When I started attending Rosario Ward QC 2nd Ward, I felt distant from the members and quite shy. I wasn’t very friendly, maybe because my family was far away, and I often felt lonely.
After six months, my bishop called me to serve as the ward historian specialist. He gave me some documents with instructions, but I found them difficult to understand. So, I did some research on lds.org and found video instructions there. It seemed interesting, and when I started working on it, I actually enjoyed it.
As a historian, I had to talk to people and encourage them to share their testimonies, events at the chapel, and bishopric activities. Over time, I became more social, and my best friends in this calling became the ward leaders because they were the ones who provided reports about the activities.
The challenge, however, was when secretaries didn’t submit reports about their activities. Sometimes, it felt like I was doing the work of all the secretaries since they would only send pictures, and I had to figure out what happened in each event and write reflections about them.
Despite this, I really enjoyed the calling. Members were always happy to see me and would say, "Oh, our historian is here!" It was funny how excited they were to share their pictures from different activities.
