April 22 - Orientation for International Delegates

April 22 – Orientation for International Delegates

After the bishop left, I realized I was dry. And I was hungry so I got out the Publix salad and ate it there. Then I went up to the ballroom for the orientation. I got there early, looked over the room, saw small packets of materials from one of the general boards at each chair around each table.

I guess I was looking for signs that one of the caucus groups was handing out materials but it looked pretty straight up.

I found a spot at the back of the room and in the center in front of what looked like translator’s booths. Leaving my travel case there, I walked over to the main entrance to the ballroom and met an older woman of short stature. Her name tag said “Iva Joyce.”

She told me quite a story as people began to come into the ballroom. I wrote it up in the following article for UM-Insight and this blog.