A Whole Day At The Office

It is amazing that we are admitting that we truly needed a full day at the office. We have been out and about so much it felt nice to be able to catch up on what we are getting behind on. In previous posts we have told about the extra projects, including PowerPoint presentations that we have been pulled into over the last couple of weeks. Those projects are on top of what we were already doing on a regular basis.

Some of the things that we do regularly at the office include our institute class preparation, Skyping with other Self-Reliance Missionaries and our Area Manager, some days dozens of emails from many different directions, review Perpetual Education Loan Applications and read our scriptures. Those things alone are very manageable, it is when you throw in a half dozen extra projects that things get very busy.

This morning we started the day at the office with a Skype call with Elder & Sister Ricks in Thailand. They will be at the Manager Conference next month, since it will be in their assigned country, so we have recruited them to help with the presentation. They had some great ideas that they are going to work on for the next five or six days. It feels nice to be able to spread the load, just as we were beginning to feel overwhelmed.

Elder Oveson has been asked to do the majority of the PEF second level reviews for the Asia Area. With our coming and going yesterday he did not get to many at all, so today they were a little backlogged. By the end of today there were only three left and they all have issues that he cannot deal with.

This morning we were up and going a little earlier than normal and the skies were beautiful. As usual we  came across some interesting photo opportunities. The gentlemen is an attorney that we see on a regular basis as we take our walk. One of the hardest things to deal with serving in a third world nation are the poor children that sleep on the sidewalk. The one little girl is using the curb as her pillow. There were a lot more beggars than usual out this morning including this little boy. These evening the skies were overcast and it was trying to rain.