36 (10-2-23) General Conference

 36 (10-2-23) General Conference

Hello Family,


It was so great to be together for Conference weekend. Miles we missed you, but we felt like we were with you knowing that you were soaking it all in at the same time we were. 


What a blessing General Conference is to us. Mama and I are so grateful that you each see this time as a special time, a time to be prioritized and prepared for. Each one of us had a “favorite” talk or message that was needed. You can’t help but leave filling uplifted and directed moving forward. I hope you will always feel this way throughout your lives, making conference a priority. 


Mama and I were talking on the way home how there seemed to be a general theme of self improvement or preparation, all centered around the enabling power of Jesus Christ’s atonement. How can we implement these messages into our individual lives.


We use to have to wait a couple of weeks it seems to have these General Conference messages available to read. But now they are already available to us to listen to on General Conference YouTube channel, and their printed version will be available in just a couple of days.


This week’s invitation is to go back to your favorite talk, print it out if you can, and study it more in depth. Review your Conference notes and follow through with the impressions that you received. As we do this, we won’t have just been uplifted, but we will become improved, more little more like our Savior.


I love you all so much and am so thankful for living prophets and apostles who guide us. We are so so blessed. Have a great week,


Dad

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