General Conference Weekend
These adorable pictures all came in during the week of General Conference! What an amazing blessing that we all had to participate in hearing Prophets and Apostles of the Lord speak.
Link to Oct. 2015 general conference talks...yes already!
General Conference Participation Brings Blessings, First Presidency Says
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, President Henry B. Eyring, and President Thomas S. Monson encourage everyone to join together during general conference to feel the Spirit and receive instruction.
Why is it important to participate in general conference? The First Presidency, sustained as prophets and apostles, have repeatedly given reasons why it is important to attend, listen to, or watch the broadcasts of all general conference sessions and then, following conference, to review the messages during the ensuing months and live according to the inspiration received.
Conference Messages Are Inspired
President Thomas S. Monson says the purpose of conference is to be instructed and inspired. We should join in the conference because “we are anxious to listen to the messages which will be presented to us,” he says, noting that “many messages, covering a variety of gospel topics, will be given,” that “those men and women who will speak to you have sought heaven’s help concerning the messages they will give,” and that “they have been impressed concerning that which they will share with us.”
President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, offers similar counsel: “I know the servants of God who will speak to you during . . . conference. They are called of God to give messages to His children. The Lord has said of them: “What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.”
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, explains why we should pay close attention to the messages of conference. “The more we treasure the words of the prophets and apply them, the better we will recognize when we are drifting off course—even if only by a matter of a few degrees.”
This counsel particularly applies to those who are new in the Church and seeking to learn more about the gospel and to those who are “struggling with problems, with challenges, with disappointments, [and] with losses,” President Monson says. The messages are meant to teach and inspire us, giving us a “renewed determination to live the gospel and to serve the Lord.”
A Message for Me?
As we participate in general conference, President Eyring says we “might pray and ponder, asking the question: Did God send a message that was just for me?”
We also need to exercise faith in God in order for us to learn from the messages and receive inspiration, President Eyring teaches. “You show your trust in Him when you listen with the intent to learn and repent and then you go and do whatever He asks. If you trust God enough to listen for His message in every sermon, song, and prayer in this conference, you will find it.”
We can continue to find those messages even after conference ends, says President Monson. “I urge you to study the messages and to ponder their teachings and then to apply them in your life. . . . They are deserving of our careful study.”
Before conference, you’ll find helpful materials, and after conference ends, you will be able to watch, listen to, read, and share the conference addresses by visiting the General Conference site. The May issue of theEnsign and the Liahona will also contain full transcripts of each conference address, the New Era magazine andyouth.lds.org will have conference highlights for youth, and the Friend magazine will have conference material, both before and after conference, for children.
“May we long remember that which we have heard during conference,” President Monson says.
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| The Bagleys from our ward came for a visit. Such a fun surprise. |
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| Missionaries for lunch between conference sessions. The missionaries also live in a trailor about 2 feet from my parents. I bet they are spoiled missionaries! My mom has never met a person she didn't graciously spoil with love and food! My dad with service and kindess! |
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| Singing during Priesthood session. Elder Blazzard hits his head on our ceiling |
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| Bowman Paywa one of the 1st Zuni member |
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| Trying to get Internet |
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| Primary Room |
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| Our neighbors home he is in Y.M. Presidency |
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| Elder Blazzard cooking and eating cactus root. |
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| Neighbor making breadk 80 at a time. |
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| Brother Paywa Letter sent to Dattage Children and Grand-Children on Saturday October 3, 2015 Love you family. We have had a busy week. The washer and dryer are shaking our house but I love it. We have been visiting less active all week. They are nice and recognize us as missionaries. Even in Zuni our truck is unusual. They tell us we saw your truck We visited two young boys and they came to mutual. Pretty rough. We have visited lots of members but their children are not members because they are less active. Everyone has 1 to 5 dogs who great us. I now have dad get out first . Hope you have seen pictures of the big bread oven . It holds 70 to 80 loaves. They brown evenly. They have to use a lot of wood for this. We will watch conference in the trailer. Out little direc t v plan has bYU tv. The elders will watch with us. Certainly not like watching at the ranch with our family. House numbers are impossible here. Just random. Small Sunday group. About 5 primary. Maybe 8 young men and women. Few men but 8 or 10 women. Great relief pres. I have potential of being on 10 visiting lists. People are friendly. Lance and Ryan no towing companies here. This week I am working on patience. Scripture is Alma 7:23. So glad Jaxon is home. Have beautiful sunsets and saw an eclipse We miss all of you. Don't hear enough about kids. Kendal texts a lot and I love it. Tell us everything. Love them so much. Thanks for all of your help and prayers. Love you |
