Today was my research day in the afternoon. I did not struggle to stay awake, so I worked nearly four hours on my Eppingen people. I was able to verify some records through research in the many microfilms that have Eppingen church records. I was not able to verify everything I looked for, unfortunately.
The earlier part of my shift at the Library was quite busy. I served one hour as Greeter, and one hour as Floor Manager, and managed to help several guests at the same time, as we were quite busy.
I actually stayed into my lunch hour to help a guest whose in-laws I had worked with at the St. Louis Temple. I had thought she looked familiar, and when she mentioned St. Louis I told her I was from Missouri. She only had a few minutes until she was going back home.
One of the guests I have helped several times before. He had good news. His mission papers were finally found and approved, and he and his wife will serve a one-year Church Service Mission in this Family and Church History Headquarters Mission. They will have their interview soon with the mission president. He is really praying to get to come to the International Zone in the Family History Library. Today he found two more children for one of his direct line families. I was able to read the second of those records for him. This was really another Elijah Moment for him.
Once I got back to my apartment I had a lot of cleaning up to do, but for the last hour or so I have been working again on the Eppingen records. I was thinking the other day how strange it is that I am really concentrating on these lines. I had thought to do more work on my Mom's lines, or my Dad's father's line, but instead it is his mom's line--the one he told me once were just common folks and did not amount to much. Yet they are the ones who apparently want to be found--and they were actually nearly all minor officials. Not common at all. In addition, they are my probable connection to my dear President Kimball through his wife. Very faithful people, I am sure.
I am not sure why I was so blessed, but I was told today how to go about getting tickets for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert--and I was able to get two tickets. Most of the other missionaries were unsuccessful in this first come, first served ordering. Maybe it is because I requested tickets for the Thursday night performance. I actually will be unlikely to attend myself. I wanted tickets to give to the woman in South Jordan who has done my hair a couple of times. Next week or the following week I will go down there to get my hair done and I will offer her the tickets. If she does not want them, I know several missionaries who will probably be glad to get them. The reason I will not likely want to go myself is two-fold: I would miss being there with my Sweetheart, and I have to work early the next morning. Regardless of that, I am glad I was able to get the two tickets.
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