Changes in Zion...All is Well...All is Well

Changes are good, changes are a natural part of life, but this one I didn't see coming so soon. The stake I am in has been getting progressively smaller and smaller as stalwart families pick and move to Utahrd or baking hot Arizona. We knew and suspected that sooner or later some changes would have to be made. Change isn't even a big enough verb for what took place, but perhaps transformation is. In the lovely city/area of Riverside there were 4 stakes. One really big one, one medium sized one, and two rather small ones. Mine was one of the smaller struggling ones. Struggling in numbers mind you, not in spirit and testimony. So, this past Sunday the other small stake held their stake conference where a General Authority came to break the news to them that their stake no longer exists. Kaput, just like that, no more. So now this area has 3 stakes instead of 4. Lots of changes where made which impacted my stake in the fact that we lost one of our wards but gained 4 others and a Spanish branch.



We had a Stake Welfare Council meeting tonight outlining all the changes and things to keep in mind through this transition period. This impacts me in a serious way as our small Girl's Camp of only 45 young women, which is to be held the third week in August, has now jumped to the astonishing number of 140. We have some major re-working and shifting to do, as we try to accommodate the increase in volume and the mindset that these young women and their leaders bring with them. I know that things will work out as the Lord sees fit because I felt the spirit of these changes and the power of the priesthood as my wonderful stake president outlined what is expected of everyone involved. Doubt not, fear not, for all is well in Zion.