During the second sessions we had three young men who came to join us. They go to church even though their parents don't. I have so much respect for them because what kid would go to church if they didn't have parents encouraging or forcing them to go. One young man is actually an investigator. He has been attending seminary as well as Sunday meetings and the weekly young men's night activities. He said conference was so amazing.
These missionaries have been working hard to teach him. Me and Kai think it is so funny that they are on a tandem bike! (I hate them; the bike not the missionaries- I broke my arm riding one when I was nine. I had to have two surgeries, four pins and lots of therapy before my hand even started to work again a year and a half after the brake. I saw that two seater bike and my whole body is seized with fear- not really, but I sure don't get the warm fuzzies when I see those kinds of bike.
Speaking of warm fuzzies- President Monson got a full jar of "warm fuzzies" for his birthday- each one representing an act of service that a young primary class did. I thought that was such a cute idea.
I just wanted to record some of my favorite quotes from conference. These are not perfect verbatim quotes because I can't write that fast anymore:)President Monson said "Those who give themselves in service to others save their own lives."
"We spend too much time on things that don't matter at all in the grand scheme of things."
As a family we will now ask around the dinner table each night what we did to help someone earlier in the day.
Elder Holland:
"Love. Healing. Help. Hope. This is the power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times. That is the safe harbor of the gospel of Jesus Christ that our Heavenly Father wants us to find.
Some one's Great Grandpa said of the Book of Mormon:
"No wicked man could write such a book as this, and no good man would write it unless it were true and he were commanded to do so."
Elder Holland closed his talk with his testimony saying:
" I declare to the world that the Book of Mormon is true. That it came forth the way Joseph said it did. That it was given to give happiness and hope to the faithful in the travails in the last days."
Christ said "Whosoever treasureth my word will not be deceived."
Michael T. Ringwood of the 70 said:
" Some may find they have periods in their lives when it is easy to believe the word of God- Like when we are children. Sometimes we realize that it is not the circumstance that made it easy to believe but the commitment to be on your knees more in prayer more often that you read the scriptures more often. When we live the gospel daily our softened hearts are able to hear the whispers of God.
I witness that the willingness to believe will come from doing those seemingly insignificant things taught to us since our youth. It will bring an outpourings of the spirit. Read. Pray. Attend church. Be submissive and gentle full of patience.
Jesus is the Son of God. He is our shepperd and those with easiness and willingness to believe will hear his voice."
Elder Christofferson (sp?)
"We all posses moral agency and the right to be accountable for the consequences of our choices."
"Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right even when it is hard."
"The societies in which we live have failed for more than a generation to foster a moral discipline. They have taught that truth is relative and that everyone decides for himself and herself what is right and what is wrong. Concepts such as sin and wrong has been condemned as value judgements."
As the Lord said "Every man walketh in his own way after the image of his own God."
"As a consequence self discipline has eroded and societies are left to try and maintain order and civility by compulsion. The lack of internal control by individuals breed extreme control by governments. Our increase reliance on laws to regulate our behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we've become."
An internal moral compass is the only thing to improve societal decay." ________________
There was more that I like but I'll spare anymore writings . . .
This is how we ended the day . . .
3 comments:
What a nice weekend huh? Aunt Cathy and Uncle Jim came by yesterday to see us. It was good to see them, it's been a long time! Conference was wonderful. Thanks for taking notes for me! I was at the church last Sunday cleaning up my Super Saturday crafts and a little girl came and asked me what time it was. I said I wasn't sure (didn't have a watch on) but that if you walk by the chapel, the doors are open and there is a clock in there. Well, she came back and I asked her what time it was. It was 11 am. I asked her what time her church starts. She said 12:30 pm. I asked her where her family was and she said that she was the only one out of her family that comes to church. She just got baptized. Anyways, I was so amazed that this girl would walk to church by herself and have the faith to come. When you talked about the boys that came over, it reminded me of this little girl.
Those look like delicious cookies:) What a great weekend, I also enjoyed reading your quotes, they were awesome. Thanks for always inspiring me to be a better person, you're such a good mother!! Miss you guys!
thanks for the conference recap!! sometimes i get a little sleepy during some talks, so i needed it!! plus i don't know anything about the swine flu vaccine, but i do know my two good friends got it from the mtc (there was a huge breakout there, but they kept it on the down-low) and no one had worse symptoms then a regular flu.
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