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 Every now and then something just priceless comes up, and it delights us all! I think you all will love this -- as we are going back to Sacrament meeting for the first time since March, at least that is what we in our home are doing! It's a parody on the song:  The Longest Time! You'll have to copy and paste this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJYNoODAvro

 I absolutely loved the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this past Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th, 2020! We are so blessed to have our General Authorities and Prophet lead us! Our Prophet, Russell M. Nelson, counseled us: A New Normal By President Russell M. Nelson Today we often hear about “a new normal.” If you really want to embrace “a new normal,” I invite you to turn your heart, mind, and soul increasingly to our Heavenly Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Let that be your “new normal.”Embrace “your new normal” by repenting daily. Seek to be increasingly pure in thought, word, and deed. Minister to others. Keep an eternal perspective. Magnify your callings. And, whatever your challenges, my dear brothers and sisters, live each day so that you are more prepared to meet your Maker. Today is my 86th birthday!  October 6, 2020.  It is also the 66th birthday of my dear daughter-in-law Julie.  I live with her and my son,...

                         From "Called To Serve", by Ben Arkell  50 Of The Best Quotes From Latter-Day Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. by   Ben Arkell “Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”― Joseph Smith Jr. “Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof until all of the events transpire.”― Joseph Smith Jr. Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. ― Joseph Smith Jr. “The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrate...

  We are so ready for another wonderful General Conference, aren't we? 35 of our favorite pictures from the 'memorable and unforgettable' April 2020 conference by Lindsey Williams  | Oct. 01, 2020 Editor's note: This story was originally published by  LDS Living  in April 2020 and is being shared again in anticipation of October 2020 general conference.  Here's how you can watch .  For six months, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prepared for a  "memorable and unforgettable" conference  celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of the First Vision. Here is a look back at some of our favorite photos and screenshots from the April 2020 general conference. All images courtesy of Church Newsroom or YouTube screenshots President Russell M. Nelson intently watches a screen in front of his chair during the Saturday morning session.  Elder Benjamin M. Z. Tai  shared a story in his conference talk of Brother Saw Polo, a m...