Historic General Conference

Wow! What an awesome weekend. We enjoyed conference so much. What a spiritual feast and exciting sacred opportunity to participate in a Solemn Assembly. How we love and support President Monson, Eyering and Uchtdorf. We are so blessed to be part of a world wide church, the Lord's church and experience how wonderfully organized it is. How the mantle of authority just simply takes place, no politics involved. When we raise are arm to sustain, that is exactly what we are doing. There is no vote just a promise to support, sustain, love and follow. We love our leaders.

We went to our chapel and watched conference in the Relief Society room with other ward members and the Missionaries. The Spanish Branch watched it in the cultural hall/chapel. This is the first time the members have been able to watch it from this building. They usually have had to go to the Stake Center in Kingsbridge, about 6 miles away. We had planned to prepare lunch for the missionaries during the two hour break because our ward did not organized anything. The Spanish Branch invited us to join them in the cultural hall for a potluck dinner. So we brought all of our food and mixed it with theirs and we had a great feast. Many of our ward members are bi-lingual. It doesn't matter what language you speak when it comes to food. But there is quite a difference in the food.

Doug was unable to watch the Priesthood session as our good friends Bryan and Becky Smethurst called us and were in town for one night so we spent the evening with them. We will watch the Priesthood session on the BYU channel when broadcast.

Sunday sessions were awesome too. Because our ward leadership was not at conference and didn't plan anything as far as food, we again brought over what we could find in our cupboards and frig and joined the Spanish branch for lunch. Doug made a great yummy cake, and I had made rice crispie treats. We also had an ice cream cake in our freezer and stuff for sandwiches. It was a wonderful time to socialize and visit and get to know others. Too bad our wards in Utah don't do potluck like this. But then again, not everyone here in New York has access to the Internet or satellite TV. This gathering is a necessity here. And it was a great experience for all.