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Unexpected Calling

So a few months ago I was called in to my branch presidents office. For those of you who aren't LDS our church is separated into small congregations often called wards or if they are small enough they are just called a branch. Each ward or branch has a leader with similar duties of a pastor, priest or rabbi. Wards have bishops and branches have presidents. Any who it is widely known that when we are called into the branch presidents office it's probably because we are going to get a calling or assignment. A few weeks before I got called in to the presidents office, a sister from the ward had talked to me about being called as a family history consultant so being called into the branch presidents office didn't come to me as a surprise. I was expecting to formally be asked to be a family history consultant. The bishop and I began our little pow wow as usual, he asked me how I was doing, and about my family ect ect. To be honest I was kinda in a rush ready to get back to my