Twice a year our church has a General Conference, when people from all over the world can travel to attend the conference in person or tune in via the internet and hear uplifting talks by church leaders. Michael, Kolby, & Elijah are at the conference in person right now, on a trip with our church youth group. And the younger boys and I are watching from home. It's kind of nice to relax and have church at home in our pajamas once in a while. And this morning it's been pretty peaceful around here during the first session of conference. (There are 4 two-hour sessions, 2 sessions today and 2 more tomorrow). So we'll see how the boys are doing with their attention spans by the end of the sessions tomorrow. But we've got some pretty good boys. :)
These two talks from this morning's session especially spoke to me. I'll definitely need to go back on lds.org and listen to them again in the future.
Bonnie Oscarson, Young Women General President:
Talk about service -- specifically those who are closest to us: family, neighbors, church members
Jeffrey Holland Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
"Be ye therefore perfect" -- Self improvement without getting down on yourself. Every one of us is a debtor deserving imprisonment, freed only by the gift of Jesus Christ's atonement. Strive for steady improvement without obsessing for toxic perfectionism.
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