Rasmania 101: Another wonderful Conference Weekend!

We are so incredibly blessed to be able to spend 2 days listening to prophets and apostles. My favorite was women's conference. It was amazing. I loved it when the young sisters sang, "We'll Bring the World His Truth." Usually you picture young men singing "We are as the army of Helaman. We have been taught in our youth..." And it was wonderful to feel the love the prophet expressed to the sisters. We all laughed as he told of calling himself a mother in one of his talks. He said, "As the mother of 10 children..." The interpreter corrected it while translating, so President Nelson didn't even realize his "freudian slip" until his wife told him later. I also got chills on Sunday afternoon while hearing about the 12 temples being built. There was a lot of wonderful counsel to take to heart and I have a lot of reading to do to get the Book of Mormon read by Dec. 31. I'll have more time though, as I need to fast from my phone as much as possible for 10 days. Social media is not my weakness, but... I do know where my weaknesses lie.
Roy's stake had a wonderful opportunity this weekend. They were assigned to take dinner to the 200 sister missionaries on Temple Square. He said that when the temples were announced, there were sisters that were cheering because they were from those areas. He said they were also cheering them for bringing them dinner. I guess this hasn't been done before. Usually they just bring a packed lunch and dinner from home, but they are so busy that they hardly have time to stop and eat. I helped from 12 to 2, rubbing the roasts with seasonings and peeling potatoes and carrots. Roy stayed on for all of the afternoon to help carry water and food to the kitchens (we cooked at the Times and Seasons restaurant in NSL) and then serve all the sisters. He said there was a sister from Uganda who asked if there was extra she could take. Someone told Roy that this missionary had a hollow leg--where she's from they never have enough to eat, so she can eat. Roy made sure to bring her an extra plate to take home.

Peeling vegetables at Times and Seasons Restuarant

The mission president and the sisters waiting for dinner

They served in 4 separate shifts of about 50 sister missionaries per shift

Some of the High Council from the stake along with YSA volunteers

We also had a spiritual evening prior to conference at the Cook O Rama. Elder Rulon Stacey spoke to a group of about 50 descendants of Phineas Wolcott Cook. He shared his testimony of the prophet and the apostles. Nan and Christine came and supported and I think they were well fed--both spiritually and physically.
I was able to spend a little time with almost all my family this week. Everyone but the Jackson's. I went over to Ollie's birthday dinner (Roy was on business in Rhode Island). Following the dinner I dropped by and visited with Nick and Sara and girls (I got to hold Avie 😊), Then this weekend Caitlyn came down with her roommate, and Crista and Matt came with their girls to stay for conference. Jieun and Dan and family and Adrienne and AJ and family came over for dinner (Saturday since we were busy with the sister missionaries on Sunday). And Jennie was home. Unfortunately, Nick was sick and Sara went to her uncle's funeral, so they didn't make it.

Cape Cod, Rhode Island

Mav

We didn't get to see Elise's family, but she sent pictures. She said Mav loves the extra attention while Max is at school (all day kindergarten), but both he and Bevy are so excited to see Max when he gets home.