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Source   Two weeks ago I was able to speak in Sacrament Meeting in our new ward.  The topic was from April 2011 General Conference on Temples.  It was amazing!!  I learned so much from that talk and I want to share with all of you a little from that talk.... I truly feel that doing temple work is one of the most important things we can do here on earth.  There are so many people who have died without the Gospel in their lives who are waiting for someone to do that for them here on earth.  President Monson in his talk spoke about how the opportunity that he has had to dedicate and rededicate temples has been among the most enjoyable and sacred of the blessings he has received since becoming the Prophet.  In the October General Conference in 1902, Church President Joseph F Smith said that one day he hoped that we would “have temples built in the various parts of the world where they are needed for the convenience of the people”  During the ...

Conference was incredible.   One of the main things I learned was A LOT about the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. I need to be a whole lot better about studying and pondering what i've read. I have committed to be better at that. I am not going to write a lot about what I learned from conference today, what I am going to share with you is an AMAZING poem my sister-in-law wrote.  Keep in mind she is only 16, she is absolutely amazing at painting, writing and just about everything else.   {Please read all of it, it's just that great and worth it} Fake {Katrina Tolman} Fake faces buried under makeup, Fake hair in fake colors, I sit in the background of a fake world, Watching. People always dieting, All spending their money, A subtle contest between everyone, At who can look the best Words on the internet, Shadows of cowards, That hide behind the fakeness Of an idea that's disguised as cool, Fake tans, fake eyelashes, Fake nails and fake bodies, Real...