Elder Ballard had called our stake president on Thursday and asked if it was okay for him to come visit our stake conference. Anyway, it was a wonderful conference. What a blessing to receive counsel from an Apostle in person. He invoked a blessing on the people of our stake. I was so thankful to have had "oil in our lamps" that enabled us to arrive early enough to be able to sit close to the stand and partake of the spirit of that apostle first hand. It was quite an experience. I was impressed that they were able to keep his visit a secret. I was in front of our Stake RS President, and she didn't even know about Elder Ballard's visit. At the end of his talk, he asked everyone to lift up their right hand and to shake it - he did the same thing, then said "Now you can say you shook hands with Elder Ballard." He and his wife needed to slip away quickly. Cute way to get out of an hour of shaking hands with people!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Having oil in your lamps...
This past Sunday, February 22, was our Stake Conference. Brad attended the Priesthood Leadership session on Saturday afternoon and we both attended the Saturday evening session. Tithing was the topic, which I believe to be a timely subject with the condition of our economy. We were promised by our stake president that we would be richly fed in the Sunday session and to be sure and come. I usually sing in the stake choir and have a good seat because of that, but couldn't make the practices this time around so did not sing in the choir. We still wanted to sit in the chapel area so came early. We had a 50 minute wait, and as the time drew nearer for conference to begin, suddenly people started standing up. As I stood, I looked up and guess who was walking onto the stand? Elder M Russell Ballard, an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. I was so excited! I felt like I was at BYU again. I hurriedly texted my children to tell them. Nicole said that she got my text as she was leaving to go to her Regional Conference and M. Russell Ballard spoke to them, also. With today's technology, you can be in two places at once! Actually, he told us that he had recorded his talk for the Regional Conference earlier. Elder Ballard and his wife were in southern California to visit good friends Nate and Bonnie Wade in Laguna Niguel. 
Elder Ballard had called our stake president on Thursday and asked if it was okay for him to come visit our stake conference. Anyway, it was a wonderful conference. What a blessing to receive counsel from an Apostle in person. He invoked a blessing on the people of our stake. I was so thankful to have had "oil in our lamps" that enabled us to arrive early enough to be able to sit close to the stand and partake of the spirit of that apostle first hand. It was quite an experience. I was impressed that they were able to keep his visit a secret. I was in front of our Stake RS President, and she didn't even know about Elder Ballard's visit. At the end of his talk, he asked everyone to lift up their right hand and to shake it - he did the same thing, then said "Now you can say you shook hands with Elder Ballard." He and his wife needed to slip away quickly. Cute way to get out of an hour of shaking hands with people!
Elder Ballard had called our stake president on Thursday and asked if it was okay for him to come visit our stake conference. Anyway, it was a wonderful conference. What a blessing to receive counsel from an Apostle in person. He invoked a blessing on the people of our stake. I was so thankful to have had "oil in our lamps" that enabled us to arrive early enough to be able to sit close to the stand and partake of the spirit of that apostle first hand. It was quite an experience. I was impressed that they were able to keep his visit a secret. I was in front of our Stake RS President, and she didn't even know about Elder Ballard's visit. At the end of his talk, he asked everyone to lift up their right hand and to shake it - he did the same thing, then said "Now you can say you shook hands with Elder Ballard." He and his wife needed to slip away quickly. Cute way to get out of an hour of shaking hands with people!
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