October 8th

My dear ones,

 

What a happy time it is to gather together as a worldwide body of Saints for General conference. This past weekend was a great one, and a sacred one.

 

We watched the recording of women's session on Saturday afternoon in our lovely chapel in Talence. Our amie, Carmelle, was running a bit behind and we were already at the church, so Soeur Buchanan (from the Lormont equipe) and I sat in the bakc in the French room and let our little companions go and watch in English tranquillement while we waited for Carmelle to arrive. We ended up staying with her in the French room, and she had a lot to soak in. She is a young adult in one of those inbetweener states of life where she hasn't got a whole lot to do. She has white eyelashes on her right eye, and is always smiling. But, she isn't quite sure if God is really there. She is a joy to teach, and is really interested in learning, especially about geneology. fun things.

 

The next day, we got there and a cloud or something was interfering with the Priesthood session that they were broadcasting for the men, its not general conference overseas without a few little gliches. :) Everyone started singing and made the best of it, and Soeur Kohler and I were busy making food for some of us to eat afterward. Cheng and Julien are both doing great, and everything is on schedule for them to be baptized this weekend. Poor Cheng is sick and a little apprehensive, and really busy...so we are getting one of the mandarin speaking elders to give him some counsel before the big day. If you could pray for him I would appreciate it. Some of his concerns are finding an apartment, and just overall being ready for his baptism. There are a couple of other chinese members, but its still hard.

 

I am so thankful to live in a time when there are prophets and apostles on the earth. Heavenly Father loves His children, of that I am sure. As I consider all of the wonderful things I learned this weekend, my heart is filled with love and gratitude, and a sacred feeling of hope for the future. I pray that we may all ask ourselves the question 'can ye feel so now?' and evaluate and eliminate every little thing, every pavillion that could be keeping us from the love of God. I love this work. I know it is true. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most pure and wonderful truth, and I am so thankful to have benefited from it my entire life. May we be the lower lamps than burn brightly, and allow the love of God to radiate within us unto the convincing that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and our friend. I love you.

 

Soeur Waldron