General Conference Authors

First things first -- it really was a GREAT GENERAL CONFERENCE!

On Saturday, the boys had soccer, and Steve and I went to the wedding of his good friend from work, Garner Cagle, so we missed the first session. But when we all got home, we Googled it, and watched a press conference in session -- we found that a major change was made at the morning session: the age that missionaries can leave for their missions has been changed from 19 to 18 for BOYS and from 21 to 19 for GIRLS! This is amazing!

(Images like these were all over Facebook. Gotta love the immediacy of social media! :o)

 

I particularly enjoyed Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's talk about discipleship, and how if we truly love the Savior, we will leave whatever it is that is keeping us from Him.

 

 

There were so many wonderful messages shared!

 

* Henry B. Eyring -- "God is never hidden."

* Linda K. Burton -- "Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister."

* President Monson -- "Mundane things end up being the extraordinary things."

* Robert D. Hales -- "We must leave our worldly habits and forsake them straitaway (as did Peter)."

* Russell Oglesthorpe -- "Knowing, doing, becoming..."

* Daniel L. Johnson -- Prosperity as a challenge

* David A. Bednar -- "Knowing the gospel is true is the essence of testimony. Being true to testimony is the essence of conversion."

 

And the prior weekend, the General Women's Broadcast was FULL of wonderful talks and inspiration. It was great to get to know our new General RS Presidency a little better...Sister Linda K. Burton, President; Carol Stevens, 1st Counselor; and Linda Reeves, 2nd Counselor.

 

So...between CONFERENCE Sessions, we played the game of "Authors." I love this game! It reminds me of when I was a kid and we would play it together as a family. And it's the only way I know that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Kidnapped" and "Treasure Island." And "Charge of the Light Brigade" was written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. And don't forget, "House of Seven Gables" and "The Scarlet Letter" were written by Nathaniel Hawthorne! Yes, it makes me feel like such a scholar.

 

 

Good times...!