Week 2 in the Office

It's 7:00 a.m. and we are leaving the Conference Center parking ramp and walking across the street to the Office building on the way to our work.

 The temple is beautiful every morning. the sight of it lifts our hearts and gives us courage and joy as we go forward in the work of the Lord.

 The office building is all lit up. The west wing of the building is 4 stories high, and we are on the 7th floor so you can see we are just above the dark row of "windows".

A quick backward glance at the beauty of the Salt Lake Temple. This is where Mom and I we were sealed for time and all eternity. This is where my parents and my grandparents were sealed. We also had family that worked on the construction of the temple. We never thought we would have such a special opportunity to work in its shadow.

This was a great week! We actually learned enough to venture out on our own and do it right. We have a devotional every morning with our zone. It helps us develop friendships and we have people we can ask questions and get good answers. We will join together to have multi-zone socials also.

It was Halloween this week as well as the farewell lunch for the couple we are replacing, Richard and Sharon Foster. We had a fun week, lots of candy and several luncheons. The big frustration was getting set up on the computer systems. Everything requires a user name and a password. I think we finally got all of them working for us this week. Now we have no excuses.

We are so grateful to Elder and Sister Foster for their patient training of two novices. They are so upbeat and positive it was great to see them each morning. This week their passwords were deactivated so they looked over our shoulders. The final day came and we celebrated their service, but then they left... we felt the security blanket of their presence was gone. We're on our own now. We went back to the desk and worked with no... well, only a few interruptions and got some things done. We looked back over our accomplishments this week and felt good about all that we had done. We can go home and enjoy the weekend with family and do a little yard work and come back Monday, after an uplifting Fast day, to meet the challenges of the work ahead.