As I came to the International Zone this morning I noticed that the B1 computer lab where we hold prayer meeting was fairly dark (there is always emergency lighting on). Sure enough, the person who was supposed to be in charge was not there. I set things up, the piano, the PowerPoints, etc. The other trainer who was there helped also. We waited about three minutes past the regular starting time and there was still no leader--so I followed the example of one of the sisters who is an assistant zone leader, and conducted the meeting. I was also playing the keyboard, and I was the one scheduled to do the in-service.
Ordinarily on Friday morning there is no one in attendance who has not already had the in-service for the week, but today was an exception. There were several missionaries, including three young elders who have recently been assigned to our floor.
I spent an hour as Greeter, and then had an hour to prepare for a review class of the 1st level of International Zone training. I could not find the PowerPoint that the trainer I replaced had given me! That turned out to be a blessing, because I just accessed everything on the internet. We came across some errors during the class--and you can't fix what you don't know is broken. The five missionaries who attended the class gave positive feedback, including one who said he learned several things from the presentation. In fact, I learned a couple of things myself!
I worked with several people in the Training room today, as I was there for five hours. One of the sisters had done a batch of German indexing as part of her study for Level 3, so we went over that. There were a couple of things that we learned together about the scribe's handwriting. The sister found a new example of one puzzling letter--but it turned out to be three letters in one: "Sch"!
I got next week's schedule, which is quite different due to the Thanksgiving holiday, and to a special all-day meeting on Tuesday. Instead of 13 hours in the Training room I will have 3!
When I finished at the Library I went shopping to get a rotisserie chicken for feeding the Young Elders on Sunday. I took along my Japanese sister, and we went to three stores, which took close to three hours. I have never been much of a fan of shopping, and that was more tiring than the 7.5 hours of working at the Library!
My Sweetheart gave me very positive feedback on the letter I have written to the Mission President and his wife about my interactions with the Book of Mormon. I do love The Book of Mormon, for it has had more influence for good in my life than any other book.
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