42 years ago today I was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The date was chosen because it was the birthday of one of our missionaries--Happy Birthday, Mike!
This very full day began [if one does not count reading the first 12 chapters of First Nephi at 1:30 this morning] with choir practice at 6:15 am. I personally think I did better singing "I Come to Him" during the practice than during the devotional, but overall the choir did great. The devotional speaker was a descendant of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and I wish I could have followed all of his talk, but my ears do not do so well in the chapel in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building [yes, maybe I should get a hearing aid--someday]. Anyway, I probably dozed a bit there, but the rest of the day I had no issues with sleepiness. If this continues, I will probably eat 3 apples a day for the rest of my life! Another happy item was doing a personal weigh-in at the clinic in that building--I have dropped the two pounds I had put on the last time I weighed. Happy news.
My first assignment at the Library was a meeting to introduce the trainers to the Beta of online training for new missionaries who have just finished their two weeks in the Training Zone. I was favorably impressed with the modules I have accessed so far.
During my hour as pager I was able to prepare a case to submit to the engineers to fix the Sweden, Varmland, Church Records collection that needs fixing before the Swedish Case Study can be fixed.
After lunch was the two-hour weekly Trainers meeting. I received a new assignment to teach the review of Level 1 after next week's observation. I was able to present my suggestions for changing the Swedish Case Study once the collection is fixed by the computer experts. That was well-received, although it took a bit of explaining, as I had not prepared anything formal.
There was a proposal as to how to stream-line our serving first-time guests. When I was the monitor a short time later I was able to implement that process with the two young elders who were serving as Floor Manager and Greeter. I was pleased with how well it worked, and so was the Greeter, who has been hoping for a better process in serving the guests, even though he was a bit skeptical at first. I saw him later in the afternoon and when I thanked him for helping implement the process he said, "It worked great!"
The last hour I was a Helper, and I did help a fellow missionary get some sources attached using Tree Seek, which is a pretty nifty little program.
Then I went to the next module in the New Missionary Training, in which there was the instruction to use the Research Assessment form for a question in my family history--perfect opportunity to check out an additional child for Alexander and Wilhelmina [Rudolph] Reitz that my Sweetheart had found in Ancestry. I had just enough time to locate the appropriate microfilm and find the record, which indicated Johann Georg was the 2nd child of the couple. I am so grateful my Sweetheart pursued that, because I had looked through those records before and had missed him, as had the minister who sent my grandpa transcripts 56 years ago! I think J G did not want to be left behind!
I enjoyed a talk with my youngest daughter after getting back to the apartment. After supper my Sweetheart and I enjoyed talking and praying together. He asked if a card he had sent had arrived--but I had not checked for mail today. I went to the mailbox, and there it was--a beautiful card with a lovely message, and a sweet letter inside with an even more precious message. What a gift and blessing my dear one is!
Just a few minutes ago the computer guru at FairMormon sent links to the mp3 files which the transcribers of the conference talks have needed, so that project should be finished in a month or two. Another blessing to be grateful for.
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