GA Spottings...All Week Long

So this morning was a good morning. I got up early, showered, actually did my hair, and left my house a good 30 minutes before I normally do. The weather was amazing! It was just a cool, morning temperature, but the kind that makes you happy rather than frozen, shivering, and bitter. There was no precipitation last night so no need to scrape off my car. Whup Whup. The drive in took a little longer than usually; I hit practically every light, but I was satisfied with the morning so it didn’t bother me. And then…I was pulling around in the Conference Center parking garage and slowed down for an elderly man crossing in front of me on the west side. I recognize him…it’s Elder Perry! I smile…then nod. He looks up, sees my likely apparent excitement, smiles and nods back, and waves a thank you. I turn the corner, chanting, “I saw Elder Perry, I saw Elder Perry” - My first General Authority sighting while working in Church Headquarters.

And the sightings will continue this evening. We are having a department devotional with Elder Tingey as the speaker. We will have a light dinner beforehand and then meet in the chapel in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. And we are supposed to bring our scriptures because Elder Tingey is apparently going to have an involved lesson/talk. Anyways that's pretty cool because it's just my department and we all get to meet Elder Tingey...who is, afterall, my guess for the new member of Q12.

Duh duh duh…there’s more in the next week. Yesterday I received an email from Wendy (a secretary in my department who is also in my ward) saying that the executive curriculum committee wanted to meet all the interns. And who is the executive curriculum committee made up of? General Authorities! So on Tuesday at approximately 9 a.m., I will be meeting Elder Jay E. Jensen, Elder Gary J. Coleman, Elder W. Douglas Shumway, Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi, and Elder Gerald N. Lund. No worries. Wendy tells us they are all genuinely nice and kind so there’s no need to be nervous.