Ward splits

Yesterday our ward split...finally. The old Saratoga Springs 2nd ward was absolutely MASSIVE. Every week we filled the chapel and the entire basketball court. Every Sunday was like stake conference. Our ward had two Elder's Quorums, two Primaries, four Nurseries, and a Gospel Doctrine class that filled the entire chapel. So this split was long overdue.

Geographically, our new ward (Saratoga Springs 3rd) is precisely 6 streets wide by 2 streets tall. That's roughly the size of each of the neighborhoods we lived in back in Washington. Of course, in Monroe, Mill Creek and Everett, the most LDS families we ever had in our neighborhood was 3. Now we have about 100+ LDS-inhabited house out of the 120 houses in our new ward. Weird.

Still, I'm excited for the new ward. It's so easy to get lost in such a humongous group of people. Being with a smaller and more stable group will make it much easier to make friends, hold meaningful callings, and just feel more included. Our kids don't do well with big groups so it'll be a blessing for them as well. But more than anything, I'm excited because I won't have to go to the chapel half an hour early to reserve a soft seat in the chapel!