As I looked at my schedule this morning I noticed that there was no lunch on it for today. I had gotten to the Library a bit ahead of my 10 a.m. start time, so I stopped at the Zone Leaders' office to check that out. Sister L. concurred that I needed a lunch hour, and we agreed on when it would work out best.
Then she said, "I need to talk with you about something else. We are losing a lot of our trainers in the next few months, and your name has come up as a replacement. Would you be willing to consider doing this?"
My answer was really a no-brainer, and I did not need to take any time to think about it. "I promised the Lord I would do whatever I was asked to do, so, of course, I will become a trainer." [The other time I served a mission I balked at anything that approached a leadership position, so I had to repent of that attitude!]
There are what seem to be downsides to this change, but there are some good things, too. I will no longer get to have Monday as my P day. Monday from 1-3 there is a trainers' meeting--maybe a "training the trainers to train"???. I have really enjoyed having Mondays off, but I will adjust, I am sure. As of right now it looks like I will have Tuesday as my P day, which is good in that it will allow me to talk with my Sweetheart in the morning or mid-afternoon, as our typical early evening talk is precluded by our mutual temple service.
I requested that I no longer work a late shift, especially not followed by an early shift. I am not sure how that will play out--I will probably do 10-6 instead of 1-9 on Wednesday. I will find out for sure on Friday when the new schedules come out.
Since it has been three months since I did the IZ training, I do not remember exactly what the trainers did for me then. I know I will present in-service lessons after our floor devotionals on occasion. I will continue with the German/Slavic Study Group--I am glad about that.
Anyway, sometimes it seems that the only constant is change! Flexibility is a virtue!
Today was Mission Conference which is pretty much an additional Devotional in our Mission. I get to go early for Choir practice, and since my lunch was right before choir, I got there a little early. At one point before practice began the choir director asked me about my singing on Sunday: "Who arranged the piece you sang?"
"I did."
"It was very nice. I like acapella singing, because you don't get the instruments interfering with the sound of the voice."
"I like singing acapella because then if I miss something it is not obvious!" I think I kept the conversation going a little too long, but I was glad to get at least an acknowledgment of my effort from someone who knows music well.
We did not have a long time to practice today, but the choir director seems to be able to teach us new concepts even when the time is short. Our presentation of the song "We Are the Lambs of His Fold" went even better than the practice. And tomorrow we get to do it again!
My other project of getting 2016 Fair Mormon Conference talks transcribed is now off the ground. I have two transcribers working already, and tomorrow I will see if any others will join them. Maybe I will be able to do a little myself, also.
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