Lauren drew this picture a few months ago. Little did we know that it would be prophetic of times to come.
We will now be seeing a lot of this at church.......now that Greg has been given a new calling.
Two weeks ago, Greg and I were celebrating our 14th Anniversary at one of our favorite local eateries. We were eating dinner when we got a call from the Stake President. When he found that out we were eating dinner, he told Greg to call him back when we were finished. That was really smart since I don't think Greg could have eaten another bite of food after what the Stake President had to tell him. After dinner, we called him back and he asked to see us the next morning in his office.
After wondering what that meant most of the night,we found ourselves in his office the next morning. At which time, Greg was called to be the new bishop of the Santa Clara Fourth Ward. Greg was very humbled that the Lord felt he was ready to serve in this way.
Last Saturday, Greg sat the kids down and told them about his new calling and that he would be sustained the next day at church (Sunday, January 18th). As soon as Greg told the kids this news, Lauren asked in a sweet voice, "Will we see you anymore daddy?" Greg assured her that she would.
Parker quickly asked then, "Will you still play with us?" And again, Greg assured him that of course he would still play with him! We just all love him so much...we can't help asking questions like that!
I took this picture before we left for the church yesterday afternoon before his calling was made official. I will have to compare it to what he looks like when he is released.
After sacrament, Bennett marched into Primary and announced to his Primary teachers that his dad was the new prophet. (Which he is not.) But it's cute all the same.
When Greg got home last night, we played the Apples to Apples Jr game together. While playing, Lowden turned to Greg and thoughtfully said "Now that you're the bishop, I hope I can still look at you in the same old way I have."
We are all very proud of our, as the kids fondly call him now, "Bishop Dad"!
11 comments:
That's exciting. Greg will be a great bishop. It runs in the family :)
We can be church widows together! (except in different wards, bummer)
I always thought of Greg had a perfect "prophet" voice...I suppose Bishop will do the job just fine! :) Love it. I wish he was our Bishop...not that I don't love our Bishop :)
I want to see the before and after pictures of you too!
Congrats to your family. Many blessings are in store.
I don't know why you were so surprised...my brother predicted this months ago :) I'm glad it is you and Susan and NOT me. I will miss working with you both, though.
Wow! What a great challenge AND a blessing. Greg will be great!
Congratulations and best wishes to you all! This will be an adventure. I'm not really surprised--I've always admired Bishop Hansen and his lovely family. You guys are great. And yes, he will have time to play with his family--just maybe not as much or always when he would wish. But you will also have many blessings for this service.
Congratulations Hansen family! We weren't surprised to hear that though. Our prayers go out to you.
It was so wonderful to be there to see Greg accept this new calling... this new ADVENTURE... in his life. I am so proud of him and look forward to watching from afar the next several years as you guys stretch and grow and learn. It will bring many awesome things to your family.
Loves!
Wow, Congrats to you and your family. That's an awesome Adventure that you guys are going to be partaking of!!
Glad it's not me! :) In all seriousness though, I know he will be great. Good luck to all of you! (I'm always the last one to hear about stuff like this).
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