International Law & Religion Symposium

Well, the Symposium has come and gone. Around 60 delegates from all over the world, involved in many different religions came to Provo, UT for a great conference. Besides the actual delegates (most of whom are prominent men and women in government, religious and academic circles (or all in all three, as was one of the delegates I was especially close with this year)), besides them, we have a hundred or so other people who attend the symposium and all the wining and dining that goes with.
I've helped with the Symposium for 3 years and, even though it's very stressful and time-consuming, I LOVE it! This year I was in charge of recruitment, which meant that I recruited and coordinated over 50 volunteers who help with various aspects of the Symposium. That's why it has consumed my life for several weeks, in addition to the actual days of Symposium. But, really it's terrific. I wish I had energy to put all what it is in general, and to me in particular, on this blog. But, I just can't. If you want to know more, check out the link to the Center's site:
http://www.iclrs.org/iclrs.org/index.php (it's not update yet, but other years look about the same)
And, this year I actually took a couple of my own pictures (very inadequate, but something to show what I spend a big chunk of my life on.)

In addition to everything else, I spend an extraordinary amount of time with my fellow committee members. This year I had some great fellow chair people on recruitment. And then, I spent lots of time - like I have every year - with my favorite fellow Symposiumers: Meg and Mike. Here we are filling up one of the BYU cars. (I also spend an lot of time driving BYU vans and cars during these days.)

So, it's over and even though I'm very relieved, I'm also quite a lot sad about it being done forever. But grateful that it was part of my life.