Hello again, everyone! Today marks Elder Dale G. Renlund's 66th birthday, and I do have a post in the works to pay tribute to him, but I wanted to mention here first that President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is observing his second nonagenarian milestone today. His first such milestone was, of course, marked just over a month ago when he celebrated his 90th birthday, on Monday October 8, and in doing so, he became the 19th apostolic nonagenarian.
As of today, the length of his life is as long as that of J. Reuben Clark, but since President Clark is no longer living and President Ballard is, the latter has officially become the 18th oldest apostle. Since President Ballard, by all accounts, appears to be in fairly good health, I have no doubt that he will be around to observe several more milestones as a nonagenarian apostle. His next such milestone will be observed on Wednesday February 20. 2019, at which point his lifespan will match that of President Thomas S. Monson.
Interestingly enough, by the time President Russell M. Nelson observes his next nonagenarian milestone (which will occur on Friday July 5, 2019), President Ballard will not only have observed the milestone described in the above paragraph, but 2 others as well. Then, President Ballard will observe one other milestone as well in July 2019. More details will be provided on the specifics of those milestones closer to the time.
I do continue to monitor all apostolic age and tenure milestones, along with any Church news and temple developments, and will be doing my level best to pass word of those along to you all as I receive it. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
President M. Russell Ballard Marks His Second Nonagenarian Milestone Today
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