Today Keagan came with me and Sis. Shirley Wright to Yelm for a ward conference. Sis. Wright is the best! She used to go by sis Carrol. I copied her picture from Facebook.
She's 85 years old and is the stake primary secretary. I just love her and love visiting with her. It is so fun to ride out to Yelm with her! She also has 2 sisters that live close. They go out to lunch every Friday. How fun is that! She said the youngest sister is 79, she can't wait to turn 80 like her sisters. Lol.
Keagan came with us because he had so many friends out in Yelm and could have 10 minutes to say hi to Mikaela.. the girl he likes. I think he has it pretty bad. Haha.
I love ward conferences. This year President Esquibel has been talking about small and simple things. He tells a story of going to his parents house for Christmas and finding a journal of his grandmas. It opened up to the date when his grandpa passed away. His grandma wrote about the blessings of families and being together forever. He says how much it touched him to read her testimony all theses years later. He shared it with his family in which 3 of his sisters are not active and how it touched them. He talked about the small and simple things his grandma did to live the gospel.
Reading scriptures and prayer are some of those small and simple things. He also shared President Monson's words from conference. His talk was only 4 minutes long and he talked about how important the Book of Mormon is. If the prophet only talks for 4 minutes and talks about that, it must be pretty important!
President Monsons last paragraph of his talk,
My dear associates in the work of the Lord, I implore each of us to prayerfully study and ponder the Book of Mormon each day. As we do so, we will be in a position to hear the voice of the Spirit, to resist temptation, to overcome doubt and fear, and to receive heaven’s help in our lives. I so testify with all my heart in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
I know I want those promises!
Also, my favorite words are mom, hon, dear, and now gamma (Hazel said it his week and of course it melted my heart!!!). The first time was gam mamama. With a little bit of and sound at the beginning.
Another one of my favorite things said to me is Mama Shoop! That melts my heart, too! This Elder is one of the last that has said it to me, we haven't been as good lately getting to know them, but this Elder had just been transferred to Yelm and saw Keagan and asked why he was there. He found out I was there and came and found me. I heard, mama Shoop! It was the best. I can't wait to give him a hug in a few months when he goes home to Utah.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Sis shoop
from my iPhone
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