It's conference time!

It's time once again to come listen to a Prophet's voice!

As you might know, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka: Mormons) believe that just as God spoke to prophets in ancient days (Adam, Moses, Noah, John the Baptist, etc), He also speaks to a living prophet on the earth today.

Twice a year, in April and October, we have the opportunity to listen to a Prophet and modern day apostles speak to us.

I am excited to listen to their messages and apply what I learn into my life! I know that what they tell us is true and comes from our loving Heavenly Father.

If you are interested in watching General Conference too, here are the details:
The first session is on Saturday (March 31st) from 12noon-2pm (EST), the second session is from 4pm-6pm (EST)
On Sunday (April 1st) the same schedule applies- 12noon-2pm and 4pm-6pm.

If you want to watch conference live just click on the link (here). And if you want to refresh your memory, the talks from last General Conference in October can be found here.

My stomach hates me

This past weekend was a weekend of firsts:

Jesse and I got our first Christmas tree together and decorated it and hung lights on it and around the apartment! Of course it's real! We wouldn't have it any other way...it smells delicious! Oh, it makes me so happy.

Our Stake Conference was this past weekend.

Our first Stake Conference in a family ward.

Our first Stake Conference as a married couple.

And our first Stake Conference in our new Stake.

It was really good! The Saturday night session focused mainly on becoming better parents and better husbands and wives (which was definitely helpful since Jesse and I are new to this whole marriage thing). The Sunday session focused on strengthing our testimony of Christ, following church leaders, and strengthing families by doing what we need to be doing.

That night was the First Presidency Christmas devotional, which we ended up missing since I wasn't feeling too well. But I watched it on Monday at work...definitely worth a watch.

In our current ward there are two other couples that were in the Singles branch with us (one couple got married in March and the other in July of this year) so at least we have friends in our new ward already.

Still no callings (other than home teacher for Jesse). But I'm sure they'll come...

Happy Friday.

*(The post title had nothing to do with this blog.)

My Friends

As you can probably tell by now, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Or, as it's often called: I belong to the "Mormon" church.

My parents joined the church when I was five years old.

The church recently launched a new website for those who are interested in learning more about our beliefs. I love the videos and profiles that people are posting. I can't stop looking at them once I start!

I think many people in the general public have preconceived notions about what Mormons believe. This new website helps to dispel those beliefs. The nice thing about the postings is that even though everybody comes from different backgrounds and they are quite diverse, they share one interest- they are all Mormon.

Have you checked it out?

Here are a few of my favorite profiles- (you have to click on the links because I can't embed them):

Jane (who was a news anchor for national TV)

Chris

Cassandra

Joy

Josh

Emily & Aaron

Alex

and

me.

If you want to learn more or have any questions, check out the rest of the profiles here.

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