Today marks the close of another General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. When I first became a member of the church, I was really bored by the whole concept of General Conference. Just because I was young and I guess didn't really see the importance of the meetings. I would watch, don't get me wrong, I just wouldn't really take to heart what was said and really paying attention. Thanks to my later years in seminary, I began to foster a love for General Conference and actually began to pay attention (imagine that)! I found that if I really listened with an open heart, I loved conference!!! I learned so much and found things that I needed to hear and to apply to my life to make me a happier and better person. Once in seminary, one of my teachers challenged us to come to conference with 3 questions that we had pondered over and wanted to have answered. Every single time I have done that, I have always walked away with answers to every. single. question. It's amazing what happens when you mentally and spiritually prepare yourself to recieve what it is the Lord wants you to know right now.
General Conference has taken on a whole new level of... spirituality for me since TJ has been on his mission. Knowing that my missionary is watching the exact same thing that I am has been a tremendous blessing and makes me excited for the following weeks to get his notes and thoughts on what his favorite talks were and things he thought were important for him! Sometimes we even have the same favorite talks! We're cute. So the significance of this General Conference is that this is my last one with him gone!! The next time General Conference is on, in April, he will be home and I'll be able to watch it with him! I'm sooo excited!
I am so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and to be led by a living prophet today! I know that Thomas S. Monson leads and guides this church under the direction of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God and another testament to Jesus Christ and his ministries on the earth. I know that temples are houses of God and are places where sacred covenants can be made. I love this church and I'm so glad to be a member and have all that I have! See you in 6 months conference!
p.s. I promise I'll post about Austria and the competition soon! I'm just waiting to get a few more pictures in!
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