maize Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I don't think there is a thread yet? Who is watching the women's session this evening? The multicultural choir and the apparent theme of serving others both make me really happy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 Can't seem to find a YouTube link but it's on this page https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 New relief effort "I Was a Stranger" --encouraging all to reach out to any refugees and displaced people in our communities to offer whatever support we are able. Strong reminder that attending to the temporal needs of others is the essence of faith and religious devotion. This is huge and I am so excited to see the Relief Society living up to its name. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 the reaching out reminded me of previous efforts towards building zion. . . there were no poor among them. dfil grew up in a stake that during the depression had over 20% unemployment. His father (dh's gf) was a bishop in that stake. this principle was seriously practiced. he said no one worried about themselves because while they were worrying about others someone else was worrying about them. and the spirit was very strong in that stake during that time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Great session. The choir was lovely! Loved Neill F Marriott's talk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I've had seriously leaky eyes watching this session. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I've had seriously leaky eyes watching this session. :) Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I woke up early today thinking about the choir and what an amazing and unique thing it was. Many of the women singing were not native English speakers (some don't speak much English at all) and it would have been much more difficult than usual to teach the songs to such a large and diverse group of women. The women must have worked hard to learn the songs. In addition to that, the choir organizers probably needed to include women and girls from a larger geographic area than usual which would have made practices more difficult to coordinate. Since many of the women are converts with a wide variety of family support for their conversions and with a wide variety of socioeconomic challenges, I imagine that it would have been very difficult for many of them to even go to the practices, much less to go often enough that they were able to learn the songs well. I am thinking that there was a great deal of sacrifice involved in that choir singing last night and I am so grateful that the women singing felt that creating such a diverse choir was worth what must have been significant hurdles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) I really, really loved the choir. I thought I could hear a hint of foreign accent in the singing, primarily in the exceptionally clear enunciation :) I'm planning to turn the session back on this morning, once I finish listening to the Messiah. Church isn't until 1:00 so I have time. And I need something to listen to while I tackle the dishes piled up in the kitchen--goes along with feeding the hungry. Edited March 27, 2016 by maize 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Is anyone doing something conference-related this week for FHE? I need some inspiration :tongue_smilie: Edited March 28, 2016 by maize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Is anyone doing something conference-related this week for FHE? I need some inspiration :tongue_smilie: Well, I doubt this is what you're looking for, but here's the new website for helping refugees. www.lds.org/refugees I know you don't have the time or energy to deal with volunteering or anything like that right now, but it might be something you could talk about from FHE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) Who is watching today? I'm at the dr. with ds3 but my older kids keep texting me little comments on the afternoon session :) Edited April 2, 2016 by maize 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Who is watching today? I'm at the dr. with ds3 but my older kids keep texting me little comments on the afternoon session :) I'm trying to. My favorite so far was the talk Elder Hallstrom gave this morning about remembering our eternal identity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Elder Bednar scared my son. He was talking about being baptized by fire and my littlest, who will be 8 in June, jumped up and looked at me in terror and said, "They're going to put me in fire when they baptize me?" I assured him baptism by fire is not literal and he'll be dunked under water like he thought. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Elder Bednar scared my son. He was talking about being baptized by fire and my littlest, who will be 8 in June, jumped up and looked at me in terror and said, "They're going to put me in fire when they baptize me?" I assured him baptism by fire is not literal and he'll be dunked under water like he thought. Oh funny! Poor kid, glad you were there to reassure him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I loved the male choir member who was crying during Come Thou Fount. Especially after Elder Eyring's talk about how much the speaker and choir members want us to feel the Spirit and learn from their messages. It was really special and he was very sweet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) I got more out of this morning's for some reason. Probably fewer distractions. I was alone with a happy baby while the girls played outside and Dh slept after his night shift. This afternoon the baby was cranky and all the girls decided to join and watch. I'll need to go back and reread them all though. Edited April 2, 2016 by Meagan S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Every single talk hit spot on for me. Their comments seemed very direct and concise. Elder Bednar, as usual, goes so deep I know I will gain much more from his words when I read them or watch him again and again. I have found that due to my brain cells dying from having had too many emergency surgeries, I can't keep up with taking notes, focusing on what they're saying and gaining the benefit from it. So while I did take a lot of notes, sometimes I just listened. Family meetings, we had one about a month ago with four of our children, 2 are adults, and it helped so much to hear their points of view at the same time.(Elder Ballard) Jairo Massagardi's testimony...I love to hear about others' experiences with trying to understand why America, why Joseph Smith, etc. All of it...all of it.. I missed the Women's Conference but the girls and I have been catching up on it. The videos wouldn't load so I haven't seen the choir yet. We shed tears when watching Elder Andersen's talk about when he was in Africa. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I liked that there were lots of quotes from (and not just stories about) people all over the world, and women in church history. I especially liked Steven E. Snow's talk. Also, I think this is the first time a woman has spoken second (well, second on Saturday- a woman obviously spoke first in the last week's session). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Loved Elder Bednar's talk. All the talks and music have been so great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 We watched the am and pm sessions today, and we're currently trying to watch the Priesthood session. BYUTv is carrying it on an hour delay, MormonChannel keeps bumping us, and now we're trying to connect the iPad to the tv. My favorite talks today have been Elder Eyring's, Elder Renlund's, Elder Rasband's, and Elder Andersen's. I'm on my 3rd page of notes, which is rare, so this has been a fabulous conference. My dh and I have been talking about how much subtext has been going on within the conference addresses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 We're watching on lds.org. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 We finally got onto lds.org and paired the iPad to the tv. We missed the first half of Elder Nelson's talk, but we'll re-watch it later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Do you think President Monson will speak again briefly tomorrow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 At least he is able to attend. I hope President Monson is able to convey more to all of us tomorrow, if only briefly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Did the Priesthood session end early? Doesn't it usually go 2 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Did the Priesthood session end early? Doesn't it usually go 2 hours? Maybe they decided to shorten it to match the shortened women's session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Did the Priesthood session end early? Doesn't it usually go 2 hours? Seems to have. I was at the grocery store and the men and boys in suits started coming in heading for the ice cream in the deli about 7:40! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Dh said president Monson only spoke for about 3 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Wonderful to hear from President Monson, even if brief. Loved President Uchtdorf's talk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 We haven't heard from Elders Oaks, Hales, or Holland yet. Think we'll get all three this afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 So far, we've got Elder Hales. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 And now, Elder Oaks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Elder Kearon was wonderful. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 I need trivia questions for an online extended family conference trivia game after this session. Anyone want to help me? Questions for little kids (like what color were the tulips behind the podium) and for older kids/adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Elder Kearon was wonderful.Yes! And it's no wonder Elder Uchtdorf was a bit emotional after that one. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 And now Holland :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I puffy heart love Elder Holland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 So now comes the part where I find myself compulsively checking every couple of hours to see if the talks are available to print yet .... Fastest so far was last April, I think it was, when they were posted Tuesday morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 They are posted! Whoot! Whoot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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