There will still be work to do!

   An article appeared in LDS Living that talked about exactly what our mission will be--records preservation.  I would like to include a few excerpts from it.   To quote Karla Tomlinson, the lady we first talked to when considering possibilities of what we could do on a mission, who was quoted in the article,
      “Many of the missionaries have expressed wonderful and unique experiences while capturing images of records,” she said. “Many of these records have been buried in archives for hundreds of years."...
      Since the Church started making digital records in 1938 (who knew?), there have been 3.2 billion images captured.  Plenty of work remains, however. By Ron DiGiulio’s [vice-president of the Global Records Division of Familysearch International] analysis, the 3.2 billion documented images represent about 6 percent of “top priority records.” Given the current capture rate, it will take 140 to 160 years to make all of those records available. Consequently, the Church is making it a priority to increase the rate at which they are making those records available.
     Wow! When we spoke to Elder Lowe, who is in Huancayo now working on the records, I asked if there would still be work to do when we get there since he seems to be accomplishing a lot.  He said he thought the project there would take maybe two or three years, so I guess there will be work.  He told us that they would be putting another camera there for us to use and he is currently working with the archives to figure out a nook in the library there where they can put us.