Weekly Zoom Calls

Serving remotely has been a whole new experience for us.  Our responsibilities in Frankfurt were basically serving remotely as we were the help desk for 16 different couples stationed in different European countries.  Most of our couples have been sent home.  We just have two couples who were able to stay; one couple in Hungary and one couple in Romania.  This is what our week consists of.

Monday - 8AM/4PM (Utah Time/Frankfurt Time)- Zoom Call with Area Office in Frankfurt.  

Tuesday - 9 AM/5PM (Utah Time/Frankfurt Time) - Zoom Call with all the Humanitarian Couples in the Europe Area.

Wednesday - 8AM/4PM (Utah Time/Frankfurt Time)- Zoom Call with Area Office in Frankfurt.

Thursday - No Calls 

Friday - 8AM/4PM (Utah Time/Frankfurt Time)- Zoom Call with Area Office in Frankfurt

Along with these calls, we help our couples with their individual challenges.  Susan helps them get their finances reported and Gary helps them with project issues.  In addition to this, we compile lists for the area office.  These lists consist of release dates, visa expiration dates, location and serial numbers of laptops for each couple and the US contact information for all the couples who returned to the US.  

Our office consists of a 6 foot folding table with two folding chairs.  We plug the laptop into our big screen TV as it is easier to view everyone on the big screen rather than on a 14" laptop view screen.  We feel truly blessed with the conveniences of modern technology.  Even since we began serving missions in 2012 we have seen huge changes.  Cell Phones, iPads, Tablets, Zoom Calls, Instant messages, and Live Streaming are all wonderful blessings that the Lord has given us. 

"Technology is a blessing – but it can also be a curse. We live in an age of information overload."  Alexandra Pittman, July 3, 2012