October 10, 2018

Wow wee what a week!!! General conference was...(wait for it)... LEGENDARY!! (if you can quote that tv show then I'll give you a hug when I get home haha). But seriously conference was so so good. I was so so sad to hear about brother torrie passing away, I think of the scripture "and when we see His face we will be like Him", because I don't think brother torrie could have been anymore christlike (in this life at least). His heart was just so friendly and kind. in my email to dad I shared one of my favourite memories with brother torrie, the one where me sadie and brynn were playing spies and he caught us... in his home haha. So many of the general conference talks given were so perfect for comforting at this time of loss, especially elder ballard's. "Death has no sting, becasue of Him"

What was said in the woman's session answered so many of my questions and prayers but i know that even more answers will come as I study those talks again as soon as they come out:) (Also I hope that all of your 10 day fasts are going well).

Another thing that I really liked from the second talk in the woman's session (but still applies to everyone) is that I don't want to look and people and their needs and see them as intruding on "my time".It's a little bit easier on the mission to not think this way because we know that we are always on the Lord's time. But I know back home "my time" was definitely something that I guarded. I was a lot slower and a lot less willing to sacrifice doing something that would bring me (and probably only me) joy, to use that time to do something for someone else even if they weren't asking me for it. God knows our heart and so if we want to become better shepherds He needs to first know that He can trust us, He can trust us with a prompting from the spirit because He knows that we will act on it. I hope that you can all pray to know who God needs you to nurture right now in your life, because I promise you that there is someone who is waiting for their prayers to be answered and YOU can be that answer to that prayer!  Start praying to know who it is and what you can do! and like elder holland said, "don't worry if it's a doggy paddle or a backstroke" just go!

I love you all!

lover sister wood