Although Gary and I threw around some ideas as we headed down to Salt Lake to meet our mission president, I think we both just expected that he wanted to meet us more personally. We knew that Pres. Unger, his counselor, was also going to be there. He is the one that is over the zones in the Church History Library and the Church Headquarters. I was hoping their wives would also be there, because I am looking forward to meeting these women as well.
Our mission headquarters is on the 4th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. As we don't yet have the "magic" badges, we had to wait for someone to come and let us into the building which remains close due to Covid. It was great to be able to see the offices and meet a few other people who serve in the mission offices including the elder in charge of getting our badges for us.
We met with Pres. Randall and Pres. Unger (no wives although we did meet Sis. Unger briefly later). Gary and I were called to the assignment as zone leader couple to the Collection Zone. I was surprised since we know nothing, but they assured us that we were receiving this assignment because of our "other talents and experiences" not because we are expert at Collections. They asked if we had questions, but we didn't have many because we KNOW NOTHING about how anything works. We do know that we have more meetings and trainings, we are responsible not for the work or production of our zone members, but for their happiness and health and to make sure that they have an amazing mission experience. No pressure! We have about 50 missionaries in our zone, most of which we have learned are Church Service missionaries, not full time missionaries.
So, I no longer wonder about how to fill my time as a missionary--it will be filled. Again, we have started more training and Gary has received about 15 emails just on Saturday from the current zone leader. We will begin serving the first part of December so that we can learn what we are suppose to do a tiny bit before then. One thing they mentioned is socializing in whatever ways we can remotely....let the parties begin!
Not what we expected either....but here we go!
Side note: As we were driving home in a bit of shock, Gary said, "You know what I liked best about being a zone leader before....being able to go on splits for the day with other companions!" Sorry, Charlie, this time you are stuck with your present companion. It made me laugh out loud!
Needless to say, another emotional moment and a great moment of laughing together afterwards. He is my best companion ever!
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