Did you see the lame explanation in the Snews
 

when somebody asked why another Utahn about Cook?

He's a world traveler. Oh brother. He served in England on a mission and was in the Philippines for a few years.

The Church missed a great opportunity for diversity there and missed it.

i honestly felt let down by this calling, and agree that the church missed a chance at really proving that it is a diversified and truly a world-wide religion.

perhaps it has congregations throughout the world, but the church is still utah/western states-centric in its leadership. if i was a member in south america, where the huge numbers in membership gains truly come from that are constantly being bragged about, i would feel snubbed.

I met GBH and Marjorie at a reception for Hinckley Scholars at BYU in the 90s. GBH walked into the room, and all the Hinckley Scholars introduced themselves. There were only 4 from Utah (out of 24), none from Salt Lake County, and several students from other countries (including Canada and Croatia). The Hinckley committee people said: "Isn't it amazing how these scholars are from so many different locations, including Europe?" Hinckley looked perplexed and responded: "Why aren't there any from Salt Lake?" He wasn't joking.

It's astounding how many of the Apostles/Prophets went to England on their mission.

Damnit! Stupid revelation gets in the way again.

Why does God prefer Salt Lakers or caucasian lawyers?

Get some revelation and find out, if He's inclined to tell you why. I haven't bothered asking, so I don't really know.

What I do know is that President Hinckley isn't cavalier enough to be picking Utahns when God wants diversity or vice versa.

I was hoping you could use your revelation to clue me in.

I guess when I try to get revelation, I usually try and spend the time on worthwhile things like how to help my kids struggling with school or whether or not I should pursue a job opportunity or how to help so-and-so in the EQ dealing with a certain trial.

This just doesn't rate on my list of things to worry about right now. Maybe at a future date.

Elder Cook was the most recent GA to visit my stake. He seemed to be a sincere man.

I was in a leadership meeting and when it came time for Q&A, I asked a question about integrating scouting into the church or something like that. He answered "I'm not that familiar with that, so I'll defer to your local leaders" or something like that.