Tuesday, July 7

Today could perhaps be called the "day of preparation". We started meeting in legislative committees and actually had a hearing on 4 resolutions. After people talk about the resolution, the committee then meets to formulate the actual text the houses will vote on.

It's an interesting process. It really shows the breadth of experience the deputies have. There have been a couple of times that a resolution looked like a "no-brainer" to one person, but was laden with problems for another.

It's important to me that we only present items that will actually be done by congregations. One thing has to do with setting aside a Sunday for a specific purpose. We, at St. Hilary's have recognized Cursillo Sunday, Day Spring Sunday and others. You know, there are only 52 Sundays a year. Sooner or later we're going to run out. So I'm hoping we can come up with a more creative idea as to how we recognize issues and organizations in the life of the Church.

I continue to run into old friends. I saw my youngest daughter, Stephanie's "God Bishop" today. He is now the bishop of Northwest Texas. I don't know how we'll arrange it, but I'm looking forward to spending some time with he and his wife.

A funny thing. We're not far from Disneyland. My first night, I kept hearing fireworks. I thought that being July 5, it was just a late 4th celebration. But no. I'm listening to them right now. Every night of the year people in this area get to hear Disney's fireworks. I guess you get used to it.

And now, I say good night.