Happy New Year, Happy New Mission and Branch. 1 January 2017

Happy New Year, everyone! 2017 looks to be quite a year.  May we all thrive despite whatever opposition comes our way.

My day started out nicely, although I did not get to talk with my Virginia granddaughter. I think the family is still traveling back from the Carolinas.  But I got a couple of batches of German indexing done, although I returned the Polish batch I downloaded earlier.  I just do not trust my reading of the extra letters.  I did gain a little better understanding of what is wanted when there are extra letters in the language.  Despite the fact that the program will question the use of the extra letters, capturing those letters is wanted by the programmers.  I guess they just want to make sure the indexers are sure the extra letters are really there.

I did not get to sit in my usual spot for Music and the Spoken Word.  None of the audience got to sit in the close by sections of the Tabernacle.  However, my seat way up top at the back of the Tabernacle was nice enough.  In fact, I could hear the instructions of Mack Wilberg, the director, to the choir between the rehearsal and the actual broadcast better than from some of the other spots.

I got to talk with my Sweetheart as I was walking back to the apartment, and I expect we will talk again tonight for a bit.

I had nearly two hours between the broadcast and our church service, since the reorganization of the Mission, and the reorganization of the branches has removed our choir director, and most of our music people.  In our special joint meeting in the third hour there was interest expressed in doing a branch choir, so maybe it will happen.  Otherwise I may have an extra hour each Sunday to work on indexing or my own research.

We learned more about the changes in the Mission today.  Previously this mission has not been under the direction of the Missionary Department.  Instead it has been under the Family History Department.  Apparently this change has been in the works for a long time, and everything is now in place to help it happen.

Our branch is organized differently now, so the people we work with in the Library will almost all be together in the branch.  It is nice to be with more of our fellow workers from the International Zone. Still, there are friends that are now in the other branch.

This evening I have been working on getting pictures transferred from my tablet to Family Tree.  Some of that is going nicely.  Other parts, not so much.

Texting is a great way to keep in touch with my family.  I just learned a few minutes ago that my third great-grandchild has not yet arrived.  I will be happy when she is safely here.