CC MEETINGS KEEP PRESIDENT BUSY

My sweet husband keeps quite a schedule. He has been up at 5:00 the past two mornings. These Virginians believe in early meetings. His first CC was at 6:30 with another one at 5:30 this evening. He is visiting one ward in between and has 2 baptism interviews at different locations.

So I'll see him sometime around 8:00, feed him dinner and he'll head for the office and Sunday night call-ins. Every Sunday evening all Zone Leaders call to report statistics for the week and discuss their zones needs. He'll get home about midnight.

President has the opportunity to participate in 8 Stake Correlation Meetings each month. These are labeled CC Meetings. This is when he gets the chance to discuss the missionary work going on in each stake.

For all mission presidents these are vitally important because one of their roles is to develop good working relationships with the Stake Presidents. And all of our Stake Presidents are fabulous. Each of them place great importance on the mission work going on in their stakes and make it a real priority. This of course translates into good ward mission programs, good ward mission leaders, and the ultimate goal- member referrals (which are the jackpot to missionaries).

These Stake Presidents are so devoted to mission work. Three of them hold monthly Saturday morning breakfasts for the missionaries in their stake where they discuss the mission needs, specific individual investigators by name, and get to know all the missionaries serving in their boundaries. Pres. tries to attend as many of these as he can. The missionaries love these.

President Albright has two dynamite counselors who attend most of these CC's with him and also cover them when there is a conflict of schedule (which is quite regular). Presidents Burton and Erickson are devoted and love the mission work.

Last Saturday he had 4 meetings. 6:30, 10:30, 4:30, and 7:00. That's a lot of meeting. But I must say he loves it and loves these stakes and their leaders. DC South really is the best.

You might ask, What does Sis Albright do while President is working so hard? We'll this week, I'll be washing at least 20 loads of sheets, towels, and table clothes from the transfer week. 30 beds slept in. 30 top sheets, 30 bottom, sheets, 30 pillow cases, 30 towels, and about 12 table clothes. A few of them get over anxious making beds and strip off the mattress protectors and blankets. So I'll have to put those back on. There were 11 arriving missionaries, 13 departing, plus the assistants stay that night, 3 out of town guests, and a Sr couple departing who stayed a night. I think that totals 30 beds slept in. We have 11 bunks, a couch bed, a king bed, and 6 mats downstairs for elders and 8 beds upstairs for sisters and out of town guests. Good thing we have 3 sets of sheets for each bed. And of course the bathrooms will need a little cleaning. Pretty exciting work.