Official Exit Papers! 18 January 2017

I maybe should not have been surprised to receive from my zone leader the manila envelope from the Mission Travel department--but I was.  There are still 14 weeks to get through until I leave the mission, but I need to get some forms sent back with in 10 days, and information on my travel companion sent in within 6 weeks, so time is flying by.

I spent some time reworking some PowerPoints today, as I had received a note suggesting that some of the images needed to be enlarged.  No one has claimed responsibility for the unsigned note--but it was a good thing to revisit the three presentations, as I found some other items that needed to be fixed.  I think, though, that I will be quite fine with letting go of this particular responsibility.

I mistook one of the access service missionaries for a sister who had signed up to feed the Young Elders this coming Sunday, but had not responded to my email.  I was glad this happened, because it confirmed something I had suspected--because it requires 3 sisters to feed 2 young elders, some of the single sisters have not figured out how to do this.  Those who live in 1-bedroom apartments actually have less room to entertain than those of us who have studio apartments, because the kitchens are blocked off from the living area--one more reason I am so glad I got a studio apartment.  Anyway, I promised the sister that I would make sure she had the opportunity to participate, and I plan to arrange for the sisters to have a way to contact other sisters with whom they could host a dinner.

I worked through my lunch time again on my Eppingen records, and then for the better part of the next hour.  I figured this hour of working on my own items was in lieu of the hour I have to take from my P day tomorrow for a Trainers meeting, which was rescheduled due to the Monday holiday.  And since I was working in the Training room, I actually did some training duties, too.

Choir practice before and after Mission Conference went pretty well.  Our choir director complimented us on how well we have learned to sing accapella.  Almost every piece we do now has at least a short section of accapella, and "Savior, May I Learn to Love Thee", which we will present next Monday, has the whole last verse without accompaniment.

This evening I talked for a while with my youngest daughter.  She had provided my Sweetheart with transportation to a medical procedure this morning, which I surely appreciated.

Then I was so glad to get to talk with my Sweetheart. In addition to learning about how his procedure went, we talked more about our wedding announcements and our family history work.  We are so very thankful to have electronic miracles that help us to stay in touch--tender mercies.