I did not sleep well again last night, or at least not as long as I wanted to, so I tried to get back to sleep after reading scriptures, but was not successful. I got up about half an hour later than usual, and did not get out to do my stair-climbing until about 7. As I watched other missionaries depart for prayer meetings, I got to feeling maybe I should catch the early meeting, since I would not be able to attend an afternoon session due to singing in the choir for mission conference. So at 7:12 I decided to see if I could make it to the 7:30 meeting--and I was successful!
As it turned out, since I was not due to start until 10. I could have skipped out--tomorrow, when my shift starts at 1 pm I will not go in early. It is good to know, though, that in a pinch I could get up 20 minutes before I was due at the Library and make it in on time! That is not something I ever plan to do, but it is nice to know that I could.
At 10 am I was the monitor, but at about 10:45 a guest asked for help, and I worked with her until 11 when I was the rover. I like having the positions of monitor or rover or greeter on my schedule, because it is somewhat structured, whereas in helping the guests anything could come up. But that is part of the adventure of family history--one never knows where it might lead. This guest had brought some well-organized notes, and we found records that proved her family stories true.
I got through replenishing pencils and papers as the rover when an older man came in with his niece. Because they wanted to search from Family Tree, free accounts were required. The niece got hers set up easily, but the uncle had some issues because in our basement location his cell phone was not working. He went upstairs to get service--but there continued to be issues.
Mission conference was held this time in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. One of the mission presidency is finishing his mission, so he and his wife spoke. Then the choir sang "The Hearts of the Fathers Will Turn to Their Children" another song that is difficult to sing without getting choked up. After our number, President Tate spoke. He told of his journey to living life more positively. He reminded us of our mission affirmation: I will greet this day with love in my heart, a smile on my face, and gratitude for my blessings. He challenged us to ask "How can I help?" and "Who can I help?" and "What really matters?" Another challenge was to make all our prayers for the next 4 days prayers of gratitude. I hope I can live up to the challenges.
When I came back to the library after more than three hours the uncle and niece were both still there working. The tech people upstairs had helped the uncle with his account issues and he was able to print out a lot of pedigree charts. I worked a while more with the niece, and we found a book online which contained records of her family. In what seemed like a very short time, my shift was finished. I had decided to go to the temple for a bit, and had a good experience there.
I was sad that I missed my sweetheart's first two calls, as my phone was still on silent from Mission Conference, so I lost out on 6 minutes of talking with him. I was prompted to check my phone and then we had a few minutes to talk and pray together. And now it is time to close for the night with gratitude for the good events of the day.
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