General Conference

The last two General Conferences that we have been on our mission were spent working behind the scenes with the interpreters.  We were up by 5:30 and not in bed until late.  Hard, hard work, although we loved working with these wonderful volunteers.  But, because of our new assignment, our General Conference weekend was free to --- watch General Conference.

For Women's Conference, I watched it in on the family room couch, along with Chris, Natalie, and her girls - so cozy.

On the next Saturday, we again watched it from Bert's and Chris's living room.  Poor Mushu had just been groomed and was cold, so she snuggled on the couch with Bert!

On Saturday night, we headed down to Provo, so Rob could go to Priesthood meeting with Bryan and Clay.  Emily, Grace, and I went to Kneaders for dinner.  Emily bought mine, so I bought them each an elephant cookie, proceeds to go to charity.  It was so fun being with all of them.  

But the most exciting thing was being able to go to General Conference - our first time every!  Growing up in Salt Lake, we were always told not to go to Conference, but to save the space for those coming from out-of-town.  And then we were never out here at that time.  This year, however, we were given tickets for Sunday morning as missionaries and were able to attend!  Such a wonderful experience!

I wanted to get there early, so we arrived at the parking lot before 7:30!  The doors wouldn't even open until 9, but that was just fine!

Our seats were in the right front area, which is the side from which the General Authorities enter.  We had such great seats!

One of the extra treats was that Sunday morning included Music and the Spoken Word with the Tabernacle Choir just before the session began.

After the marvelous talks and singing were over, we headed down to Provo to enjoy the afternoon session with Heather, Bryan, and their families!

Here is have the room!  Heather gives the kids two words that they need to listen for and record during Conference, and then they get to choose a candy bar from the basket shown in front!

And here are Emily, Bryan and Grace all comfortable as well!

A special hug between Rob and Emily!

Again, it was such a special day.  We are so grateful for the Apostles and other General Authorities who give us God's direction for the next six months!  We were so inspired and given some good ideas to follow through on.