A Bit of a Later Start. 29 November 2016

Today's start time at the Library was just about perfect--late enough to get to talk with my Sweetheart, and an hour before Study Group, so I had some time to prepare.  Talking with my Sweetheart is always good, and he keeps surprising me with good things--I am so blessed!

Study Group was rather animated, as one of the elders had just discovered how to use a catalog feature called "Places within", and he was enthusiastic about sharing this.  I do not mind at all when someone besides me leads the discussions!  In addition, this was a good segue into the Baden Church Records, and Germany Civil Registration collections which I had planned to share today. The only problem with the group was that we were having so much fun we went 10 minutes over--and I had another assignment!  We had a closing prayer, and I left the other three talking animatedly about what we had studied--a very good outcome, I feel. After serving as Greeter instead of Monitor I had an hour as Helper when no one needed my help, so I got the study group report written up, printed, and sent off.

This afternoon I had an hour of Skill Development time, and I spent this hour getting help from others in the Training room to figure out how to save a OneDrive file to a flash drive.  Thanks to one of the new missionaries who is still in training, I was able to learn how to do that--and later in the afternoon I taught one of the other trainers, who had asked me in the morning how to do it.  We did have enough time together this afternoon for her to learn how to do it also--and how to upload files as well.

When my shift was over I walked through Temple Square and on to the temple.  Despite the cold, a group of the young sister missionaries were out singing Christmas carols.  It was nice to hear them.
My time in the temple was well-spent, and I returned to my apartment by walking west on North Temple, enjoying more of the Christmas lights and decorations. Now I am waiting for my Sweetheart to call this evening. We will probably talk about our experiences in the temple, 1300 miles apart.