Change is Good.... We think!

So we (and our ward) got a big surprise on Sunday. Our area of Los Angeles has seen a lot of our members of the church move away recently. This is due to the cost of housing. For those who don't currently have homes, it's too expensive to buy, so they stay here for a little while and move on. And for those who bought years ago, they have so much equity that they sell and head somewhere greener. Due to this our stake has lost a lot of people in the last 2 years. So...on Sunday our little ward was dissolved and 5 wards in our stake were made into 4. It wasn't a total surprise but it's still a little weird. Our bishopric was released and then they released anyone who held a calling in our ward. That of course included us. We are sad to not be in the youth program and we will miss our youth. A lot of our ward will still be in our new ward but it will take some getting used to. Although we will miss our callings we are excited for new challenges that will inevitably come with a new ward. We love the Riviera Ward and are grateful for the extended family they have been to us.