One of the nice things about having to work in the Service Center for so long is that they treat us like family. We are still invited to the devotionals on Tuesday, special events, and to the special devotionals held when visiting authorities come to Suva.
Today we attended the devotional held with the Elder and Sister Watson. He really connected to those in the Service Center. For years Elder Watson was the secretary to the First Presidency. As the secretary he took care of all the little details before temple dedications, at general conference, etc. He talked to these people who's jobs consist of the little detail that make big happenings go well. He told of having to send letters to general conference speakers who went over their allotted time even if it was just seconds over--his example was 20 seconds and the letter was to a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. He made the employees feel so good about what they do.
I actually sat and talked with him after about how decisions were made in the meetings in the temple with the Quorum of the Twelve. He said that many times after the discussion, the President/Prophet would say, we need to table this until later. Often that added time to think was for those in the meeting and not for the Prophet. He also said that when a decision was made (by the Prophet, I am sure) that
it was alway unanimously agreed upon by the Brethren.
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