The morning started out with the sound of rain. We haven’t had much of that this year, so I was excited about it. My next thought was that I wasn’t so sure about driving in the rain up to Salt Lake and attend the afternoon session of General Conference. I had 3 tickets and parking pass but the parking was pretty far from the Conference center, especially if we had to walk far in the rain. Stupid thoughts! I can’t believe I even thought that.
We watched the morning session on TV at home. I have to admit it is so nice and convenient to just sit at home. The meeting was soooo good. We have such wonderful leaders. By the time it was over, I was more excited to actually attend in person, so my mom, Linnea and I went. We had plenty of time, the drive was fine, and our umbrellas worked great for the walk. Lots of people were heading the same way, obviously. All along the walk, there were people standing out there in the rain, some pretty wet, begging for any extra tickets so they could attend the session. One young man had a sign, which said, “Drove from Missiouri. Need ticket.” And I felt bad for even having doubts about going. And I wished that I had had many extra tickets. As it turned out, I believe all who wanted to got in. I am sure many with tickets didn’t show up, maybe because of the weather. They really missed out. There were some empty seats even.
We were early and got great seats towards the front in our section. And we got to hear the Primary children’s choir practice. What a bunch of great kids. They sounded great and looked great! I assume they were all older, such as 10-11 years old. They brought such a great spirit to the meeting, and they sang quite a few songs. I wished so much that my grand children could have been with me. I know they would have enjoyed it. Then the feeling when Pres. Monson walked in and we all stood up. Just being in the presence of all those great men. It was an awesome sight seeing all the priesthood brethren up on the stand. There was just such excitement being there. So many great people.
The speakers were so good and the spirit was so strong. Some talks were so powerful. I cried so much. Linnea commented on how it didn’t matter who spoke, or what the topic was, they all had something that pertained to her. She was also very excited about the young children singing. They were so cute. I just wanted the whole thing to keep going. Time just went by too fast. As the Apostles walked out, they were waiving to the Primary choir and the children were so excited and they were waiving back. What a great memory for them!
We went out to eat dinner at IKEA and got some Swedish goodies for dessert. I stopped by and shared some with Lisa’s kids. We also ran some other errands. In the meantime, General priesthood meeting started. Ed took the guys out for dinner and then they went to the meeting together at our stake center. So they had a great time, too. And to make Ed’s day complete, we had some music playing and singing at night. I watched a movie with Lisa’s girls.
It was a great day!!!!
