This was one of the best weeks of my
mission!!! Conference was so incredible, I was so blessed with
revelation and with light. I was able to go to two of the four sessions!
On Saturday morning, we went with the young girl who we have been
teaching since I came into the area, her fellowshipping family (the mom
and daughters), and then we had our recent convert, the 9 year old boy,
and his 17 year old step brother who is not a member! It was so neat to
see their faces in their first experience at the conference center, and
especially at Temple Square! We showed them the Salt Lake temple, and
after conference we went and showed them the Christus. I sat next to our
recent convert during conference, and he took notes in his notepad
while I took notes in mine :) How special to see such a young man,
filled with the spirit, and able to receive revelation. Of course, two
hours is a long time, so we all got a little antsy toward the end.
Because
it is my last conference while I am on my mission, I was able to choose
another session to go to. I chose Sunday morning, so that I could see
Music and the Spoken word, a broadcast by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir,
and I knew that the Prophet always speaks on Sunday morning! I went with
Sister Lewis, her and her husband were my senior couple in Plain City
and they have become adopted grandparents. We went down together and had
a wonderful time. Our tickets were so good! The choir sang like angels,
and the Prophet spoke all about the power of the temple, and then my
favorite apostle (I know I shouldn't have favorites but I do), Elder
Jeffrey R. Holland spoke! His talk was so powerful. He spoke of the fall
of Adam and Eve, and how without that fall, without our humanity, we
would have no need for a Savior. But because of that fall, Jesus Christ
and His atoning sacrifice is essential in our lives. Throughout the
conference I learned a lot about trusting the Lord, strengthening faith,
and being obedient out of love. President Uchtdorf made an analogy,
saying that if we think that we buy our salvation with obedience, it is
like buying an airplane ticket and thinking we own the airline. Our
Savior's sacrifice and grace makes it possible for us, after all we have
done, to gain eternal life.
Did you watch conference? If not, it will be available soon online at
lds.org! I want to hear what you guys thought!
Last
night we had a great lesson with the young girl who we brought to
conference. We had asked her last week to pray about a day to be
baptized, and when we asked her, she immediately said "I already
decided, I want to get baptized!" We were so surprised! Her answer
showed us that she is truly ready. We asked her how she decided and she
said "I don't know, I just felt good about it!" That is exactly what the
spirit does! It doesn't overpower us, we still have our ability to
choose, but he gently whispers the right thing to do, and helps us to
feel good about it. We are so excited for her!
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