12 March 2012 – MondayWhen I woke at a little after 7:00 there was no light coming in the windows. This was a combination of daylight savings time and the fact that it is very overcast. It looks like it is going to rain all day but I imagine it will blow through and we will have some sunshine later.
We had our staff meeting with the President in the morning. I found that I am now authorized to access the financial secretary’s section of iMos so I can pay bills and things even if elder Steimle is not present.
I decided that I could make some excel programs that will make it easier to do the do the monthly gas card reports so I created a numerical list of gas cards, which cars they are tied to, which zone and district those cars should be in, and what the telephone number is for that district. Next month we will just have to check them off and those that are missing we can just call without looking up anything.
13 March 2012 – Tuesday we went to District Meeting. Elder Plowman moved it back to 10:30 and that is good for us. It was a small meeting because Elder Smoot and elder Wilson were not there. It seems elder Smoot got an ticket for illegal parking and had to appear in court today. So there were six missionaries and us. The meeting went well and some positive commitments were made. The district did well in blessings but they have no baptism dates and no one came to sacrament meeting…this is not good at all.
For role playing Mary and I were investigators and the missionaries’ task was to get us to commit to coming to to sacrament meeting. As usual I responded to the spirit once they brought it in and accepted. I think the missionaries – at least the elders – find it a challenge to get me to accept because they know that if they do not bring in the spirit I will not go along just so they can be successful.ÂÂ
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The Zone Leaders elders Beard and Conger shares information with elder Plowman. Sister Holder is paying close attention to what is being discussed.
The rest of the week I continued to learn about Elder Steimle’s calling. I am becoming more comfortable about how to find things on his computer. I also kept tweaking my excel lists. I wish I was more proficient about how to use Excel and how to type but I get things done even if it takes more time than it should.
Mary is also learning part of Elder Steimle’s job so we can work together if we end up taking the Steimle’s callings when they leave in July.
I finally solved a problem with a phone that we gave to a new district. I learned a good lesson from this problem and think in the future I will be able to solve it immediately.Â
I created a new Excel program that included all the phones in the mission including those in bike areas and the senior missionaries. Once I had all the info in I could make an numerical list of all the phone numbers and compare them with the phone report from Sprint. I was able to identify the numbers that were not being used – to make sure I called them. I found a couple of numbers that were assigned to couples that I had not recorded. By the time I was done I felt that I had a good list that I can use if we open a new area that needs a phone.