General Conferences are my favorite times of the year. Of course it always rains, but it also cleanses, lifts and renews. H Burke Peterson, a dear friend of ours, has given us perfect advice before each General Conference. He tells us to do three things: 1) Before Conference consider your concerns, needs and questions, then pray that you will receive inspiration regarding them; 2) During Conference write down your impressions, whether or not it was something spoken; and 3) Take a nap - between sessions. I try to do this every April and October. This time I wrote down seven impressions and I would like to share a few of them. 1) Ask our family members to pray for us when we are on our mission then always remember that they are doing so; 2) Be more reverent during the prelude music before sacrament meeting and don't use it as a time to give messages to others; 3) We should not try so much to impart new information when we teach as to bring the Holy Ghost into the teaching; 4) Use our best efforts to get more young adults involved in the seminaries and institute programs in Cardiff and South Wales; 5) Believe in angels - and be one. It would be so interesting to have you share what your impressions were. I hope that I will not just enjoy General Conference, but will "go and do."
