My dad recently was called as a branch president at the nursing home there in Ferron. So he was invited along with all the bishops and high councilmen to "interview" for the job. That is not exactly what any of them would really want to do, because sane men don't seek to be the stake president. They are interviewed, however, to find the needs of the stake and to have recommends of possible candidates for the calling.
My dad kept saying he wasn't going to be called to the stake presidency. He was right. He wasn't called to the stake presidency.
However, the man that he had a good feeling about did get called as stake president. That man is the bishop of my parents' ward. He still is, since they didn't release him from the bishopric when they called and sustained him as stake president.
The first counselor was my old bishop, Bishop Worwood. And the second counselor is a man my oldest brother's age: 33/34. He is married to a girl that I grew up with. After they called and sustained him to the stake presidency, they immediately had to sustain (?) him to be advanced to the office of high priest. I don't think that happens very often.
It was a really good stake conference. Since we were missing ours here, I wanted to go to the adult meeting on Saturday night. They talked then and in the general session on Sunday about receiving revelation for making these stake presidency callings. They also talked a lot about how the people should sustain them--because the general authorities making the callings don't know the men either.
One good example one of the general authorities gave was about a man who came up to him after a new stake president was called. That man asked the GA why he wasn't called. The GA responded simply, "Well, are you worthy?" "Yes." "Then I don't know why." It's just how it goes sometimes.
Another interesting thing was that the power was out from about 5:45 in the morning until 11:00 when the general session was just starting. They had their youth session and their priesthood session there in the cold building with flashlights and lanterns. I was actually kind of looking forward to being there in a stake conference with the lights out.
The second counselor, the young guy, mentioned he was kind of disappointed the lights came back on too. He said he didn't want people to be shocked to see them sustaining deacons to the stake presidency. (Not only is he young, he looks even younger than he is.)
Overall, it was a really good conference. I'm sad we missed ours, but this one was a little bit more exciting.
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