Sun at 12 noon, still light at 5:45 pm. 27 January 2017

This morning my talk with my Sweetheart was cut short by a mis-behaving connection. But at least I got to hear his voice, and that is wonderful.

I played the keyboard during the morning Prayer Meeting, but no one needed the inservice lesson at that time, so I got to work about 20 minutes on my Eppingen people.  During the first hour I was a helper, but I did not get to help any guests today either that hour, or the other in which I was on the floor.

In the Training room I had lots of opportunities to help. There were some frustrations, as one of the sisters could not find her long biography, so she had to do it over.  For us older adults, sometimes computers just are very frustrating. Two of the other trainees are moving along quite quickly, and two others are close behind.

I offered my in-service PowerPoints to those who are in the Basic Training, and they said it helped them review.  I discovered that there have been some changes in the Wiki, so I reworked several of the lessons to reflect those changes, which kept me busy during the two hours I had in the Training room in the morning.  In the afternoon, the Japanese sister who is still plowing through Basic Training asked for an explanation of "context" in evaluating records, and I was helped in figuring out how to explain and illustrate that for her.

Knowing that the car was free of snow and ice, I went to the nearby Hispanic market during my lunch hour. I was pleased, too, that the sun was shining brightly.  Although I know the temperature was fairly cold, it just did not seem that bad.  I got lots of apples, including one of a new-to-me variety:  Cameo.  I ate that as part of my evening food, and it was quite nice.  I also got some imitation crab which was quite inexpensive today, and I had some of that for lunch, and some more for supper.

At 2 pm I did a Level 1 review with missionaries who started a while ago.  They were pleased that there were many updates in the PowerPoint, made possible in large part because of their feedback. Then it was time to get ready for afternoon Prayer Meeting, and for presenting the in-service lesson to several people.

Because I had not stayed and worked through my lunch time, I stayed about 90 minutes after the end of my shift to work again on Eppingen. I wonder how many more hours of work it will take to get through my relatives from the Ortssippenbuch.  It seems like every time I work there are more descendents to find, which is not a bad thing.  But tomorrow I hope to spend my research time on Mecklenburg.

When I left the Library at about 5:45, I was astonished that it was still light out.  I wonder if  the difference here, as compared to Missouri, is the elevation, since my impression is that SLC is a bit north of STL.  However, I could be totally wrong on that score.