July 3, 2005

• Greetings from St. Louis, Missouri!  I’ve been here at the 58th General Conference session since Wednesday night.  Whew!  It’s been a fun weekend.  Lots of meetings, crowds of people, spiritual blessings….  It’s also great to “have” to talk to people for “work”!  Not very stressful.  It’s been nice to be staying in the same hotel with the Smiths and Whitings too!  I hate staying in hotels by myself…..

  
  

  It’s been a bit crowded on the Metro (OK, so that is an understatement….) since the Cardinals have been playing every night, the GC session has tens of thousands getting out at the same time as the games, and also since it’s the July 4th weekend there are fireworks displays downtown (third largest in the U.S. purportedly), and the State fair is underway down by the river front.  I didn’t get back to the hotel until 12:40 a.m. this morning.  :s

  
  

  But it’s all worth it.  I’ve seen so many people I know!  I should have taken picture, huh?  Let’s see, so far I’ve seen the following OHAites:  Luke, Luther, Lindsay, Leilana, Elicia, Sveta, Mayri, Nicole, Valerie, Israel, Jason Sliger, Manny Baek, Christina Thrash, Christina McNeilus, Rachael Matthews, and probably others that I am forgetting now…. Sorry!

  
  

  OK, here’s a few pictures.  Enjoy!

  
  

  

  
  

  This was taken Thursday night, the first evening that I was here.

  
  

  

  
  

  Here’s the North American Division President, Don Schneider.

  
  

  

  
  

  This was taken when there weren’t many people in the stadium, but you can get an idea of how large it is.  63,000+ seats plus 10,000 more on the floor!

  
  

  

  
  

  Mr. Luke Whiting and yours truly.

  
  

  

  
  

  Christina and Justin McNeilus giving a report on Cambodia.

  
  

  

  
  

  Here’s the Ouachita Hills display in the exhibit hall.

  
  

  So far things have been pretty uneventful.  Elder Paulson was re-elected as the General Conference President, with Elder Ted Wilson purportedly coming within about four votes of being elected to that office.  Please pray as the Division officers are elected now!

  
  

  Hope to hear from you soon!

  
  

  Ciao!

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