The Law of Unintended Consequences. 14 April 2017

I was glad to talk a little with my Sweetheart this morning.  We were talking at just about the time we will be with each other again in two weeks!

At the Library this morning I had intended to work on my Level 3 to try to get it completed before I leave after next week--but there were other things I needed to attend to, which is what I was there for, after all.

The Capstone training was worth every minute spent.  Today I noticed that a new feature had appeared on the upload screen for Memories.  One can now use the file name as the title!  That will be a time-saver, and will also make  including titles more likely.  I like that. In adding some titles during some down time, I checked on Ancestry.com for the wonderful church book images from Mecklenburg--and they seemed to be gone!  Later I told my study group members--and then had to eat my words when I found them again, although the path is complicated.

We also had the opportunity to attach an audio file to a Memories page.  I was surprised how easy it was to tell about my Grandma's Waldorf Salad--and how touched I felt as I played it back.

I had decided to come back to the Library once the Capstone training was over. It was my intention to work with some of the Ortssippenbuecher from Baden.  However, I wanted to check to see if one of my mentees had had the opportunity to finish up her Level 2 work so I could check it for her.  [She was actually the spur for me to try to complete Level 3, because I knew that she really had not wanted to spend the time to work on Level 2.] And this is when the unintended consequences began.

Before I found that sister, the elder in charge of afternoon prayer meeting approached and told me I had been assigned the Spiritual Thought, as well as to give the In-service lesson. I was pretty sure he was mistaken, as I was still supposed to be in Capstone [we had gotten out early]. Someone else really was assigned for the Spiritual Thought, and the sister who is taking my place really was supposed to do the In-service, but as the schedule had not been updated, and at Trainers meeting it was not made clear that she was scheduled, she was planning to leave at 3:30.  She was very glad that I was willing to do that for her.  I was not upset at all to do that In-service as it is the last of the set I developed to help with the new Basic training. I enjoy interacting with a class when I am confident of the material,

The sister I wanted to talk with had a class scheduled after prayer meeting, so I could not talk with her right away.  I decided to work a bit on cleaning out my locker--I have accummulated so much paper in this year!!!!!  A short while later, one of the elders came into the Training room and said he had missed the in-service because he had been working with a guest.  I initially told him how to access it online, but then decided to just go through it with him, as it was not a long one.  The floor manager came in when we were almost finished to let me know that the sister was back on the floor.


The sister did finish up her Level 2 and I was able then to check her last worksheets.  Then we had the opportunity to talk for a while, especially about the things that sometimes are difficult. I am  very glad she felt comfortable talking with me.  Her friendship means a lot.

Before I was ready to leave, I went up to the third floor to see if the scanner was available.  Someone was using it, and had a flat plastic rectangle to place over the opened book to keep it flat.  So I got a new tip--but did not accomplish what I had hoped to do.

Instead, on the way back to the apartment, I walked with the missionary from the Ukraine.  I asked her if she could use some flour and some sugar.  She could, so I told her I would bring them to her.  When I got to her apartment she invited me to eat with her--she did not have much time, as it was her meal hour, but she quickly made some delicious food, and we enjoyed talking together.

Back at the apartment there was a note on my door letting me know that an inspection of blinds, carpet and walls is to take place on Monday--so I spent the next couple of hours doing more "getting ready to leave the apartment" tasks, while waiting to talk with my Sweetheart.  Now I am ready to rest.  This time the unintended consequences were good!