stories

there is a beautiful man who works here...who has actually served in the Holy Land since 1979. the other day, a question popped into my head: since the building i work in used to be the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, and it has only had air conditioning since not that long ago, i figure it must have been extremely hot. i wondered what they wore. now, you only see House Members in suits, and i was sure that this was becuase of a policy mandate created when the Seat was relocated to the Arc. but what did they wear before. so i asked one of the people here who would have had first hand knowledge. i was regaled with stories for half an hour, hilarious and heart warming stories of this building. oh, and the House Members used to dress quite casually, even sandals. i mean it gets really hot here, especially if there is no air conditioning. of course, they dressed formally when they went to the Shrines or had appointments, make no doubt of this, but when they just had to work around the office they made sure they were comfortable. what a treasure of memories this man is! it was so wonderful, and humbling to hear of the conditions that worked and suffered in. right now, there are approximately 15 or 16 people working this building - there used to be 55 people serving in this building alone! incredible, simply incredible. roger white, apart from being a fabulous poet, was apparently quite the character too.