General Conference

Highlights

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I love General Conference. I love sleeping in and eating delicious breakfast and then watching it in my PJs. I also love the excitement and grandeur of attending sessions in person. This conference, David and I traveled down to Utah with my brother, Garet. We spent the weekend at David's parents' house watching each session while Garet scampered off to Salt Lake. I printed this cute conference notebook I found on Pinterest, which actually helped a lot. I feel like my note-taking skills improved.

The talks that I liked or stuck out to me the most were:

Children by Neil. L Andersen

The Divine Gift of Repentance by D. Todd Christofferson

A Time to Prepare by Ian S. Ardern

It is Better to Look Up by Carl B. Cook

Teaching After the Manner of the Spirit by Matthew O. Richardson

You Matter to Him by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Comments

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