We are getting sooo good with the transfers. We really have our routines down. I am thinking that I have to start considering what instructions to write down for my replacement. It was nice that Elder Gwynn, the person I replaced in the mission office, is a local resident, and was able to come back and help me through my first transfer. He had spend 4 days with me when we came out, but Transfers were scheduled for 2 weeks later, so he had to come back to cover that scenario with me. Sure was grateful for that.
When we leave, transfers are scheduled for 3 or 4 weeks after we have left, so we will not be able to train that function in a "LIVE" setting.
There have been several things about IMOS, the Church's "Internet Mission Operating System", that I had to discover on my own. It sometimes was rather comical. With all the MENUs in the program, I would discover, quite by accident, where to assign a proselyting area to a set of missionaries, but then the next time, I would have to hunt for an hour or more to find out where it was in the program that I was able to do that. There are also some sequences in the system that you have to follow under different "departments" with their own menus to set up a new apartment and to pay the rent. It all is simple to me now, but I want to make sure my replacement does not have to go through the same discovery period. I'm sure that it will all work out.
We had 16 new missionaries arrive from the MTC on Tuesday. 13 Elders and 3 Sisters. one of the Sisters is Tongan, but comes from Australia. They are a great bunch. One Elder is almost 25 years old, and has a GREAT attitude. Maturity really helps. Another Elder is from Hawaii. He is part Hawaiian. His first and last name are Caucasian, but his middle name is Hawaiian and contains 26 letters. I have been deleting his middle name so his name will fit in my rosters and reports.
At one point two sisters from our zone dropped by the office, Sister Alejandro and Sister Totau. While they were in the office, I came in with the 3 new Sisters and introduced them saying "Ladies, these are MY girls". Alejandro and Totau just smiled and beamed with pride. They know we love them, as we do all our guys in our zone. We again fed two on Wednesday, and two on Saturday.
Guess that is all from me. Don't want to duplicate what Mom has already written.
Have a great week.
Love
Elder and Sister Kolditz
