Hello!
This week was kind of crazy.. I started off by falling
off of my bike on the ground.. A few other embarrassing things happened that I
probably won't mention in this email....
So this weekend was conference weekend! It was so great!
For me I learned a lot about families and the temple! My testimony of
conference has grown a lot this last weekend. I also learned that apparently we
are always supposed to have ice cream after General conference!
Something that I really loved from conference was that
they talked so much about the temple! I have the amazing blessing to live right
next to the Las Vegas temple and we drive bike or walk past it at least once a
day! I love seeing the temple! As I go by the temple I think of all the
blessings that have come in my life because of it. The one that I think of the
most is the fact that I am part of an eternal family! I love the temple!
Something that I loved from Quentin L. Cook was the mirrors that say "see
yourself in the temple." We should all be doing that constantly. Always
have your sights on the temple and see yourself inside!
I also learned a lot about how I want my future family to
be. I feel like my mission is definitely preparing me for my future! It's
preparing me for all of the roles I will be taking as I go through my life. I
loved elder Ballard's talk about family councils! And I also loved Andersen's
talk! He talked about strengthening children and several other people talked about
how important it is to help children come closer to our Heavenly Father. We are
teaching an 8 year old right now and she is helping me learn how to teach so
much! If we learn how to really teach children we can teach anyone. Ava, the 8
year old little girl, is so sweet and so kind. Every time we go there I'm so
excited because the spirit she has is so strong. Our job as adults is to help
children to continue to grow that spirituality throughout their lives and to
teach them about the gospel. If they are taught when they are young it will be
such an influence for the rest of their lives!
After conference we got to go eat with members of the
ward and they happened to have all of there kids home for dinner! Each one of
their children and the parents and the kids spouses are return missionaries!
The spirit in their home was amazing! We talked about
conference and we had an amazing experience as we shared all of the things we
had learned. I even started crying in front of like 10 people I didn't even
know. But the spirit was just so strong and the messages we were talking about
were true. I love conference and I hope all of you got to watch it!
I love you all so much and I hope your week was great!
Sister Hopper
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