We had Stake Conference this past weekend. There were a couple of talks that really impressed me. The first one was a testimony by a Latino brother at the Adult Session on Saturday. He spoke in broken English, but the Spirit was strong and I understood him perfectly and WOW! He spoke of how his father taught him as a young man to accept callings (no matter how big of challenge you think it might be), of the need to implement the principles you've learned and to share that knowledge with others. Watching and listening to this brother's talk and how nerveous he was reminded me a lot of my very first talk in English. I was about ten-years-old and I read Psalm 23 in a sacrament meeting. Mom and dad helped me write the whole chapter phonetically in Indonesian. I was so nerveous, but I remember people coming up to me afterwards and told me what a great job I did. Of course, I had to do the same with this brother, I think he appreciated the support and encouragement.
The Sunday Session of conference was a good one too. The talk that hit home with me was one on reverence for our church buildings. The speaker quoted Leviticus 19:30:
Ye shall keep my sabbaths,
and reverence my sanctuary:
I am the LORD.
I like that ... we've been taught to revere our temples, but I think that was the first time I've ever heard how we need to treat our church building with reverence. I had to pass the scripture along to Kent Hepworth who is in charge of getting my home ward chapel cleaned up.
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