I Love My Job

I started work about four hours after getting off the plane and have been hard at it ever since. After some orientation exercises and being led through the 3 floors of the Asia Area Offices being introduced to everyone, I settled into my cubicle. Shortly thereafter my boss had me into his office to discuss some of the issues he’ll have me working on and gave me my first assignment. I can’t really discuss specifics of what I’m doing but I think generalities are OK. So far I have worked on visa issues in two countries, proselyting restrictions in another, altering the Church’s legal structure in another, and reviewing Power-of-Attorney documents in another. Some projects are big and some are small, but I have already come to the conclusion I am going to have no problem being busy here. To be honest I am really surprised how substantive the work I will be doing is and how plugged into the Church’s resources I am. I have access to its computer networks, databases, and can email anyone from President Monson to a random Church employee in Mongolia (at least it looks that way, I haven’t tried either yet). Please feel free to email me at my new Church email: LaytonYa@ldschurch.org.
My work environment is awesome. On top of a great boss, I sit next to an old friend from my time in Hong Kong and at BYU, and on our floor there are a bunch of senior missionary couples. I have always enjoyed interacting with elderly people as they always have great stories to tell and are usually a lot of fun once you get to know them. The senior missionaries here are no different. They eat lunch together every day and have adopted me into their group. I’ll do more detailed posts on things related to work but for now I will just leave it at I’m loving it!
Pictures are of lunch with Senior Couples and the road where I work, downtown Hong Kong.