I contacted our bishop … no luck. I contacted our stake president … no
luck. Finally, I decided to see if
friends on the Wasatch Front could find us some tickets to ANY session. Several of them asked around and had no luck either. Finally an excited Karen Harris (from Layton
and with whom we served in Guyana) called to say she had six tickets for
Saturday and three for Sunday. Where did
she find them? Her cousin in Boise, ID
got them from her bishop.
On Saturday, April 5, we traveled by Trax Train from Provo
to downtown Salt Lake City to attend the morning session of General Conference
in the 21,000-seat Conference Center. On
Sunday, we returned for the 5th – and final - session. The talks were amazing and the
music moving. When asked how Selwin
enjoyed General Conference, his response was, “it was awesome!”
My impressions? I know
ours is a worldwide church with now more than 15,000,000 members, but being in
the conference center really makes that statistic a reality. Among the 40,000 who attended the same two
sessions we attended, there were members of every age and ethnicity. There were a fair share of seniors but most were
young men and women (16 – 25). There was a large number of people of color –
black, brown and Asian – and many languages being spoken all around us. It was beautiful, brought tears to my eyes and
certainly showed the fulfillment of the prophecy in Doctrine and Covenants 133:37
which promises, “and this gospel shall be preached to every nation, and kindred
and people.”
The only downside was numerous “street preachers” making
lots of noise, but they were mostly drowned out by many dozens of young people singing church
hymns along the sidewalk leading to the conference center. I can’t help but wonder what these (mostly
apostates) are trying to accomplish.
No question, it really was an amazing experience!!!
No question, it really was an amazing experience!!!
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