I know I have written two posts today already, but I just feel like writing....
Yesterday and today was, I think, the 179 General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It's kind of funny.... My dad disconnected the cable from our TV downstairs in the family room ages ago (and we didn't even realize it for at least two months before my mom told us), so we had to watch it in my parents room.... So yeah we all sat either on the floor our squeezed in bed as we watched it. I realize that it's kind of tough to listen while Sophie and Eric are playing and being noisy and then Adam ironically half-yelling at them to be quiet so we could listen.... so I don't know exactly how much of it I was able to listen to..... but yeah....
We have some really strong, amazing people in our church. The parts that I did get to hear were absolutely magnificent. They have such strong testimonies and loving hearts. I love hearing the prophet.
It's kinda weird that we're basically seeing a modern-day Joseph Smith... Nephi.... Moses..... I saw President Monson at a rodeo!!!! :)
I can't wait for Girl's Camp to swing around again. We could just feel the Spirit in the air, so strong and peaceful. I gained a true testimony up there at Camp Lomia. It was strange to come home. Not that home isn't spiritual... it totally is.... but Girls Camp really has that feel. It was magnificent on Bishop night/testimony meeting night because, even after a long time of trying to convince myself, I really got up there and poured my heart out. I am sad to say that I actually didn't cry, unlike a majority or the girls.... I had been totally crying earlier, but I guess I literally had cried myself DRY by the time I got up. And it was FREEZING COLD!!!! But, despite that, it was so peaceful sitting there listening, a stream trickling right at the edge of the hill we were on. And that was when I decided to write in my journal and read my scriptures every night, when I truly felt one of those SPIRIT moments, in a forest with my BOM in my lap.
Being inside the temple is wonderful as well! I just imagine everybody on the other side I help every time I wait to get dunked in the baptism water.
I think of all people have sacrificed. How amazing it is that so many people traveled so long in wagons less than two centuries ago. Mormons are just awesome. I am so glad to be a part of this church!
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Katie Urness
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Welcome to Kate of the Desert! I've shared my life stories here since 2008. Here you may find the dramatic musings of an 11-year-old, the romanticized tales of a high schooler, the adventures of a young adult living in Hawaii and Europe, the journeys of marriage and motherhood, and all the ups and downs in between. Read More
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