Today was significant in several ways. In one year Gregory and I will be married! And I learned today that I will sever the next 11 months and one week in the International Area of the Family History Library! Although I really do not speak any language other than English very well, I have researched in several languages, especially German and Polish. I just pray that my skills in those areas will be brought back, as I have not used them in recent years. We are told that if we go forth with faith, the Lord, whose work this is, will help us increase our capabilities. I need to trust that this is so.
I met Elder and Sister Lemon, my new Zone Leaders. They asked what my preference is for working (morning--I do not usually sleep well, so by late afternoon I do not function well), and what day I would like for my Preparation Day. Looks like Monday will work out for that. I will be grateful if my schedule does work out for early shift Tuesday through Saturday. Then I can continue with attending the Temple on Tuesday and Friday, and singing in the Elijah Choir.
As a zone, after learning our assignments, we attended the temple. Then this evening I attended another session here in the Salt Lake Temple while Gregory was doing the same in St. Louis. It was quite an experience for me to be in a session with nearly 200 others! Quite remarkable!
Early this morning when I could not sleep I indexed a batch on my iPad--quite interesting! There were a number of glitches, so I sent lots of feedback, but overall I like being able to use the tablet for indexing. The batch I did was from South Africa, so I let my cousins from South Africa know that I was exposed to a bit of Africaans, the Germanic language used in that country.
My lack of sleepiness allowed me time to make a fresh batch of flax seed crackers. This evening I fried some wheat, and I have chickpeas soaking to make some hummus--Yum! My daughter had success with making fried onion rings today and she sent me pictures. I would sure enjoy some of them!
I had a feeling that's where you would be assigned! Yay!
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