I'm catching up a bit since it's been a while since we posted. Our weeks have been super busy. This post is for activities in the first week of March. We've been spending a lot of time training for our employment responsibilities. We're supposed to be able to help job seekers in the Albuquerque Coordinating Council area and even some stakes in the Southwest Area. Luckily there haven't been many needing our help yet but we had an appointment with one last week so we needed to be ready. Part of our training involves attending the various meetings available on the Church's employment site. It is a pretty amazing resource for anyone looking for a job or trying to improve their job situation. There are live meetings with trained professionals. They include resume writing, preparing for interviews, finding job leads, ask an expert, active job search groups, and starting a side business. We've had to attend all of those meetings to see what they're like. If anyone is interested in checking out the website, it is employment.churchofjesuschrist.org. It's a pretty amazing website.
We were also preparing a presentation that we gave last Saturday for the Bishops' Welfare Council meeting in the Santa Fe Stake. We presented along with the Development Counselor and the Family Services Counselor to teach about the resources available to Bishop's, Relief Society Presidents and Elders Quorum Presidents.
A week ago Friday we had two consultation meetings with organizations that are wanting to apply for new Humanitarian Donations. It is amazing the work that these organization do. It's a blessing for us to be able to see all these things from this perspective.
Shelley has been working on getting some new computers set up in the Employment Resource Center. One of them is one for her desk. They were sorely needed and it's taken a few phone calls to the tech people in Salt Lake but they are finally working.
We went to the Santa Fe Stake Conference last weekend. Elder Lynn G Robbins was the visiting general authority and he gave some amazing talks! We visited with him after the meeting Saturday night and confirmed that he is John's 2nd cousin once removed. We traveled in a snow storm on Sunday morning. It does snow here, especially in Santa Fe. We have experienced several. In fact, many mornings it is colder here than in Arvada.
Now if you have endured and made it this far, I (Shelley) will tell you of the tender mercy I received that week. I was out for a walk one morning and walking past the row of garages in front of our apartment. There was a lady who has been working on cleaning out her garage for the last week. As I was walking past, she came up to me and asked if I could use a small desk and then added "that has a sewing machine in it". The sewing machine aspect caught my attention! I have been trying to figure out how I could get some mending and alterations done on some of my clothes. I thought maybe I should see about buying a cheap sewing machine, should I find a tailor, is there a place to rent them? I could go to one of the other senior missionaries and use hers but that wasn't likely to happen before she goes home. Anyway, this seemed to me to be an answer to a prayer. It's a 1960 vintage Singer so I'll have to try to figure out how it works. The drawers of the cabinet were full of sewing supplies and attachments for the machine. I continure to be amazed with all the blessings that come each day.
Shelley at her "new" sewing machine!
We're continuing our participation in an Emotional Resilience group. We're supposed to share each week. This week was about addictions. Here is my share: "If you believe someone you love needs help but hasn't opened up to you, tell the person about your concern. Express your love, share your concerns, and tell of your desire to help. Even if the person rejects your offer to help, continue to show your love and don't give up. . . provide encouragement and support by acknowledging the progress your loved one is making as well as testifying that there is still hope and the Lord loves him or her."
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