THERE AND BACK AGAIN by Bilbo Baggins

On Tuesday November 21^st we jumped on the plane from Frankfurt and Spencer jumped on the plane from Rochester and we raced to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving and a wedding at long last.  We cannot say how good it was to see our family again if only for a little bit to celebrate this momentous event in our son’s life.  

We are thrilled for them and for their good lives that brought them together at the right time in the right place.  The Lord loves them and He loves their parents.

We are planning our annual National Public Affairs Director Seminar for Brussels next April and did some filming in Frankfurt before the trip home.  Here are Sister Brande, Elaine and I making a commercial tip for how to reach out to opinion leaders to develop a relationship with them.  First decide WHAT the objectives of your Public Affairs Counsel are, then ask WHO is in a position to influence the outcome of your objectives, and finally determine HOW to develop the relationship with that opinion leader.

For the rest of the year it looks like we are going to be busy creating a Europe Area Public Affairs Year Book to chronicle the huge quantity of media coverage the Church has received.

PS Got our first snow fall this morning:)  We say goodbye to the Bradleys who head home next week:(