Conference Time Again

We had our broadcast stake conference this past weekend, and man was it ever a good one! As you know, these conferences are under the direction of the stake president for the leadership and all adults sessions, then the Sunday session is presided over by a member of the First Presidency or one of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. We had Elder L. Tom Perry.

      

L. Tom Perry                                     Paul V. Johnson                                        Mary N. Cook                                       Anthony D. Perkins

Conducting the meeting, and the first speaker, was Elder Paul V. Johnson of the Seventy. That was kind of fun because he was teaching at the LTM (Language Training Mission) at Ricks College when Mom and I went through there on our way to our missions in Scandinavia. He was teaching Norwegian. 

We had great speakers, as we always do. Our new Stake YW Pres. (Kenni McAlister) and new Stake RS Pres. (Marie Jensen) and of course the stake presidency. My counselors are always spectacular. What was so marvelous was how well the speakers Saturday evening were matched by the speakers in Sunday morning's broadcast. The Lord had everyone on the same page.

So I wrote an email to Elder Johnson, introducing my self as Melody's (who he may not remember) husband, and commenting on the special way the conference speakers topics had confirmed and dovetailed with each other from Saturday through Sunday. To my surprise, he responded quickly saying of course he remembered Mom, and said some very nice things about her. That was kind of special.

Every time we have a stake conference I'm amazed at how well prepared everyone is, and how well everything goes. I keep thinking it can't get any better - but then it always seems to. It was a good day.