Saturday, 14 November 2015

CLS Conclusion. Good or Bad?

Well I left off where he had his first UR, unrateable. So the following Tuesday we travelled again to Redoubt Chapel but this time we actually took the test in the Chapel building because the internet was working. This time I had bought a headset and my lap top was set up properly by the shop. Again the audio said it was working during the pre-test but as we were taking the test it did seem to fluctuate. I think because we knew it was going to be another fail we joked around between the question and answering recordings.
Oh my, should I share with you some of his answers? Well as I haven’t named him here goes. One of the hobbies he ticked was ‘singing alone’. He was asked “where do you like singing alone?” He said his bedroom and a few other places, he then added the shower. Why I thought that was funny I don’t know. But I started to giggle a little at this stage. He was next asked when he first started singing alone and other questions like “have you ever sung to other people, have you had any embarrassing or memorable experiences”,  this is when it got really serious - not!
 He first explained that his dad was visiting the States (the family live in Tonga). He asked his dad to bring him back an Elvis costume because he was crazy about Elvis. He shared an experience he had when he wore the Elvis costume to school and sang for them, the other pupils laughed at him.
One of the reasons he gave was because Elvis was white and he was not. I just could not control myself I was now laughing uncontrollable. Thankfully it didn’t put him off the test, not even when he mentioned he also had a Michael Jackson outfit he wore as well.
Anyway like I said we had a feeling that it would fail again today and on my way back to Hamilton I received a message saying it had. We didn’t give up and we went back to Redoubt on the Friday but this time we went to the MTC, did another audio test, all working well, but again failed during the actual test.!!!!!!!
The Elder is now due to fly home on the next Tuesday. But I did not give up and neither did our IT person from the Area Office. We finally got the port open which enabled us to set up the test at the Mission Office. I spent a long time making sure the headset and mic worked. So we are all set to go for another test the Monday before he leaves his mission the next day.
He very confidently spoke a load of dribble to some of the questions asked. We were both delighted that he was asked about Tennis. Something he had spoken about in great detail before. So at the end of the test we were very hopefully.
Only time will tell if he has passed or it is another audio fail. 
After about 30 mins I expected the fail result to appear, after 45 mins nothing, 60 mins, nothing. Then it came through, the result can be seen on …….. web site.
Ok, as I’ve never reached that stage before, I excitedly try and find the correct site. Finding his name was easy as he is the only one I have registered, there was a result! But what does it mean?

·         A means advanced

·         IH  intermediate high

·          IL intermediate low

·          N for novice.

He got an ‘A’. Wow, top group, Wow! Excitement and relief all in one.
Now I can focus on all the other missionaries and help them successfully get a certificate that will help with their CV for employment or college.

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