Our mission assignments

Our mission President is David Melonakos.  He contacted me a few days ago to set up a time for a conference call.  Today we hooked up and he and Sister Melonakos talked to us about what assignments we will have during our mission, and to answer any questions we might have.
Of course, we are already assigned as Assistant Area Auditors, so we will have that work to do.  These other things are in addition to our auditing assignment.
    The brother I am replacing has been serving as the 1st Councilor in the Branch presidency, and as the 1st Councilor in the Elder's Quorum presidency.  President M. said they are discussing giving one of those assignments to a brother who has been a member for only a short time, but is doing well and would benefit from that kind of calling.  So my assignment will be settled after they make their decision and interview the brother.  I feel good about that.  My job is to support the members and the leaders in the little branch of the church there.  A calling like either of those is a great way to teach a new member how the church works, and how to grow into a spiritual man of God.
    Liz is being assigned a big responsibility!  She will be the 1st point of contact for any medical issues the missionaries in the whole mission may suffer.  There is a mission doctor, and a mission nurse, but they don't like paperwork, so Liz will fill the administrative role.  She will schedule doctor/nurse visits, coordinate with the insurance company, and make sure everyone knows what is happening.  It sounds like a very big job.
    And then there is an assignment for meals at the mission home.  We will be in charge of the meals once per quarter when the mission transfers take place.  Those are times when new missionaries arrive, old ones go home, companionships are adjusted, etc.  Lots of movement.  We will have another senior couple to assist, but we will plan the meals, buy the food, get it prepared, clean up after, put everything away, and find a home for left-overs.  Mission transfers will begin with the gathering of affected missionaries to the mission home (which has beds for 35). 
Day 1:  We will serve dinner that evening. 
Day 2:  We will put out a light breakfast for the departing missionaries who will be shuttling to the airport.  New missionaries will also be arriving and shuttling to the mission home.  That evening we will serve a full dinner for them. 
Day 3:  We will serve a hot breakfast to get their first day started, and a hot lunch before they head off to their assigned areas.  After lunch is cleaned up, we will drag ourselves home.
    There is one other thing.  We will be the mission historians and compile an annual history of what happens in the mission, including photos, testimonies, stories from the missionaries, etc.

So those are our assignments.  They also told us that we should take some time off occasionally to do things we enjoy, and see the country.  You can be sure we will do that.   Actually we had decided to try to do that anyway, so there you go.  We are in synch with our leaders.