Rainy Thursday!

It has been raining off and on since around 7am. It smells heavenly. The pansies in front of the COB (Church office building) are peeking out and they are so pretty.
No news on Sam today. I talked to Carol and she said Ashley ran out of minutes on her cell phone so she turned it off, so I couldn't call her. I hope she is doing well too.
I didn't go by the hospital yesterday as Marissa was very sick from this terrible flu and I went home to be with her to keep her company until Mason got home. He was coming home later than usual. Does the flu make you grouchy too, that is besides miserable with chills, fever, hurting everywhere, coughing etc. I do think she had all the symptoms. She had belated sympathy for Mason who was sick with the same stuff last week. I surely hope I don't get it. I told Sister Lonni that I probably wouldn't get it, I have an autoimmune disease so my body just attacks itself. (Ha! Ha!)
Everyone around here is getting ready for General Conference Apr. 5 & 6. I did not realize the work it took to offer conference to the world. It is now broadcast in over 97 languages, and it takes 850 plus people to translate all of the languages. These people are all around the world. It takes .4 of a second for the transmission from translation anywhere in the world to the broadcast. It is amazing.
"Some workers were reviewing the Church's new satellite receiver from Wegener Communications. The new version of their receiver can handle multilanguage subtitles (http://www.wegener.com/PRODUCTS/UNITY/unity_550.php), this will be critical as the Church works to meet the needs of members throughout the world. General Conference is in over 90 languages now and the number will grow. Tim has been pushing satellite subtitles so that in addition to meeting the needs of the hearing impaired, each audience can see the scripture text or other written text/graphics in their own language. This will now be possible as we develop the subtitling system using this new satellite receiver. ." (Mosiah 3: 20 And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.)


I copied this info (above in quotes)for you to read so you could see the extent the church goes to so that each person can see and hear in their own tongue. Pre-production and performance and Post-production just from our department takes many people working together. Then something like President Hinckleys funeral, an unexpected event, has the same amount of production only in a shorter amount of time. If you saw the funeral, you saw that everything was run with precision. My, I am learning things everyday. I try to learn all I can, I am able to get lots of exposure to learning I have a giant problem in retaining. Oh Well!!!!!

A bit of trivia I got off of mormontimes.com:
Who sets the date for Easter? The date of Easter actually is determined by the sun and the moon, and some rules put in place at the Nicene Council in
AD 325. The council decided Easter will occur on the first Sunday after the first full moon after vernal equnox (first day of spring). It can fall anywhere between March 22nd and April 25th. The most common day for easter is March 31. The date is quite random.
I am doing well, and busy, which I like. Love you all. Zgranee