 I want to welcome you to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference and to say how pleased we are to finally get to this day. We've worked for six years preparing for this event. So I think we're ready to go ahead and let you begin with ballot number one. Friends we have the results of ballot number one and there are three elections. I think this election of the three bishops on the first ballot was a sign of unity and a sign of hope for the future of the church. More than two bishops being elected on one ballot has only happened twice before yesterday. 1832 John Emory and James O. Andrew both elected on the first ballot. In 1852 four bishops were elected on one ballot. Unprecedented since the jurisdictional system has been put in place. These above votes were made, remember bishops used to be elected at general conference. So if I'm interpreting her text correctly, yesterday is the first time in all of United Methodist history that all the bishops were elected in one ballot and in the first ballot. The area of Central Texas and North Texas Bishop Rubin signs.