People ask me if I am trunky or dwelling on leaving, and I am not as long as I am busy. This was my last working day [really half-day] at the Library. I helped one guest, who was very complimentary about my assistance, but this morning was not extremely busy, so I got to take the time to talk personally with several of my fellow missionaries, and give them a CD to remember me by.
The missionary who I "recruited" back in June or July shared a thought in Prayer Meeting concerning the line I helped him establish then--the "end of line" great grandfather [many times] was born in the early 1600s, and they bear the same name. He is so excited about this, he and his wife may extend their missions indefinitely. Their plan had been to move to California to be near one of their children. I am so pleased for them.
Another missionary shared the good news that her grandson, who suffers from a blood disorder, has been stablized, and will get to have a more normal life for a five-year-old.
I had decided to bring some snacks to share, and one of the sisters had forgotten to bring a lunch, so cheese and crackers came in handy.
I worked about two hours on research--that is taking off time for dozing! I was up again at 4 this morning, and stayed up to finish burning the CDs. That went better, as I gave the program more time to rest between sessions. But after lunch I just could not keep my eyes open at times. The research went well, though. I found a mistake in the index online, verifying that by getting the original images on microfilm. The indexer had inverted two numbers. I suppose it has been things like that which I was sent here to fix.
This evening was our zone temple session, which I attended. We had a pretty good turnout, but the session was not extra large, so it went quite smoothly. During those quiet moments was when my thought turned to a week from today when my Sweetheart and I will be together again in the temple--and in two weeks we will be married!!!!!
He and I only got to talk for a few minutes tonight, but the most important things happened--I got to hear his voice, and we prayed together. Life is good!
This morning while burning CDs I went through more papers, and discarded a lot of them. This evening the thought came that I should take both trash bags out to the recycle bin. I was quite resistant, but i am glad I ended up doing that--getting the clutter out helps me feel the Spirit more.
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