General Conference!

I hope you all enjoyed General Conference as much as I did (see LDS.org if you missed it)! I didn't actually get to watch much of it, as the Sisters were out and about talking to guests and members, and asking anyone if we could call friends and send them a Book of Mormon or a Restoration DVD. We all got up and on the Square by 8 am and left at 9 pm-- it's pretty crazy during Conference Time. The weather was perfect, but today it's raining and stormy. That's a tender mercy :D

Before Conference this week Sister Johnson and I met Ann and Patrick from New Jersey. We had quite a good discussion with them about what we believe and they were so nice and friendly! Near the end of the tour Patrick commented on our "happy eyes". I know he was talking about the Holy Spirit! Galatians 5 talks about the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Patrick also gave me a nickname: "Stretch" ...since I'm so tall. haha.

Dean from Birmingham, England is a funeral director and for the past year has been on a tour of the world. Oddly enough, Salt Lake City was his final stop and he came to check out the architecture of the buildings. Sister Johnson and I were able to tell him how we know that death is not the end. It's through the Book of Mormon, which is a dual testament of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and clarifies what it's like when we die from the things the Bible tells us. Alma 40-41 are excellent chapters about it! Anyway, he said he's excited to return home and see the Preston, England temple, and to look at mormon.org! I love meeting Children of God from all over the world.

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