Tour of the Capital, Lots of New Events Coming, and Park Lane Senior Center

We got up very early on Monday morning to head home from our quick trip to Oregon. The trip was long, but uneventful, so that is good. We arrived home just in time for Family Home Evening. The Ipson's covered for us and held it in their apartment. We dropped our luggage off and ran down the hall just in time for the opening prayer. We had a wonderful discussion and delicious dessert. We were so tired we didn't hang around too long. We both slept really good Monday night.

Tuesday morning started with the Wellness Center. I made it to my cubicle in time for our Zone Devotional. The Linfords were giving their last devotional. It was really good on how we Hear Him. unfortunately, one sister on the Zoom meeting forgot to mute herself and was carrying on a conversion for the second half of the devotional and through the prayer. Sister Johnson tried to tell her to mute, but she couldn't hear. Sister Johnson also texted her and someone even tried calling her. Anyway, the Linfords did an amazing job in spite of the disruption. The other sister felt so bad once she knew what she did. She came up to apologize to the Linfords and brought them a beautiful plant. However, the Linfords had already gone to lunch. I think she must have called to finally connect with them.

Tuesday afternoon we had our weekly Team meeting. It went pretty well and ended on time. We covered some of our events, a little about General Conference, and other relevant information.

Tuesday evening was fun. We met out TIPS (Tuesday in Person Social) group at the Capital Building for a wonderful tour. It is not far from our apartment. A lot of braver people than us walked there. It is almost straight uphill from our place, so we didn't even consider walking. We have enough trouble getting up our hill to get home. 

On Wednesday morning, we got a message from the Linfords that they were going to be out for the rest of the week. They said they had to make a quick trip to Casper, WY, where they live. We headed straight to the office to get a handle on things I don't normally do anymore. We had our weekly General Conference Preparation meeting. We are in pretty good shape for being one month out. I need to start working on the missionary helper's schedule. I was kind of holding off so I can show our new missionaries how to do it. We should be getting new missionaries this coming Friday. Please keep your fingers crossed!

Sometime after that meeting I started getting requests from Eunlan to create a whole slew of PLUNET orders. Some were further out in the calendar, and I thought they could wait until the Linfords got back, but she told me they were needed now for various reasons, so I got busy. It was kind of fun to create PLUNET orders again. It is odd, because the LPM employee that is going to be taking over creating PLUNET orders was supposed to start taking it over on the 14th, but that didn't happen. So, we are still doing it until further notice. 

Thursday started with the Wellness Center and the Zone Devotional. It went better with no disruptions this time. I had another slew of PLUNET orders to do. We went from 11 events to 26 events in three days. We are gearing up for all the different events that surround General Conference. We tried to leave right after lunch to go to the Temple but didn't make it until after 2:30. We had a very nice session and got to see our previous Mission President and his wife. They work the Thursday afternoon shift which is why we always try to go on Thursdays. We had a nice little visit with them after our session ended. They were both in the foyer waiting for two new people to attend to their needs for their first time.

Friday was a little slower. I only had two PLUNET orders to do. Lol. I spent much of the day working on the Check-in spreadsheet for our General Conference Preparation meetings that are coming up next week and the week after. Between the four different sessions we expect about 300 interpreters. Probably 200 will attend in person and 100 on Zoom. Hopefully I will be training some new missionaries by then. The Linfords will finish up their mission the week after our last preparation meeting.

Just before 4:00 I met with a small group of Sacred Materials Music personnel that were just starting their new jobs. One of the Team Leads happens to be one of our Interpreters. He likes to bring his new people around for a tour of Interpretation. We had a good time. After that we went home.

I spent all day Saturday working on the Check-in spreadsheet for our General Conference Preparation meetings. I had some additional information to update as well as add an additional 30 plus people. We are only up to about 200 interpreters who have responded so I'm expecting an additional 100 or so before next Saturday. I also tried to do some HawkSoft work but ran into a problem when an icon disappeared from my dashboard that I need to be able to process the downloads. I reached out to several people, but being a Saturday I didn't get much response. I'm hoping someone will check in this weekend, so I don't lose the whole weekend. We have a holiday on Monday, so I still have time to get the certifications done before Tuesday.

Sunday was a BEAUTIFUL day. The weather was so nice. There was a bit of a breeze. It was supposed to rain sometime during the day, but it was dry while we were at Church and then again when we went to the Park Lane Senior Center. I enjoyed our meetings and especially our visit to the Senior Center. It is a special treat to go there on the 1st and 3rd weeks of the month. We missed last time because we were in Idaho with Baby Ruth's baby blessing. The next two times are cancelled. Next time is the Stake Conference so they won't hold the meeting. Then the time after that is General Conference so they won't hold it that Sunday either. I will miss it as I sure love our time with them. We are making friends.

And, to finish out the week we got to have our Break the Fast with our apartment floor. Several people were gone for the holiday weekend, but it was still a lot of fun. We have made so many good friends here. Someone has already moved into the Durrant's old apartment. They moved in this weekend. I'm glad we have neighbors again. We are hoping they will come to our Family Home Evening group. We met the Slacks at our potluck and had a wonderful visit with them. I even tried recruiting them to our department. They will go through training next week and get their assignment on Friday. I told them if they were interested, to mention it to the Mission Presidency. I think I may mention it to President Jackson too. I think they would be perfect. Elder Slack sounds like he as all the computer skills necessary to cover what will be needed. 

All our Love and Prayers,
Mom and Dad
Grandma and Grandpa
Great Grandma and Great Grandpa
Steve and Leslee
Elder and Sister Wilcox