Yesterday was the Alpine YSA Stakes women conference. It really was an amazing weekend and wish I could of chosen more than two classes to attend because they all sounded amazing.
The one class that stood out the most to me was taught by Paul Boucher. He is a seminary teacher and really pulls you in. The Topic was finding hope in Christ. He just kept repeating over and over that we have a purpose. One of the things that really stuck out to me was when he said, "You can do anything when you walk hand in hand with Heavenly Father.' our Heavenly Father is always there and waiting for us to turn to Him so that we can guide us. He also kept saying that we may not always have an earthly father that we can turn to but we always have a daddy. And that is our Heavenly Father.
I also love that he told us that we have a purpose even if we are where we don't want to be. We always will have a purpose and we just need to figure out what our purpose is.
After the classes we then went to a musical program and then had a Keynote speaker Emily Freeman speak to us. She truly is an amazing person. She spoke about Peter and being fishers. We have "reaching" moments when we stretch ourselves out of our comfort zone. She shared a story about going on a class field trip out to this island on the coast of California. She said that the instructor would get up and when the boat raised up then you would grab a rung of the ladder and climb up to the top. The instructor would then pull away so that you wouldn't get crushed by the boat. She watched everyone else in her class do it and told the teacher that she couldn't do it. He told her that she could stay back at the boat and that he would drop anchor. She had seen sharks and didn't want to stay alone. So she climbed up and said that she really couldn't remember anything about what was on top of the island. She then said to turn to the scriptures and let the Lord take us on a field trip and reach. I really liked this part of a poem that she shared, "Change is never easy but neither is reaching for a star, by Nancy (can't remember the last name.)
The Lord stretches us so that we can become more like him and grow closer to Him. It really was a great experience and I am so glad that I was able to attend.
We also have had the oportunity to have one of Nate's converts Aaron Smith staying with us this weekend. It was so neat to be able to talk with him and hear what made him realize that this is what he needed to do by joining the church. He said that he had stopped Nate and His companion and asked if they needed a drink or something because it was so hot. They went to his house and he wasn't really all that interested. He had had contact with members and missionaries before but hadn't really thought it was for him. When Nate spoke about the plan of salvation, Nate also bore his testimony to him and Aaron just know that what Nate was saying is true.
He came to church with us today and it was amazing out it seemed like all of the meetings had topics that were just for him. Sacrament was on the Atonement and Jackson MaGary shared stories from His mission on seeing the atonement work in the converts. Then Brother Horan was the next speaker. It was just such a spiritually uplifting meeting. I just came home from church just feeling like I really had gained something spiritually. It was having a new member and realizing for myself that this is really the true church.
I am so very thankful for the Gospel in my life and that I have the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide and be with me all the time. I know that this Church is true.
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