So Much to Do

We left for the office around 8:30 this morning anticipating a busy day. Sabrina came to train Elder Nelson and I on the immigration and DNI process. For the last couple of months all missionaries coming from the U.S. are here on a tourist status and have three months to start and hopefully obtain a temporary residency. During that time they are to be fingerprinted and have a police clearance, then they go to immigrations to obtain the residency. We were among that group. I have talked about it previously.

Now that each mission is responsible to get all this done for it's missionaries, we were lost and way behind. The white packets for each missionary with all the legal documentations kept coming and stacking up, but we didn't know what to do with them. Sabrina, from the Area Office, came to bail us out. She is going around to all the missions in Buenos Aires to offer training, some of which is how to track it on the computer so we will know where each missionary is in the process, and hopefully get them in to immigrations before everything expires. She came at 9:30 and finished at 2:00. Elder Nelson is mainly in charge of this, but since we will be here longer than he, we needed to understand the process, too, so we can assist his replacement when the time comes.

We found out that Sabrina is a member of the church. She is so cute and is married, but has no children yet. Anticipating that she would be here at lunch time, Rich ordered some pizzas to be delivered. We fed the office elders, Sabrina, and ourselves. That was a good move, and a tasty one.

Just before Sabrina left, Sister Argyle came to turn over the big medical book to me and explain some things about dealing with sick missionaries. Starting this transfer, I will be the one they call when they are ill. They have certain times to call me each day, and I am to determine what to do next. Good thing I know the area doctor. He is one of the senior couples up at the Area Office. I am already on the phone with the missionaries gathering missing baptism information, and now I'll have to be on the phone with them about health matters. But, they are fun to talk to. . . it's just that it will take so much time. I did get a brand new fancy cell phone out of it, however.

After Sister Argyle left, I had to start my days work and it was already 4:00. I will be going to the Zone Leaders meeting at the mission home tomorrow morning to do some training on filling out baptism registers. So I had to run some things off and type up something that President Argyle asked me to do for him. Rich went out teaching with the elders so it worked out good that I could be alone to get my work done. He came back for me and we left the office at 7:00. I was more than ready to call it a day.

Here is a video clip of how the elders knock on a door. Bars and gates keep one from approaching the front door, and there are no door bells. It works! This is Elder Nelson.