Highlights from General Conference

Well to my lovely folks back home it hasn't been all that of an exciting week... But wait it has!!!  GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS THIS WEEKEND!!!  has one of the apostles said how can watching 10 hours of a talk be enjoyable?  I ask myself that... yet I about cried when the closing prayer was said. I've been looking forward to it since... well I first got here!  and now I have to wait six more months... dang that's a long time!  so highlights for me from this years event 17 pages later...  (Elder Ballard, Dube and Uchtdorf's were my favorite talks! they just pulled at my heart strings!)

1. "be not afraid only believe"

2. "doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith."

3. Pray to hear God's Voice

4. Never look back, look forward at what we still have to do.

5. The past is to be led from but not lived in.

6. Press forward spiritually and physically

7. one spiritual gift is gratitude... being content with what we have

8.the Lord sees weakness  different from rebellion

9. when we serve others we are more likely to seek the Holy Ghost as a companion. 

10.being truly convert means acting on what we believe. 

Ok so Really I could go on for hours about how much I needed conference to lift my spirits.  A big piece of home sweet home from people called of God!  can I just tell you I teared up when the skies of salt lake appeared on the big screen.  Skies here are not blue... The rich clear sky I miss dearly.  And I just wanted to give the Prophet a hug when he was talking about his sweet heart.  He is such a great example of how a husband should love a wife and how a family should function.  A fun thing my companion and I did during the break on Saturday was visit a taco bus.  Up a literal bus made into a  Mexican restaurant.  It was delicious and Stephen you would have loved it...  it's some excellent food.  Ever had Hispanic hot choco?  no?  well you are missing out because I am IN LOVE with it.  in between sessions on Sunday we had a mixed lunch at the branch.  We share our ward with the tongans.  so if you can image the two food options it was a full blown fiesta!  I've never eaten so much wonderful tasting food in my life. haha I don't need to eat for days because of it.  

So besides general conference not much happened to be honest.  Ok lot's happened but nothing really out of the same old. call it a boring week if you may and i'll most likely agree.  We knocked all day everyday.. we set up some return appointments but the issue with those is they never answer when we return.  the biggest issues here i'm finding is getting people to attend church on Sundays and getting people married.  Two things that seem so obviously easy in my culture back home.  Well that isn't the case here...  When knocking this week We ran into two more preachers... I'm telling you I "teach" more of these men than anyone else.  after a long heated discussion from their end on the book of Mormon and me calmly trying to bare testimony of it I had to explain how we had to return home for curfew.... well He thought I said confused instead of curfew... oh dear.  another 15 minutes later they finally let us leave and all I could do was laugh it off.  Now I know the importance of using the correct word.  Two sisters attempting to learn Spanish with two men attempting to learn English throw in a gospel discussion and things get intense!!!

well that about concludes the highlights of my week!  hope you all enjoyed conference, I was thinking of you home in your pjs with goodies and moms new obsession with nuts talking in her newly adopted accent!  love you all:)

Hermana Alley!

Also stephen I recieved one killer letter from you.  Thanks a buddle!! :) 

"my "old" three some companions..."

"...and my newest!!"

"enjoying the best grapefruit drink out there at the taco bus!!! yum!!!!
 This is real Hispanic food... not that other stuff I had before my mission....
I'll never be able to go back!"