This morning's session had some exciting news! There will be a SECOND temple built in Provo! Last year the Provo Tabernacle burned down and it's going to be rebuilt as a temple! That is incredible!
The other new temple locations are as follows:Durban, South Africa
Kinshasa, Congo
Star Valley, WY
Barranquilla, Colombia
Paris, France
There have been some wonderful and inspiring talks given this morning and afternoon! I've noticed there has been quite a focus toward the youth of the church. As well as priesthood and temple ordinances, family history work, raising families, the importance of scripture study, spiritual priorities, and wise time management. Richard G. Scott was the first speaker this morning and I really enjoyed his talk about scriptures and their importance. He said that we can face difficult challenges using the scriptures and that they are a type of handbook for God's children. They bring not only peace, hope, and restoration, but also physical healing. I liked a question he asked: "Do you use ALL of the standard works, including the Old Testament?" He also emphasized the importance of charity and that without charity, we have nothing.
After my hair cut, Brooke and I are going to my place in Provo to hang out while Taylor is at Priesthood session in Orem with family. Then once that is over, he'll come pick up Brooke! And by the time I get home, Michael will most likely be finished with work at the BYU Testing Center. Bless him, he has to miss both sessions today while he works, poor thing! He'll catch up with them online though. We came up with the most perfect Family Home Evening plan the other day! There are 4 main sessions of conference - 2 Saturday, 2 Sunday, as well as the Relief Society and Priesthood conferences. And there are 4 weeks a month, and sometimes 5 - so we're correlating those sessions with weeks. Each Family Home Evening [Monday nights], we will listen to and discuss a conference talk from the most recent conference. If it's the first Monday of the month, it'll be from the first session [Saturday morning], and if it's the 3rd Monday, than 3rd session [Sunday morning], etc. And on the occasion of a 5th Monday, we will alternate a talk from Priesthood or Relief Society! And that way we will be able to utilize these talks and keep them fresh in our minds even after conference.
