New Calling: Elder's Quorum Instructor

Yep, it's that time again. After living in the old folk's ward over when we were living in Grandma Chatfield's basement and not having callings, it apparently is time for me to have another one. Bishop Olsen, our bishop here in Wymount, told me I was safe until at least the end of the semester but I guess the Elder's Quorum Presidency had different plans in mind.

Aaron Jacob, one of the Elder's Quorum counselors stopped by earlier this week and asked if I would be willing to accept the calling of being an instructor in the Elder's Quorum. I told him sure, why not, I had done it on several other occasions, and I don't mind teaching at all.

It looks like I will be the instructor on the fourth Sunday of each month which means from what I can tell that I will be the person doing the Ensign lessons. That makes me happy because I always liked teaching those lessons because you have so much more flexibility than you do with the other ones. You just take the topic and make it your own. When you have to teach from the manual you are sort of locked in to certain things that you need to cover and it doesn't make it easy for you to put your own personal touch to the lesson.

Now, let's just hope I can keep this one for a long time, or at least until we move. It's the perfect kind of calling for me.

Conquer Club Volunteer Coordinator

Well, remember that job I was talking about a week or so ago? It's finally been announced to the public and so now I can inform everyone that I have taken a job with my favorite website (Conquer Club) to be the Volunteer Coordinator.

The position is an "admin" position, which means my name is now red on the forums, and I have to work closely with the other admin, including the website owner, to help Conquer Club improve and grow moving forward.

My specific job responsibilities include the following:

• Conduct moderator team meetings
• Train new moderators
• Develop new policies as needed
• Organize and implement various site projects
• Manage forum permissions and forum settings
• Support site moderators in their work
• Perform quality checks on moderation team

On top of that, I will be working on any other stuff that the owner decides to throw my way. There is a lot of work to do that has been on hold for a long time. I've been working for about a week now and am loving every minute of it. The job allows me to enjoy the site I love while being paid, and it also lets me use my talents for organization and project management.

Also along those lines is that the job is online, which means it is far closer to my career of choice than sitting in a department office on campus answering the phone each day. I don't do any web development with this position, but there is potential for it down the road, and it is the type of job that helps build a lot of contacts for things in the future. Who knows, if the site continues to grow perhaps it could turn into a career all of its own.

Holly just shook her head when she found out I had gotten the job because way back when I first started playing games on CC I told her something along the lines of, "If I ever get the chance to work for this place and actually get paid I'm going to take the job without even asking you first, even if it means we have to move to Canada." She laughed then, but now she enjoys the fact that I can work my shifts from home and help out with Jack if she needs me to out of the blue.

I'm thrilled, and I don't know how many people can truly appreciate that, but I'm thrilled nonetheless.