General Conference!!!!!

This week was all great, but being able to see general conference was the Awesome. 

Watching conference here is a bit different than I am used to. For one thing, everyone goes to the church building for the whole thing, and, of course, we also had to wait a week for translation.  Most of us missionaries watched the English recording downstairs in a classroom with snacks at the table and the whole shebang. Some of the Nehonjin that can speak fairly good English joined us for parts of the conference so that they could hear the real voices of the prophets, and my companion stayed for nearly the whole thing. 

I was so impressed with how my questions and my concerns where addressed and helped. I never cease to be astounded with the power of the testimony and words of the Brethren and Sisters who speak, and I feel that I can never come away without being touched and uplifted. Priesthood session blew me away. I am determined, now more than ever before, to be the man, the servant , that I am supposed to be. In a very real sense Ihope that I can be that man someday, and I hope that I will be able to do God's work now. 

As I have learned about the enabling power of the Atonement, and as I have come to understand what it means to seek out and submit to the will of Heavenly Father, I feel that I have grown more than ever have before. I know of the sureness of the restoration's truth and of its importance. I have come to understand what kind of strength comes to those who bear with selflessness and gladness the burdens placed on them. I have come to have a brighter hope for things to come and many other great blessings have come to me. 

I really am grateful for this Conference, for the Spirit, and for the Blessing of the Atonement. 

I am so ready to back and ponder on the messages we where given this year!

 

With love, Elder Bevan