If my Research time was scheduled for the morning, I think I would have just slept all morning. That was not the case--but this afternoon I did fall asleep for a while over the Eppingen research. And it was a good thing I was at the Library this morning early to set up, since the person in charge of prayer meeting and the in-service presenter did not make it in until the meeting was well underway.
I was pulled off the Greeter desk to translate some German words from a church record. The occupation had to do with wood, the word for which I had just learned today from reading Das Buch Mormon, where, in the Alma war chapters, Captain Moroni was directing the building of wooden fortifications around the Nephite cities. What was also amusing is that I did silently ask the question, "Why is this included in The Book of Mormon?" I know it really was not for the purpose of my learning the German word for wood so that I could partially translate that word in the occupation name--but it is fun to think it might have been a very distant, peripheral purpose! I do know for sure that God is in the details of our lives.
Once my hour as Greeter was finished, I was asked to help a guest with German research--which technically started out as United States research, and then turned into probable English research. I spent two hours with the guest, and confirmed with a more experienced missionary that finding naturalization papers was the next step--that would clear up whether the ancestor came from England or from Germany, and maybe offer other information. I hope the guest has success in finding out more.
I was a little late getting to lunch, which I actually spent in front of a computer, beginning my own research. Again I worked on Eppingen--and I seemed to have lost some people along the way, so I spent some time getting them back in order, and putting other families in order, too. I know I did not nap for more than an hour, so I figure I could count the nap as lunch, and the rest of the time as research. Not that anyone really checks up on how our time is spent. But when it was time to leave I had gotten one line's descendency down to 1900, which is where I stop usually, as 1907 is the cutoff date for records without a death date being shown.
I was getting ready to leave when my Louisiana friend saw me and shared that she had passed her last certification for basic training. I had already shut down the Training room computers, so we had to go back out on the floor to log her in and check that the system had recorded all of her checkpoints. It had, so I got to turn in her signature page, and write her name on the whiteboard for having passed.
This sister has wanted me to go with her to a Polish sausage place--so I suggested we go in celebration of her passing certification. She agreed, and we enjoyed our time and our food together.
I got back to the apartment just in time to pull up Women's session on the iPad. I stayed awake for the first talk on not Leaning, but I was in-and-out for the other talks. I wish I did better at this.
A nice talk with my Sweetheart was a good preparation for what will hopefully be a restful night.
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