Danish German Norwegian Spanish Swedish As we already have a sizable number of Spanish and German assignments, we would prefer to make more Scandinavian assignments if your stake could qualify. We have learned through experience that a stake is more successful with this program if the leaders are able to select a language trainer who is a native or has extensive ability in the assigned language and has available time to spend training others. You may want to use this information as well as a stake language survey to help in making your decision. Would you please choose a language for which you fee! your stake would be best qualified and so inform us. We will then provide you with additional information pertinent to your choice, A new survey was conducted by the stake and the request submitted along with the survey to extract records written in the German language. On 2 February 1980, the genealogical department ofthe Church approved the Morgan Stake to work in a records extraction program in the German language.43 The program finally got under way in the stake on 19 May 1980. Sidney Creager was called as Coordinator-Director and Joseph Hamula was called as trainer. The languages taught and worked in were the Old German script, German-Latin, German-French, German-Dutch and modern German. Ten individuals were called to serve in the extraction program and completed their training on 5 September 1980, and were assigned their first films.44 Solemn Assembly In December 1975, solemn assemblies were held to instruct priesthood leaders on the Wasatch front. On 13 December, the stake presidency, bishoprics, and other priesthood leaders attended the solemn assembly held in the assembly room ofthe Salt Lake Temple. The meeting lasted three and one-half hours and was presided over by President Spencer W. Kimball. The sacrament was passed and then the General Authorities who were present instructed the assembled leadership of the stakes and wards who had been invited to attend. President Kimball spoke concerning the flood of wickedness that was upon the earth. Such things as fornication, adultery, homosexuality, abortion, vulgarity, people living together without the sacred bonds of marriage, and couples who don't want families. Marion G. Romney explained that our assignment was to prepare the earth for the second coming. He discussed the importance ofthe Word ofWisdom as a law of health from the Lord. He also stated that in 1973 over 20,000 young people had been arrested in the mountain west, 14,000 of which were Latter-day Saints. The three most common things for which they were arrested were (1) possession of alcohol, (2) running away, and (3) shoplifting. Thomas Monson then discussed certain difficult issues that 220