Well we have arrived in Columbus, registered, and begun to get to know the spirit of Convention. Immediately as one enters it becomes like a combination of old home week and a carnival. It is amazing how many faces and names are familiar, and how small our church becomes. One cannot walk through the room without knowing someone or running into someone who knows someone you know. There are about three degrees of separation between everyone. The other thing that has become apparent is how much is going on in one place. Between the hearings, getting to know our fellow deputies, and the myriad of other things happening it becomes clear that information overload will occur daily. There seems to be an aura of community at convention at the beginning, and I hope that continues to be the order of the day. God Bless

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