Well…we survived
transfer week! It felt chaotic to us, but thankfully we have a local driver who
helps with all the transportation. And most importantly, all the departing
missionaries caught their flights.
Lane and I feel
like we felt when we started Kindergarten, or junior high, or high school, or
college. Where we’re trying to figure out a new system, which seems strange
since we’ve been watching and training with the missionaries here in Peru for 2
months. All I can say is that everything changes once you are actually in the
driver’s seat. Yes, I’ve watched the office elder enter baptism data, but did I
notice where (or even if) he saved the scanned forms? Or do I remember which
password opens which of the 5 (or is it 6!) email accounts we’re supposed to be
monitoring? Then there’s the actual “secretary phone” which I inherited this
week which is a @#$%$#@ Android (and I’m an iPhone user). And how do I line up a nurse to come and
vaccinate our missionaries who need their last Hep A and Hep B shots when I DON’T
REALLY SPEAK SPANISH! Thank Heaven – yet again – for Google Translate. But, we
are pressing forward and trying to do our best. There is so much to do and it
feels a bit overwhelming right now!
We did have a
great week though, despite the stress, and realize that even though we feel
like old dogs, we are learning new tricks (even if it is slowly). And I have
definitely felt the Spirit guiding me as I try to figure everything out. I love
this quote from Brad Wilcox (General Conference Oct. 2021):
“Life is like a
cross-country road trip. We can’t reach our destination on one tank of gas. We
must refill the tank over and over. Taking the sacrament is like pulling into
the gas station. As we repent and renew our covenants, we pledge our
willingness to keep the commandments, and God and Christ bless us with the Holy
Spirit. In short, we promise to press forward on our journey, and God and
Christ promise to refill the tank.”
¡Ten algunas experiencias buenas esta semana! (Have some good experiences this week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
