Just about 2 sundays ago I was released from my calling as Branch President. After serving for 7yrs I was happy and sad. I grew to love all the members of our Branch. They are the greatest. I have lost quite a few tears. The first sunday after my release I sat with my family. I was happy to be able to sit with my wife and daughter. It was also very difficult to sit there. I felt really out of place. We have a great Branch President and I will help him and support him all I can. I had alot of expierences during this calling. One of the hardest things I did while serving was hold a Church court on my own daughter and her excommunication from the church. She has since been re-baptised and married and sealed in the Temple. We also have a grandaughter who was born in the covenant. One of the best expierences I had was interviewing my Wife for her Temple Recommend. I never did mant Temple interviews....I would delegate everything I could to my councilors. This one Sunday my Wife needed a temple Recommend interview and for the first time in my life I gave her this interview. I never did this while serving as a Bishop and while serving during the last 7yrs as Branch President until just last year. The spirit was awesome we both had tears in our eyes. It was a great expierence...one I will never forget.

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