An extra special Sunday

blaineg posted a pic said Mon, Sep 5th 2022 at 2:50pm ET

Playing off of yesterday’s poll, yesterday was an extra special Sunday.

We had an unexpected guest at our church meetings, President Dallin Oaks of the First Presidency. (On the left in the photo.) He’s second in Church leadership next to President Russell Nelson (center).

So for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, this is kind of like having the Pope show up unannounced at your local congregation. But no retinue, just an unobtrusive driver/security person.

He said that when he doesn’t have other assignments on a Sunday, like Stake or General Conferences, he likes to drop in on local congregations. Then he said: “If I visit a class that you’re teaching, just pretend I’m not there. I like to see what happens when I’m not here.”

He’s got a sharp mind (but that’s kind of a given with his prior legal career), and a keen wit.

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medz said Tue, Sep 6th 2022 at 8:53am ET:

/giphy meh

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sammydog01 said Tue, Sep 6th 2022 at 9:11am ET:

Cool. Did he drop into your class?

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- @sammydog01 I wasn’t teaching, but he spent about 10 minutes in the class I was in. The teacher was a bit nervous but took it in stride.
  
  blaineg said Tue, Sep 6th 2022 at 2:05pm ET
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