New Bishopric

We got a new Bishopric today!

Dale Nielson
Phil Decker
David Mills

Sam works with Phil at the school and he is a great guy. I did jury duty with Bishop Nielson when he was the judge a few years ago. He is an awesome guy and will be great Bishop.

President Smith shared that there really is nothing else like this in the world, where we spend years training a man to be a spiritual giant and then release them to be a nursery or scout leader. Bishop Peterson had been in a bishopric for 11 years, his wife informed us but whose counting. We will really miss the old Bishopric but it is awesome to see how the new Bishopric steps in and the Spirit confirms that they really are called of God.

It has been awhile since I have sat through a changing of the Bishopric but I thought it was neat that President Smith shared a letter from the First Presidency that they approved the choice of the Bishop and that THEIR prayers were with him and they were confident that he was called of God.

Sister Nielson shared some comments that her kids had made:
"Dad is Bishop and Mom is Relief Society President - now my social life is ruined."
"So we still won't get any cookies..."
"I'm going to cry until one of you are released."

So Sam & I made cookies for the Nielson kids tonight. I love to make cookies but I have to give them away before I eat them all. We made the traditional Waffle Stompers for Valentines Day. We have a heart shaped waffle iron, so that has been a tradition for a long time in my family.