President (Name),
Thank you for giving this your devoted due diligence in arriving at these wonderful recommendations.
As you may remember, I cautioned against recommending Brother (Name)—not that he’s not an excellent choice, but that I knew his bishop, who is also having to make a change in his bishopric, was seriously considering (Name) as a counselor in the Tickle Creek Ward bishopric. So when I approached Bishop (Name) for worthiness clearance, he said that he was about to submit Clay's name to be called into the (Name) Ward bishopric.
It’s a little unusual to encounter “competing revelation” and, as you can imagine, it gets very awkward for us. It will be awkward for you, too, when you encounter two organizations asking for the same person at the same time.
You are both inspired, but just as there’s not a “one and only” in marriage (until after we’re married, of course:) there’s not a “one and only” who can serve in either bishopric/presidency. In this case, where Bsp (Name) had mentioned to me previously of his intention (but first wanted to seek confirmation in prayer) and where you have a much larger “pool” (the entire stake) to draw from, I need to ask that you consider another brother to serve as your second counselor.
President Westover has in the past given his clearance to Bro (Name). So that recommendation is a go so far. I have written both President Westover and Bishop Miller for confirmation.
If I can help by counseling with you on others on your short list of candidates, I’d be happy to do so. We still need to have a recommendation no later than Saturday morning.
Thank you for your understanding as we move forward on these sacred and important callings.
Gratefully,
President Lewis
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