Week Two

This week was a whirlwind of activity! We were able to train Monday and most of Tuesday, but Tuesday afternoon we went over to the Mission Home to prepare dinner for the 15 missionaries going home. Tuesday was transfer day, so Clark was busy getting cars worked out and putting 6 new cars in service while taking out 6 old ones – Crazy day for him! Wednesday Clark was up at 4 a.m. to get the departing missionaries out to the airport to catch their planes home. He just got back when they called and said that the planes routed through Chicago weren’t able to fly because of all the snow there. So they went back out to bring the 6 of them back to the office. They were so disappointed!

In the meantime, Clark and Elder Nielson made another trip to the airport to pick up the 16 new ones, while Sister Nielson, Sister Mitchell and I fixed dinner for them at the church where our office is. It was a lot quieter than the one the night before. Afterwards, Clark and Elder Nielson made another trip to the airport for the 6 to fly out that night.

Thursday we had to be back to the office at 7 to get breakfast ready for all the new ones. We did some training (Clark in vehicles, Me in finances, along with some other things). Then we just had time to get lunch ready while they met their new companions. It was pretty cool to watch their faces and see the excitement they felt!

Friday was a little quieter, but Clark still had to switch the TIWIs (Teenage Independent Witness Units) in several more cars. They use the tiwi’s to keep track of how the missionaries are driving.

Yesterday we headed to downtown Philadelphia to go to the temple. It was super busy with the Washington D.C. Temple being closed, but we were able to do a session. We also walked over to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul – a huge pretty awesome Catholic church. The Franklin Institute surprised us; it’s more of a Children’s Museum, but it had awesome exhibits and a great IMAX movie on engineering,