Tuesday we went back to work but got a call from Sister Griffiths asking if we could act as tour guides for Elder and Sister Condie from Springville who just had arrived from the states. They were all tied up in zone and district leaders' training with Elder Carr. She called about 1:30 and so at 2:00 we left, went home and changed, and took them to the Castle to keep them awake. From there we rushed home to eat and then on to Falkirk for mutual.
Wednesday Chris Norton from England was here. He is directly over our supervisor Mike Mitchell. He brought me flowers and asked if we were sure we didn't want to change our minds and stay. It has been a great experience but we are ready for a change. Our final count is:
Volumes Paginated (that means writing page numbers in the books) 74
Pages Paginated 13,729
Volumes Quality Controlled 1,163
Camera Hours 691 hours
Regular Hours 1,013
Volumes Imaged 957
Number of Images 273,396 images
We have had many neat experiences of knowing something was wrong and needed correcting. We have handled many books wondering if they had our relatives in them and some day we would see that record again. These were mostly the Cemetery and Poor House records. Most of the books we did we felt it would be difficult to find names of specific people in them.
Over all though I think the enjoyment came from the people we met and worked with. Brenda who asked me so many questions about the church and yet ended up not being at work the last four months because of extended illness. She doesn’t take my calls and so that door seems closed at the moment.
Anjali who turned to us when her husband was in a coma from spinal meningitis, he has made slight improvement. I invited her to dinner tonight, but she insisted we come to her house and so we are going there tonight. I hope we can keep this friendship going.
Then of course there is Bishop Mitchell and his family. His youngest son, Zach will be leaving on his mission soon and we will be attending his farewell next Sunday.
Andy is the man who delivered the books to us most of the time. He is a tease and fun to visit with. He recommended places to eat that we really enjoy and took Adell and Lee to one of them. He also is a member of a model train club and they were having a meeting in Troon this weekend with their trains set up. We were going that direction on Saturday and so we stopped in to see him there and met his wife, son, and daughter in law. It was great to see their setup and I think really impressed Andy that we would stop and see it.
We also enjoyed the others that worked there also. They were all much younger, but we showed interest in their lives and hopefully made a positive impression. Linda brought treats on Friday and the others went out during their lunch hour to buy us flowers and a picture frame when they realized it was our last day. Maybe we set an example that one day they will want to learn more about the church. I hope so.
Friday night we went to Elder and Sister Connelly’s to plan a party for the Griffith’s when they leave in July. We also turned it into a surprise birthday party for Sisters Flynn and Graham. I know Sister Flynn was surprised but I think word may have leaked out to Sister Graham.
Saturday was flat inspection day again and then seeing Andy’s trains.
We had fish and chips at our favorite place in that area and then went to Dundonald Castle on our way home. Again it was one that had been rebuilt many times but something had stood there well before 2000 BC.
It has been a good week with lots of emotional days and times. Tomorrow begins, as we say, our second mission of working in the Office and learning a lot of new things. We are looking forward to the experience.
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