Time to post

Well, it's high time we contributed to the airways. It has been soooooo busy this past two weeks.
I conducted three funerals the past 8 days.!!! G'ma was still Relief Society President for the first one. The next day we released her and Monday an old time ward member died. We had his funeral on Friday Morning at a mortuary. Then Tuesday, a sister died. Her son-in-law is Elder Bruce D. Porter of the Seventy. So yesterday, we had a big funeral. We had four General Authorities in attendance. Elder Porter, Elder (President) Didier of the Seventy and Elders Neil Anderson and Bruce Callister of the Seventy. Elder Didier read a letter from the First Presidency about it being Elder Porter's mother and about her life, etc. (Crazy thing, her husband of 52 years and a real great guy is a non member having resisted a lot of attempts at conversion.) So naturally, I had to speak at each funeral. I felt like announcing today at Sacrament Meeting that there would be no more for some time!!!We had a dinner for 95 family members after the funeral so it was really a very busy day. G'ma felt strange on Friday and Saturday because she did not have to be in the middle of the dinners, etc. Quite honestly, I feel really good about being Bishop again. It is a tough and a huge ward but the people are so wonderful. The work is hard but the pay is great.
So, we've missed a couple of birthdays, but will hustle and catch up.