Rainy Days And Mondays

A popular song that we enjoyed when we were younger was performed by the Carpenters was called "Rainy Days and Mondays." It talks about those are the type days that can get us down. Well we had one of those days today, but we did not have time for it to get us down, we were way too busy.

The rain part happened over night as we were supposed to be sleeping. The rain woke Sister Oveson up, but Elder Oveson slept right through it.

Note to ourselves, do not schedule Skype calls on Monday. We are suppose to Skype with each of the Self-Reliance Senior Couples once a month. Last week as we checked to see who we had not talked to we realized that we still had two more couples to visit. Looking at our schedule today this afternoon was wide open so we scheduled them for 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. What we did not realize was that the weekend and this morning would fill our day to over flowing.

This morning President Christensen called with a request for help with a special project. Sister Oveson answered the call, but as he started talking numbers she quickly handed the phone to Elder Oveson. He wanted our help to determine if the missionaries are receiving enough money every month so that they do not need to dip into their personal funds. Elder Oveson may know the numbers person but Sister Oveson knows how to take a concept and make it reality. By this afternoon we had an expense booklet put together to use to sample how much the missionaries are spending and what they are buying. After running it by a couple of others and receiving some very constructive advice, we prepared some copies for President and Sister Christensen to take with them as they go to the provinces tomorrow.

With the Coordinating Council Meeting last Saturday Elder Oveson spent his time today refining his notes and putting together some reports for the Stake Presidency. He now has access to the quarterly reports for the stake for the last ten years, so he was able to pull together some history to share. Elder Woo again emphasized the importance of Sacrament Meeting attendance. Since numbers is the language that Elder Oveson understands, now he needs to translate them into a plain understanding for the Stake Presidency.