It Rained!

So many exciting things going on!!!

First and foremost, it rained ALL DAY Saturday! It was wonderful and I was so happy. :) I have missed the rain. However, I found out that my boots aren't waterproof. But that's okay! because my amazing, fantastic, wonderful companion has a waterproof spray that I used on my boots earlier this morning.

Aside from the weather, there are many other exciting things going on in Utah this past week and this upcoming weekend. This past Saturday (Sept. 27th) was the General Women's Conference. If you don't know too much about Conference, it takes places in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. As it occurs, it is broadcast to thousands of stake centers all over the WHOLE world! It's really amazing and I really love being able to watch it. Some of the female leaders of the church speak at this conference, there are beautiful musical numbers, and a member of the First Presidency speaks.

You can catch the full conference here at : Women's General Conference.

My favorite talk was by Sister Neill F. Marriott, and my second favorite talk was by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. You can view or listen to these talks at the website above. I like reading the talks later after the transcripts are uploaded to the site, and that will probably happen sometime later this week.

Also, General Conference (the conference for the ENTIRE church) is happening this Saturday and Sunday. It, like the Women's Conference, takes place in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. As missionaries serving in the area just south of Salt Lake City, we have the opportunity to attend once during our mission. My companion gets to go to the Sunday morning session this time.

General Conference happens the first weekend of April and again the first weekend of October. There are four total general sessions every conference. There is a session Saturday morning at 10am, then an afternoon session at 2pm. The same schedule is followed on Sunday. Since it's broadcasted live across the entire world, the times you can view it will change according to where you are in the world. For example, it is broadcast in West Virginia at noon and 4pm since WV is a two-hour time difference.

You can view the live broadcast of General Conference at www.lds.org. Also, if you want to know more about what conference is, when it is, etc, you can go to this website. One last thing before I go.

There is a new movie coming out in select theatres that is produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is called Meet the Mormons. You can click on the link there to find out more about the movie, and you can find out where it is playing near you. We won't get to see it as missionaries, but I definitely recommend you to go see it.

I love it here, but I do love and miss all of you. I hope both you and your families are doing well.
2 Nephi 4:15-16