Hello again, everyone! I do have a breaking news development to get to this morning. From his death on the last day of July 2004 until today, Elder David B. Haight has distinguished himself as the oldest living apostle. Effective today, the age of our current prophet, Church President Russell M. Nelson, has officially surpassed that of Elder Haight, who died at the exact age of 97 years, 10 months, and 29 days. With President Nelson officially reaching the age of 97 years, 10 months, and 30 days today, that is the official new record for the oldest living apostle, which will continue to be broken as long as he lives.
By all reports, our prophet continues to be healthy, and every Church leader has reported having trouble keeping up with him. I have also not heard anything currently to contradict previous reports I've mentioned that his public appearances, vigor, and energy match or exceed that of someone 20-30 years younger than he is. So I have no doubts whatsoever that he will continue to set a new record for the oldest living apostle every day for the foreseeable future.
If I hear anything to contradict that impression, I will be sure to post a correction ASAP. I continue to monitor all Church news updates and temple developments and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware thereof. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines.
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Hello again, everyone! On this record-breaking day for our prophet (for which the significant milestone has not yet been covered by the Church News or the Newsroom), two new unrelated reports have been provided by the Church News:
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https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2022/8/8/23278600/europe-area-new-training-to-help-others-minister-during-a-crisis-psychological-first-aid
And the Newsroom reports that the Church has donated a new state-of-the-art medical oxygen plant to the South American nation of Paraguay:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-donates-oxygen-generating-medical-plant-in-paraguay
I am hoping that, since there has been no coverage yet on the milestone President Nelson has reached today that that is coming down the pike later today. I am watching for any such update, in addition to any other new Church News, Newsroom, or temple construction updates, and will be sure to pass that information along as it comes across my radar. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
I'm back to report that the Church News has officially acknowledged President Nelson's status as the oldest living apostle:
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The article in question provides several items of data relating to current and future apostolic nonagenarians. For the most part, that data is correct (as I can confirm from corresponding data in my files). But the article mistakenly asserts that Elder Haight lived 97 years, 10 months, and 30 days. Elder Haight's birthday was on September 2, and he died on July 31, so the number of days between the second and the thirty-first of any month is 29 days.
Then, in a table listing the top apostolic nonagenarians, President Nelson, in the #1 spot, is mistakenly listed as 97 years, 11 months, 1 day old. Since it is not yet August 9, he is 97 years, 10 months, and 30 days old. I believe that the error in the calculations used by the Church News is that they counted the start date as a ful day, or included the end date in their calculations. Most date calculators should give the option of whether or not to include the end date in the calculation, so the Church News date calculations are off, whatever the reason might be for that. Anyone wanting to review the latest data I compiled on apostolic milestones, including the correct information about the lifespan lengths of our apostolic nonagenarians can do so in the following document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZWhygMJM0SdsHWWR5-jAmN22Q2pHpvQLSihSmbnIDc/edit?usp=sharing
And my next apostolic data update, which will include President Nelson at the top of the list of apostolic nonagenarians, will be published on this blog on Sunday September 4, just 5 days before the prophet's 98th birthday. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
And the Church News has shared one other report, which speaks for itself:
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My thanks once again to you all.
The Desert News finally posted this afternoon on President Russell M Nelson's age. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/8/8/23297062/president-russell-m-nelson-is-now-longest-living-apostle-in-latter-day-saint-history
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ReplyDeleteHey, Chris. Thanks for sharing the Deseret News link. My understanding is that the Deseret News provides coverage shared by the Church News as they receive it. Since their daily newspaper is distributed in the morning, it makes sense that there would be the lag of a day between the publication of a Church News report and the corresponding coverage of that day's update by the Deseret News, especially if the Deseret News report was not ready to go by yesterday's publication deadline. I'm not sure how familiar you may be with newspaper deadlines, but as someone who knows a bit about it courtesy of two years as a staff writer/editor for my high school newspaper, that would make sense to me as the explanation for the delay in this case. Thanks, Chris.
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