New Stake Leaders

This weekend was Stake Conference for the Cedar West Stake.  We have had a great conference and I enjoyed hearing from all who spoke.  We had a change in our Stake Presidency as President Schmutz has been called to be an Area Authority Seventy.  I certainly have enjoyed President Schmutz and am excited for his new calling.  I suppose I now need to refer to him as Elder Schmutz.  So we have a new Stake President.  President Heap who was serving as the second counselor in the Stake Presidency has been called to be the new Stake President.  He is a great man and I have enjoyed getting to know him since his call.  It is an exciting thing to have a new Stake President called and I am excited to sustain President Heap.  President Whetman was called as his first counselor.  President Whetman was first counselor to President Schmutz and is wonderful.  I am grateful that he will continue to serve.  President Tom Brison was called to be the new second counselor in the Stake Presidency.  President Brison had been serving on the Stake High Council after being released as a bishop.  He spoke on assignment in the 8th Ward recently and I was truly impressed with him then.  He has a soft yet powerful testimony of the Savior and I am excited for his call.  I am grateful for the great blessings of the gospel in my life.  I am grateful for the opportunities I am given to learn and grow and serve.  Whatever the capacity of that service is it brings me joy to serve my Heavenly Father.  I look forward to learning from this new Stake Presidency and am grateful for their willingness to serve.