April 2, 2012

Conference was great!! Just sitting up there in the choir was awesome. there are SO MANY PEOPLE in the conference center! Ridiculous. Just sitting up there and looking out at everyone was amazing! I was so close to all of the church authorities! Eric gets to do this every 6 months?!? so awesome. I met an Elder Lawry that knows Syd?? small world. Also, Yes, David Archuletta is in the MTC. I saw him all day in choir rehersals. He had a big closeup at the end of Praise to the Man. He seems like a really cool guy! totally normal.

 

In pure honesty... I nodded off quite a few times during the session I was actually in the Conference Center... They wouldn't let us bring ANYTHING in. I stay awake and alert by taking notes... and they took that away from me :( dumb. The last session of conference was my favorite, definitely. I was able to stay awake because I could take notes and also because the talks were so awesome. There was so much focus on families! Like every other talk was relating to families. Looks like the family unit will be attacked soon, so let's build up our defenses!

And yes yes yes I've been taking photos! all the time. Springtime at the MTC is the best! They do great landscaping and there are flowers and trees bluming everywhere! so I took lots of cute little artsy photos of those :P I'm getting some printed off right now, so I'll have those whenever I go to pick them up and I'll mail you some of them. my SD card is nowhere close to being full, so I'll wait for a while to send it back...

I want more people's addresses! goodness. I want to write people, but I only have a certain amount of people to email or send letters to... laaaame. That is my request, addresses to people.

The church is true! Keep strong! Love you!
Elder Braden Thorkelson