamber and I just was hoping they would have laundry facilities. But they didn’t. For some reason that really bothered me. I hardly slept at all on Wednesday night and the thing that kept going through my mind was how we were going to get it done since James was going to be busy all day Thursday and Saturday and we didn’t know where to find a laundromat. Other things were wandering around in my head, too. I guess anything seems logical and worth worrying about at 3:30 AM. The same problem hardly feels like anything at 9 AM!

How ironic is it that I’m going to be a missionary in Africa and I’ve never even done laundry in a sink or bathtub? In fact, the idea never even occurred to me at 3:30 AM or at 9 AM. It wasn’t until early this afternoon that I even got the idea!

So now, as I type this, the first “load” is in the sink. All the filthy things that got wet will be as clean as I can get them by “washing” them in the sink and then hanging them out in the sun to dry. Thank God for our nice sunny, warm day – the first in over a week! Not only that, but I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself for even giving it a try. I’m thankful that God helped me get the idea in the first place! Not to mention the fact that this is some more GMT (good missionary training).

I need to go check on my children and my laundry. I’m ever so grateful for a God who gives creative ideas!