general conference.

this weekend my roommate kate invited my other roommate stephanie and i to come down to General Conference with her.

her grandpa is in the quorum of the seventy, and so he gets about 6 tickets to each session. so we went down to salt lake friday night, and stayed at "grandpa dickson's" house. it was so much fun. we got to meet grandpa dickson and his wife as soon as we got there, it was so amazing to meet a member of the seventy. then we played apples to apples with kate and her mom and aunt. we had a great time. then we went down to where we were staying, (they had a basement house), and we watched while you were sleeping and talked and stayed up late, it was a blast!! the next morning we woke up and watched the first session of conference with kate's family and had toast. then after conference we had roll sandwiches and frog eye salad. haha. it was good, no frog eyes were actually in it. then kate, stephanie, jane (kate's little sister) and i got ready to go to the second session down at the conference center. it was jane's first time going to conference because she just barely turned 8, and it was cute to see how excited she was about finally being able to go to conference! we left and got there and we got to park under the church office buildings, which was way cool, and then once we got inside i realized where we were sitting, and i was so excited.

now if you couldnt tell by the pictures i provided, we were on the plaza level, in section 6, we sat a little less than half way up the section. i could have literally punted a football to President Monson. it was one of the most amazing experiences getting to be that close to the Prophet and Apostles of the Lord as they shared new revelation and testimonies to us. it was such a powerful and wonderful experience, and i was so grateful to be there, and so grateful that kate invited us to come with her. after conference was over we went over and walked around Temple Square. i found Sister Zarate, and got to talk to her for a while, and stephanie found her friend tatiana from back home and got to talk to her for a while, and then right as we were leaving steph looks to my right and says, "uh, i think thats for you." and i when i turn i see my old roomie caitlyn running at me. it was a great surprise. it was weird to be there with tania (Sister Zarate) and caitlyn. it seemed like it had been forever since the three of us were all together. it was great. then we went back to kate's grandparents house and we talked for a bit, got our things together and left to come back to rexburg. it was a great little vacation and a wonderful experience!!

scripture of the day:

Deuteronomy 30:9-10 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

today i am thankful for:

* the gift that we have of being able to have a Prophet of the Lord at the head of the true Church to lead and guide us in our lives, and the ability we have to hear His council during General Conference.

* time to take little vacations that help people, who didnt even know each other two weeks early, grow closer and form greater bonds of friendship.

* a car that helps me get around a tiny town or to a city 4 hours away.

* faithful servants of the Lord who are willing to serve others by letting them stay at their house.

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