Changes in September
Our Temple President decided Laurie and I needed to have a change of pace in our Temple Service. That is his distinct privilege as our Mission Leader. Since our senior couple friends, the Ames, had to leave about 5 months or so early, they needed someone quickly to replace them in their temple service duties. They called Laurie to work in the temple recording office and they called me to be a Volunteer Assistant Temple Recorder. Both of us are now taken off the daily ordinance and sealing schedules. We started this new assignment a couple of weeks ago and we are in the midst of shifting gears towards a new daily routine. I have been asked to help out doing sealings when they are short-staffed. I welcome this invitation also. This past week I ended up getting requested to help do family sealings 3 out of 5 days. The hours now seem to be a bit longer. The schedule changes every other week. The first week our schedule is from 5:30 a.m. (really, I like to get there and be ready to serve by...