Have you seen this video put out by the Church?
"As you prepare for General Conference, I invite you to ponder questions you need to have answered." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Have you written down and are you pondering on the questions you would like answered during the sessions of General Conference? I have.
"I promise you in [Jesus] name that if you pray with a sincere desire to hear your Heavenly Father's voice in the messages of this conference, you will discover that He has spoken to you to help you, to strengthen you, and to lead you home into His presence." - Elder Robert D. Hales
Last Saturday night was the first session of General Conference. All three of my girls and I attended this session with my mom and my sister. (I know my baby is technically not old enough to attend (you're suppose to be 8), but all the girls were going and she was feeling left out so we invited her along.) If you missed it, you can watch the session HERE.
The Spirit was strong as truth was testimfied about the sacredness and importance of the family. It was mentioned several times that The Family: A Proclamation to the World is 20 years old this month. In her talk, Sister Bonnie Oscarson said:
“The sanctity of the home and the essential purposes of the family are being questioned, criticized, and assaulted on every front . . .Little did we realize then (20 years ago when the Proclamation was read over the pulpit by President Gordon B. Hinckley), how very desperately we would need these basic declarations in today’s world as the criteria by which we could judge each new wind of worldly dogma coming at us from the media, the Internet, scholars, TV and films, and even legislators."
She called on the women of the Church to be defenders of the family and to use The Family: A Proclamation to the Worlds as “our benchmark for judging the philosophies of the world.”
Boldly Stand Up for the Family.
Be proud to be a Homemaker.
Elevate the divine roles of mothers and fathers.