[Monkey Face]

OIKS!

We have steadily increasing numbers of “investigators” and converts, so chapels are built on a monthly basis. When one ward or stake outgrows the amount of seating, a new ward is built. There is no other way to deal with the rapid growth, worldwide.

We always champion musicians...:o]

[Tax-chick]

I champion your musicians, too, and that reminds me that I need to put the CD of "Mormom Tabernacle Choir Sings Patriotic Favorites" in the van for the next few weeks before July 4. Maybe the byos will spontaneously produce brilliant harmonies, with enough exposure!

We have three new priests being ordained - maybe it was this weekend, come to think of it - but we have old ones retiring, too. The Carolinas went through a slow period in priestly vocations, but the Charlotte diocese has recovered and should soon have more local ordinations than retirements, as well as "imports" - from Latin America, Asia, and the lands of the Yanks - moving in.

It would be nice if poor, overworked Father Gary could get a Spanish-speaking assistant, or an African. Ethiopians speak the same language as our local Eritreans, just like we speak the same language as the Yanks ...