Conference Weekend

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Conference weekend was great! We had some technical difficulties, and didn't get the whole conference, but thank goodness for the internet. We came home twice to view it, and we look forward to watching tonight the parts we missed. Sadly, Pres. Hinckley's talk this morning was the one we missed because of a wonderfully loud and close thunder, lightning and rain storm.

In between sessions we had a baptism at the chapel of a 9-year-old girl. Her mom is a very recent convert who was tracted into by the missionaries when she had just about given up her children (3) because she couldn't feed them, and couldn't afford to send them to school, which is the law. She was going to simply abandon them, probably hoping that someone would take them in and give them a better life that she could give them. But the gospel saved her (and their) lives, though she struggles daily. She has no income, and I don't think she eats much. She looks ill all the time. Of course there is no father in the home.

Something interesting takes place at Priesthood session. The women go to it! I didn't know that, so I stayed home to bake and cook for this morning's breakfast for the Elders. Had I gone, I would have seen Bro. and Sis. McKenzie, whom we've been visiting and encouraging to come back to church. And they did!! Sadly, they didn't make it today. But we are encouraged. We'll continue to visit and leave gospel messages with them. And Sis. Smith, the Falmouth Branch President's wife, came with him today for the first time in a long time. She is such a sweet sister, and really enjoyed seeing us and being there.

The members here certainly do sacrifice to get to Conference. They either walk, take the bus, or the taxi. Plus once they get to the Church, they stay all day, so they have to bring food. It was fun to watch how they all got together in the kitchen and fixed and distributed their rice and peas and chicken and fish. It's like a big party. After Conference, we were asked to take some members from out of town down to the bus/taxi park to catch their taxis. We had 11 people in our little car. It beats walking, though, especially in the rain. But they really don't want to rush home. They really enjoy visiting with each other.

The pictures are first, a little boy named Nokia at Gen Conference today.

Next, the baptism in the Sea of Keith Fagan by Elder Foss.

Next, the same baptism.

Last, a group of school children in uniforms lined up on the side of the road waiting for bus? taxi? mom?

I haven't figured out how to label each picture. maybe this is more trouble than it's worth. I don't know....

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