November 20

So ... I have a slightly better idea of what I do in the Office. We arrive, hang up our coats, say hello to Elder and Sister Walters, then to Elder and Sister Gardner. We check the email for the Office Sisters and get to work. The biggest project we have been working on is arranging the travel plans with trains for the 175 missionaries in our mission to attend Mission Tour in Wien, München or Zürich. It's been a really big task and it is almost done. Mission Tour is 24 November in Wien, 25 November in München and 26 November in Zürich. Our poor Mission President and his wife! They are always somewhere else. They care so, so much about each missionary in this mission. We sometimes stop for lunch and sometimes just loose track of time.

Sister Hansen is truly a soldier. She is in a lot of pain, but she wants to badly to stay in the mission. I want her to stay, too. She went to the doctor on Thursday and had some homeopathic anti-immflamitory stuff injected into her ankle yesterday. We will return three times a week. Her ankle is hurting more since the injection. Great! We are always very busy in the office and often making phone calls. It is nice to learn where everyone is serving and sometimes to even call them up to tell them a ticket number or something.

So, the Senior Couples we work with are awesome. Elder and Sister Walters deal with finances and Elder and Sister Gardner deal with Supplies and Supply orders from missionaries. We have staff meeting every monday morning with President and Sister Condie and the Assistants. I learned this week that we are the Secretaries--I thought the Elders were still doing that for some reason, but they aren't!

Funny thing happened this week. So ... our apartment is a little chilly and Sister Hansen asked me to come look at her feet on Wednesday. Turns out she got Frostbite again, but don't worry--we already told Sister Condie and we do all we can to stay warm at night. I love the socks I brought with me. When it was really hot outside, I didn't think I would need them, but I am so grateful, now! Sister Hansen is also more prone to Frostbite and got it the last time she was in München last year. I had never seen Frostbite before!

Well, I will close, but know that I know without a doubt that this is the true church. I love that the Lord sends out ignorant and unlearned missionaries to preach it. The Spirit will testify to all those prepared to recieve it and if they listen, their lives will be blessed. I know that Jesus Christ is my Redeemer. This is the sweetest message because it is the greatest gift that we can have eternal life because he suffered and rose again. His birth was a miracle and his life was an example. He is truly our light, our life and the way to Eternal Life. It's true.

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Sister Carla June Carroll