Called 2 Serve 2 Gather

After General Conference the first weekend of October and being on a spiritual high, the second week of October started out on a much more somber note. Monday, October 6th we attended the viewing for President Russell M Nelson.  They estimated 18,560 people visited the Conference Center in order to pay respects to this great man. At the viewing      Then on Tuesday, October 7th they held the funeral for President Nelson at the Conference Center which we were also able to attend. It was a touching event attended by around 20,000 people -- close to 600 were members of the Nelson family.  When he passed at 101 years of age, he was the world's oldest leader of a global faith organization. And he stayed very active and involved until just recently!  What an example! After the funeral One humorous bit of information, since we live just across the street from the Conference Center, we can see vehicles come and go into the garage of the building.  So as the he...

  We had a wonderful weekend!  It was General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   We were able to spend Saturday with Kyle, Gaby & Celeste watching the morning and afternoon sessions with them --which was a delight.  We don't have a television (believe it or not!!) so it was great to watch Conference (and let's be honest, some football as well) on a big TV.  Our laptop and phones don't quite do some things justice.       I think fall is finally here!! It rained 2.5 inches Saturday!                      After the afternoon session we then made our way back to our apartment.  The plus to our apartment location is that it is literally across the street from the Conference Center.  The minus is that it is literally across the street from the Conference Center.  There were approximately 20,000 people at each session so just the sheer n...