Don Serves as Acting Director of VC

Monday night, January 14, the Eubank's left for a two-week visit to their home in Bountiful, Utah and Don was asked to serve as the Acting VC Director while they were gone.  Sounded reasonably easy, and it was, except for a few bumps along the way.  All the Sister Missionaries and the Senior Couple Missionaries were very supportive during the two weeks.
Bump number one

A couple of days into the first week, John Dalton, Honolulu Hawaii Mission President called and said he was losing a full proselyting sister missionary who needed to return home for health concerns.  He needed one of our missionaries to take her place since we had an extra sister in a three-some.  (Two weeks earlier we were expecting one new missionary from the MTC but two showed up.  Surprise Surprise)
Sister Berit Muller, from Freiburg Germany was the logical choice to transfer to "Full Pros";  however, that move affected five other missionaries.  The Lord blessed us, the changes were made, and the work moved forward.

Bump number two

The next week the President called again.  This time he said the MTC had called and was sending us a missionary who had been there improving her English skills.  Sister Hee Moon, from Gwang-ju, South Korea, was expected to arrive during our next transfer, February 23, but her language skills had advanced rapidly and the MTC "kicked her out" and sent her to us early.  This time we had to re-create a new three-some, and Sister Wong, (picture below on the left) from Australia, but originally from Hong Kong, was chosen by the Lord to be the new trainer

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I can't remember ever having emergency transfers before during the 1 1/2 years we've been here.  In any event, it made the Acting Director assignment quite interesting. 

Training meetings are on Monday mornings. Training the first week focused on following the Prophets and I shared some insight into the callings of the First Presidency and the Twelve, reviewing their backgrounds and the process for filling vacancies.  On the second week I woke up early Sunday morning with the distinct impression I needed to emphasize Obedience during the Monday morning training, and not the presentation I had been working on.  The training went well. 

And, other than several sisters struggling with sickness, we (all 27 of us) made it through the two weeks and all of us (all 27) were glad to welcome the Eubank's back.