We dressed up like senior missionaries for Halloween
After trying to cram in all sorts of information during our week of training, we showed up Monday morning at the Employment Center and hardly knew where to begin. We needed to find passwords for all the different programs we were to have up and going. I’m still not sure what all the programs are about so now I have sticky notes everywhere! Then we joined a zoom meeting, then met with some folks who walked in needing help. When I tried to listen to the phone messages, I could not for the life of me write down a 10 digit California phone number! People just rattled off their phone numbers and because they weren't 801 area codes, it was just too many numbers flying by in a blur - oh my! We got through our time there but we are still deer in the headlights. 
We have lots of different keys to keep track of every time we go out a door. We learned to not close the walk-in closet door (to keep the light from someone sleeping) as it locks and you have to knock for help to get out!
Thursday we were able to attend Zone Conference. So great to hear from the mission president and to mingle with young missionaries. That evening we fed the local missionaries and one mentioned the Purvis Ward in his stake in Mississippi. I told him we had friends back home by that name. He said he had a football coach by that name when he lived in Utah. You mean Kyle Purvis, the young man that grew up in our American Fork 30th ward? Well yes!
Friday we got to help at a Food Bank distribution at a nearby church, and support the missionaries by playing pickleball at their event.
Saturday we enjoyed our p-day with an E bike ride, then a drive to Folsom to join Jason and his girls at Pioneer Days at Sutter's Mill where gold was discovered.
Today we attended a church meeting nearby, then also a Tongan meeting. Believe me, those folks know how to sing!
We are gearing up for a new week and hoping the lights are on “low beam.”
Love Elder and Sister Jerman
Zone Conference
Feeding the Elders
Elder Jerman helping at the Food Bank distribution
Pioneer Days
In Coloma, California
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