I was grateful today to have a 2-hour delay in the start of my work at the Library. Not only did I get to wake up on my own without benefit of the alarm, but I got a brief, but happy call from my Sweetheart this morning. Tonight we will only get to talk for a short time, so the extra call is extra nice! I had some sad news to report. The father of my son-in-law died last night. It was a blessing that the family was able to gather, but still it is a hard thing when a loved one dies.
I got another few minutes done on the transcription this morning. I hope I can insert the PowerPoint slides from the presentation. That would make the transcription even better.
Study group was the first thing on my schedule today. This was weighing on my mind the past few days, as I really had nothing prepared to share. I awoke this morning with the thought of sharing the lesson from the Learning Center on Reading Polish Handwritten Records. I probably made a mistake in skipping right to the third lesson, but I wanted to show the group the template that is available which makes at least some of the Polish records relatively simple to figure out. Those of us who are full-time missionaries will not always have the resources at the Library available, so it is good to prepare to teach others how they can learn to do things for themselves.
I was scheduled for 2 hours in the Training room, when I had hoped to get started on another in-service lesson. However, two of the new missionaries turned in Level 1 work, so for the next two plus hours I reviewed their work and helped them with areas that were weak. During the third hour I was supposed to be a Helper, so when I went out on the floor to try to find a leader I needed to talk with, I was asked to help two young German fellows. They both were very fluent in English, so that was not a problem. They recognnized that they did not have enough information to search effectively, but they indicated they would "talk to Mom" or "talk to Grandma". I trust that the one especially will follow up. He was excited to see that he and his Grandma could access the FamilySearch site from anywhere with an internet connection, and that if he got a free account they could also use the Family Tree. I taught him about attaching Memories, and how he could download apps that would make using the Memories features quite easy.
Tomorrow I will have a few more hours in the Training room, so maybe I will get to work on the inservice lessons. I hope so.
When I was finished at the Library I went to the temple for a little while. That is always a very good place to be.
I hope to do a bit more transcribing while I am waiting to talk with my Sweetheart. I got a card from him today--how blessed I am!
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