SCM - Spring in Slovenia

Dear Family and Friends,  Spring has arrived in Ljubljana and we love it!  It is such a joy to walk to work without our coats and to open up our windows at home.  We hear that it gets very hot in the summer months (we have no AC), but for now, we'll take the sunshine…   It is the perfect introduction to Easter!  Tomorrow we will have been here for one 9-week cycle, which we call "transfers." Every nine weeks we send a group of 4 to 8 missionaries home, and the next day 4 to 8 missionaries arrive.  We arrived 9 weeks ago and now we've seen one complete cycle from beginning to end.  Since our job is to do all the processing that transpires during those 9 weeks, we feel like we've "seen it all" and are now seasoned and ready to run!  (This is our daily "picnic at the office" – sweet!)  Paul has done such a nice job keeping in touch with everybody and sending out updates!  As for me, I have felt like I've been drowning much of these past two months.  Even though we were "Office Couple" in Thailand also, I never realized how much help we had!  And since we have always tried to keep the young missionaries out of the office, rather than being tied up helping us (they learn the language fluently and that is priceless in sharing the Gospel with others), we are working in this office "solo." We love it!  Here is a picture of the two Elders who trained us.  Do you want to know why they're so happy?   This was taken on our LAST training session.  And now that we've gone through an entire transfer cycle, my nose is definitely above water and things are looking good.   I'm going to share a journal entry from a few days ago, to show one of the reasons I have been overwhelmed, and to show the Lord's miracles in His Work… We have a tree, of unknown origin, in our apartment that we fondly call "the tree of life." That symbol is not only found in the Book of Mormon, but it can be traced to cultures all over the globe.  As we hold fast to the Word of God, and look to our Redeemer for love, for life, and for daily breath, He will bring us to the tree of life!  Every day that we are privileged to consecrate all our time, our meager talents, and what energy we have to building the Lord's Kingdom on earth, He gives us the fruit of the tree of life.  This blessing is the sweetest and most cherished I have ever known! Happy Easter! All my love, Sister Lindorf