A New Addition!

I almost forgot!  We bought a stationary bike off Craig's List this week!  We've both used it every day!  I love to turn the scriptures on and listen to them read to me as I pedal.  And I thought listening to scriptures whilst putting on my make-up was fun!  :o)

So Sad!

Friday was Zone Training Meetings in Irmo.  And at the end of the meetings, the office was deluged with young Elders and Sisters wanting to pick up media orders and checking to see if there was any mail for them in the office.  Elder Esplin and Elder Lamb asked me to check and see what address their mail was being sent to.  I pulled out the book and told them, and Elder Esplin said, "We haven't lived at that address for over two transfers (over twelve weeks!).  That just made my heart ache.  Good thing for email, or these two Elders wouldn't have heard anything  from their families in all that long time!  Heaven only knows where their packages have gone!  I feel so responsible!  But I am not the one putting the addresses in the book and on the labels!  I've got to see that these corrections are made - and that things like this don't happen again!  I guess I'm going to have to learn to update IMOS (International Missionary Operations System)!  My brain is going to be so full of stuff!  I hope it doesn't explode!

Ta Da! The Harvester!

With Sister Barlow's help - I got the October issue of The Harvester done!  Yes, we're behind! In fact, we still have to go back and do the September issue!  But we decided to start with October and November, because we were actually here and know what went on in September and October.  (That sounds really complicated!)

I think it looks good.  We tweaked it even more since I took these pictures - added names of the incoming missionaries and raised the level of the scripture in the heading.  It's pretty near perfect.  :o)

Frustration!

Most of the jobs I do at the office do not require a computer.  I can do referrals on my iPad - so that's cool.  And I can usually sneak in 15 or 20 minutes on somebody's computer to get my mailing labels done, but I've taken on another project where a computer is absolutely necessary and I don't have one.  I'm doing the mission newsletter!  :o)  Just my piece of cake!  But 15 or 20 minutes here or there isn't going to help me a bit on the newsletter!  Sometimes, I feel like a beggar - waiting till someone is away from their desk - or out of the office - so I can sit down and do my work.   I was dwelling on that one day last week - feeling sorry for myself, and really making the adversary happy!  When I realized that - I felt even worse!  Satan loves us to get discouraged and frustrated.  I know he does!

The next day was better.  Sister Fenton was out of the office all afternoon, so I got to use her computer - and Sister Barlow was there to help me learn Microsoft Publisher.  She's been a huge help!  Everything works out - especially if you're doing the Lord's work.  I know that too!

Pretty Much a Bust!

We took chocolate bars to the Trunk or Treat last Saturday, but for Halloween, we just got a bag of Dum Dums, because we thought, living in an apartment complex, we might be inundated with Trick-or-Treaters! Nope!  We had TWO.  We took the Dum Dums to the office - where they'll probably sit till we leave to go home!  :o(

There's No Convincing Rose!.

We had quite a bit of mail every day this week.  Our friendly postal worker, Rose, was convinced that it's because our church celebrates Halloween.  I made the mistake of commenting on the excessive amount of mail, and her first comment was,

"It's because y'all celebrate Halloween!" 

"The church doesn't celebrate Halloween, Rose - some of the people do." 

"Yeah, all these people sendin' Halloween packages to their missionaries, and they're all church people!"

I decided not to argue, but Rose went on...

"I know!  I know!  I'm not supposed to judge!  And I'm not judgin', but I'm judgin' in my mind!  I know it's not my place to judge, but I just can't help it.  Y'all know what Halloween is, don't ya?  It's celebrating the devil!  I don't celebrate Halloween!  No, M'am!  I don't!"

Yeah - we heard it from Rose every day till after Halloween had passed.  Whew!  Glad that's over!

"Tell them to take water...he's ready to be baptized!"

Tuesday afternoon Tye Campbell, from the Preventative Maintenance Group, came into the office to repair a broken drawer.  When he walked in - he had a story to tell - and a missionary referral!  He said that as he was leaving to come to our office a gentleman approached him and asked him if he knew anything about the Mormons.  He told him that indeed he did - he was employed by the church.  The guy said, "Tell me everything you know about Mormons!"  Then the gentleman proceeded to tell the PM guy all about the things he had been reading in the Old Testament and why he had to find out about the church.  Tye got his name, address and phone number and said he'd send missionaries to visit him.  I told Tye (that's the PM guy's name) that I'd be more than happy to send in a referral and get the missionaries out to teach him.  Tye said, "Tell them to take water with them!  He's ready to be baptized!"  :o)