This morning while I was waiting for my Sweetheart to call I called our friend who helped facilitate our courtship. She had told my daughter she was eager to help with our reception, so I took her up on that. After talking a while I asked if she would just take charge of that party--and she said "Yes"!!! She even said it would be fun to do--which is not how I would look at it, but I am grateful that there are people who actually like doing this sort of thing, and grateful she is one of them!
Then when I got to the Library, I noticed that there was a fancy cake all ready for our recognition pot-luck--and it had my name on it! That's when I realized why I had been given an assignment to help with cleanup even though it was my usual P day--they wanted to make sure I would come! The food was great, as is always the case, the decorations were simple but very nice. I got to tell a couple of people some of the story of how my Sweetheart and I got together, and when I was asked to say a little at the recognition meeting [departing missionaries are usually asked to do that], I got a bit teary, recounting how blessed I was to come at this time to this particular zone in this particular mission. It has been a very sweet spot to be in.
Although I was scheduled to be a helper for two hours, no one needed my help, so I was able to work on my Eppingen people again. I came early and stayed late, also. When I left I had just come across another messy situation, with people merged inappropriately, but I did not feel I had any brain-power left to deal with it. Tomorrow I will stay late again, and on Saturday I will go to the temple early and late, and spend much of my Temple/Research day on research. Two weeks from Saturday is my last day on the floor, and one month from today my Sweetheart and I will marry! Happy thought!
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