February 7

While Scott taught his Mission Preparation lesson I did clerical work for our classes which included determining who has not registered yet, who has turned in homework, and who has missed more than one class. It took me the whole class time (1 1/2 hours) to get the work done for just two classes. I did not get to our Doctrine and Covenants class. Next week. Although it took too much time, I enjoy this kind of work. I like numbers. I like to do things with a logical progression. I like to organize. I wonder if these are talents I brought with me when I came to earth?

Until writing this, I had never thought of them as talents. So now I wonder if they are, have I enlarged these talents? Or are they talents I have added to those I brought with me? Oh I hope they are the latter! It would be nice to think that I might be the servant who was given one talent or maybe two talents and yet I have increased the number of talents I was blessed with originally.

Once again we are reminded of the need to communicate better.  Our help at the Family History Center did not show up.  Scott called them several times, but they did not answer.  However, Heavenly Father was with us. Just after 4:00 Sister Senakuraciri (sen a cur a thee ree) told her husband to give her the one battery they share for their two phones. There was just enough energy in the battery for her to see that she had missed several calls from Elder Tennis before the battery died. They hurriedly dressed and came to the center.  Although they were 1/2 hour late, we were glad to see them.  Scott reminded them when we left that we would be at the center next week again.

Everyone was in the temple on time.  Whew!  We had twelve in the baptistry and seven in a session or doing initiatory.  Nice.  As we were the gatekeepers, Scott and I spent from 5:30 to 7:00 sitting in the entry to the temple talking to everyone who came in or went out. Fun. It is so wonderful to watch the YSA women being baptized by YSA men with YSA men as witnesses. In fact, once we got started there were no temple workers in the baptistry on YSAs.

We had worked so hard to get the YSAs in on time, and then realized that a ward whose Young Women and Young men were supposed to do baptisms at 4:00 had not arrived until after 5:00 and continued to drift in until after 5:30.  The temple worker in the Baptistry told the YSAs that since the YW/YM had a time of 4:00 that they would go first! Are you kidding me???? I was proud of the YSAs. No one said a word. Why can Fijians not say the tough thing, hold the line, even when it is right?

Ate passion fruit ice cream today.  Yummy.  The perfect blend of sweet and tart.  A new favorite.