First
of all let me just say how much I loved conference. In fact I just can't
stop thinking about it. We didn't watch Sunday afternoon session yet but
the other 4 sessions were on another level. By far the most powerful
conference I have ever seen and that priesthood session was by far the most powerful
session I have ever seen. I'll share more details in my email to mom but
I agree with you on every point. I can't believe they're putting a temple
in Layton I just found out like 5 minutes ago that's pretty cool. I'm
laughing at your comment about that hahaha. Yeah I'm way excited about
that.
I'm so glad you loved conference. Yeah I'm gonna
say a lot about that in my letter to mom. To Mom:
This week has been definitely the most spiritually uplifting
week of my whole mission. Basically just because of
conference.
I was really frustrated about conference because they didn't
even announce the times or know them until Friday afternoon which is just
ridiculous. Actually on Thursday they sent out an announcement that we
would watch the Saturday morning session at 10 o clock on Saturday. 2
wards. that means 2 complete bishoprics discussed it and thought that
that was a viable option. I don't know how they thought we were going to
watch the session here 8 hours before it actually happened in Salt Lake City,
but I guess the bishoprics just have a lot more faith in the priesthood than me
or something hahaha. But eventually we were able to sort it out and point
out the actual times when we were supposed to watch it and everything went for
the most part according to plan.
Friday was kind of funny. We basically had not much to
do because everyone was celebrating good Friday. Like it was
ridiculous. Nobody went to church on Sunday but Friday it was
packed. There were just so many activities at all the churches and the
taverns were packed because of that which I think is maybe ironic I don't
know?
Saturday was cool. I was so excited for
conference. I actually memorized all the general authorities and general
officers of the church over the last couple months which probably sounds weird
but it honestly made conference more fun and interesting, because I recognized
all the speakers.
We were basically trying to just pass the time to get to 6
so we could watch the session. And it didn't disappoint. It was so
amazing. The solemn assembly was just so powerful. When the first
presidency stood to sustain themselves I felt something really deep. It
was kind of funny though. President Eyring said "Members of the
first presidency please sustain" And that was when I found out that
we actually have about 7 members of the first presidency in our ward here in
Queenstown. Hahaha but anyway. The whole solemn assembly was a
sacred experience for me that I won't forget. When the whole church stood
to sustain the prophet the spirit overwhelmed me. I felt it in such a
different way. It overcame my whole body and I knew that President Nelson
has been called of God.
We watched the Saturday Afternoon Session on Sunday morning
at 10. It was a pretty nice session. I was happy to hear my man
Carl B Cook called to the presidency. Also my friend Elijah's dad was
called to be a general authority so that's pretty cool.
I liked Elder Bednar's talk a lot.
The priesthood session was by far the most powerful session
of conference I have ever attended. It was really on another level.
I usually don't look forward to priesthood session but this one... yeah.
When President Nelson stood up to speak I got so excited. I started
taking notes for a second and then I just put my notes down and watched him
transfixed. He spoke for so short but the spirit was just coming over me
in waves. The announcement was big and I can testify it was a revelation
from God. The rest of the priesthood session was just a spiritual
high. All of the talks were great. It was really stacked. 2
apostles and then the first presidency after that. When it got to
President Nelson to speak again I was so excited. His talk did not
disappoint. It was so incredible. There's a few things I just can't
get out of my mind. He told the story of how he reactivated a less active
guy. One line he said has been playing over and over in my mind. He
said "Do you know who was called to be the first stake president? ...
yes" he just said yes and I just couldn't stop laughing. The
spirit was making me giddy or something like that. It was so cool.
Then at the end he commanded us all to stand one group at a time. My
heart was just pounding. I wanted to go out and just do battle with Satan
right there. I can't get his voice out of my head. "Deacons.
Teachers. Priests." So powerful.
We watched the Sunday morning session live which was at 6 o
clock for us. It was another great talk but the highlight was of course,
by far, President Nelson's talk. I think that either that talk or his
talk in last conference is my favorite conference talk of all time. It
was clearly a talk and a topic that was given to him directly by the
Lord. It wasn't just a talk. It was the warning voice of a
prophet. He also specifically warned against the media and social
media. He is definitely a watchman on the tower. He said that
"The Savior will show forth some of his mightiest works between now and
when he comes again." He wasn't just talking. He was
prophesying. He said that if we don't have the guidance of the spirit and
revelation we will fall. I can testify to anyone on this planet that
Russell M Nelson is a prophet of God just as surely as anyone ever was.
The witness of the Spirit was overwhelming and I like Dad's words in his email
to me it was also draining.
I didn't get to watch Sunday afternoon session but I heard
about it today. A temple in Layton!! that's so crazy. And the
announcement about Home teaching and visiting teaching. That's obviously
a major change. I didn't even hear Elder Holland say this yet but I just
love these words so much: To paraphrase Ralph Waldo
Emerson, the most memorable moments of life are those in which we feel the rush
of revelation. President Nelson, I don’t know how many more rushes we can
handle this weekend
Anyway. Can you tell that I was excited about
conference? There's probably more that I have to say but I forgot and
I'll email next week.
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