GENERAL CONFERENCE POWER!!!!!!

Hi Family,

So I was really excited for the conference this weekend and I loved it!!! The spirit is so strong and it is amazing to use as a conversion tool. We had an investigator not only show up at conference but also give us a ride as we were hurrying to the stake center on our tired bikes. He pulled over and stated "running a little late aren't you" as we piled in a was grateful that God hears prayers from missionaries running late on bikes. We had planned on a ride but you have to be willing to pay the price if your investment failed and we were paying the price.

We showed up with him at the conference where we all sat together. In the mission, Genereal Conference has had a lot more meaning for me. I realized this as I explained that the men who were going to talk were prophets and apostles of the Lord just like in the bible. It was then that it really hit me how blessed we are to hear from them formally two times a year when this man has been on a search for Christ and God most of his life. He has studied with Jehovas Witnesses, was born catholic, and studied with his friends. The majority of the Christian world only uses the bible in there quest for Celestial Happiness. This man was no exeption and as we watched I realized the grand importance and opportunity we have to learn of God's Plan of Happiness and also to live it through not only other revealed scripture but also the words of modern revelation from God. As we left I invited him to pray to know the truth of what he heard. He responded that he already knew it was true. He said that you can just feel those things as he gently motioned with his hand to his heart.

We were blessed to be born with so much knowledge of all the questions of the soul and spiritual hunger. Let your light so shine! An example I use in my teaching sometimes is the question: if you take an english class but never speak why did you take the class? Being born in such a rich abundance of Gospel knowlege I feel is not only Godly aproval but a Godly responsability to learn and to live all the blessings of the gospel and to share it with others. Be an example. Fulfill your responsability. Recieve the blessings. Bless lives.

Will you do it?

You can do it and God will help you as you seek him. Like mom said it's through Christ that we truely grow. These things I share in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Elder Hanson