One of the perks of being on this mission is the ability to go right to the people who can fix certaicln problems associated with Family Tree. I used this to advantage during my second week in the Training Zone when my trainer took me to the Library to fix a problem with the records of one of my great-granduncles. During my lunch hour today I went downstairs to the Escalation Department to see if I could get back my people--and I was successful. Since the person who submitted the names I was concerned with was not doing the work himself, but sharing it with the temple, in a few minutes I was able to claim them myself. Although it is an option, submitting just to the temple delays the work by years, since there is a long back-log. I am very grateful that I know the procedure, and that I was pretty sure of the process. I might not have thought of this had I not recently helped a guest who also was successful in getting some of her family names released because they were submitted to the Temple File.
On Sunday I learned that my Virginia granddaughter will be able to do a temple trip in early December--on the 8th, which is her great-grandpa's birthday. He would have been 115 if he were still alive! Anyway, if it was not for her I might not be as concerned about others doing submissions--except for the delays when it is put into Temple File.
The Elijah Choir again was praised for bringing in the Spirit to our Mission Devotional. I am very glad to be able to sing under the direction of our leader. He has made a big difference in our ability to perform the sacred music. Today we sang "Sweet is the Work", a familiar hymn in the Church.
Four of my MTC group gave their three-minute talks today. It is nice to learn more about one's friends. This was also the day to say farewell to many of our departing missionaries. As I know several of them quite well now, I could see how it is very sad for them to be leaving. I was so glad the one sister I invited for dinner last night had been able to come. I saw her briefly at the Devotional this morning, and this afternoon at the end of my shift I stopped by to take her recipes for the Apple Crisp and for Flax Seed Crackers, as she had asked for them last night. I was also able to help her reset her email password and get back into that. Apparently she has not accessed it for a while.
During our Trainers Meeting today I was able to present this week's in-service, which is the first of many based upon the New Missionary Training. The next hour I went to help certify some missionaries who are beginning the training--and learned that the module I based the in-service on has changed and expanded a little. There are all sorts of things to learn when it comes to working with computers--and there seem to be multiple ways to get things done!
There was a little bit of rain this morning, but then just a few showers. The temperatures are headed back up into the 70s later this week. So far, I really cannot complain about the weather.
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