Sunday, October 04, 2009

General Conference

What a great opportunity to listen to the General Authorities this weekend!  Wasn't Conference awesome??

Hooray for 5 new temples announced!
-Ft. Lauderdale, FL!!! (2nd in Florida)
-Brigham City, UT (14th in Utah)
-Conception, Chile (2nd in the Chile)
-Fortaleza, Brazil (7th in Brazil)
-Sapporo, Japan (3rd in Japan)


My Favorites

Talks
Saturday morning
President Uchtdorf's talk about love, the great commandment.

Saturday afternoon
Tad R. Callister's talk about not letting the few things we don't know get in the way of the things we do know.

Sunday morning
President Monson's talk about service. (warm fuzzies!)

Sunday afternoon
Jeffrey R. Holland's emphatic testimony of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.


Quotes

"Though we are incomplete, he loves us completely.  Though we are imperfect, he loves us perfectly." -President Uchtdorf

"God will not intervene to stop our use of agency." -Dallin H. Oaks

"Don't let a few things we don't know get in the way of everything we do know." -Tad R. Callister

"We need to put a delete key in our mind." -Boyd K. Packer

"The lock is on our side of the veil." -Boyd K. Packer

"Young people cannot understand the loneliness that comes when your life changes from one of preparation and performance to one of putting things away." -President Monson

"[insert entire talk]" -Jeffry R. Holland  :)

"The pure spring becomes polluted when not protected." -Quentin L. Cook

"The ultimate operation is a spiritual change of heart." -Dale G. Renlund

"Put temptations out of reach-- way out of reach!" -Dale G. Renlund

"Societies will struggle until sin is denounced as sin." -D. Todd Christofferson

"Mere wanting is a bad excuse for poor conduct." -D. Todd Christofferson


People
(who are just plain awesome)

Joseph W. Sitati (from Africa)

Jeffrey R. Holland

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Dieter F. Uchtdorf-- I think he's my favorite apostle, if we're allowed to have a favorite :)

and of course President Monson!

2 comments:

DaNae! said...

Such a good conference!

Andrea said...

Alexa, I loved the quotes sections of your blog. I liked how you wrote Insert entire talk for J. Holland. My BYU president.

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