Conference... in General.

This weekend was a big weekend for us Mormon-types.

General Conference.
If you aren't familiar with General Conference, it's a Conference. It's big. We attend it twice per year. It happens in Salt Lake city in a giant place we call the Conference Center and is broadcast worldwide in many languages.

When I was a kid, before the internet was available, my family would drive out to our regional building (Stake Center) in Napa and watch the Satellite broadcasts there. Two two-hour sessions on Saturday and two on Sunday. And the Men attend an extra two-hour session Saturday evening called Priesthood session. (Women have their own entirely separate conference called Women's conference a few weeks earlier, because you know how Women like to get together and do stuff... well, not me, but women in general.)

Nowadays I can roll out of bed, switch on my computer and get back under the covers while watching conference, all snuggled up and happy with a bowl of cereal. It's fabulous, I tell ya.

So what happens during these conferences, you wonder?

Well, if you're that curious, check it out - you can watch the sessions online, download text transcripts or audio anytime here:

http://lds.org/general-conference/when-conference-materials-will-be-available?lang=eng

Isnt' that amazing?

Conference weekends are wonderful. They are edifying and uplifting and give us direction and encouragement for our lives. Because trying to pattern our lives after our Savior's is at times a difficult and discouraging.

One thing I loved about this conference was the inclusion by our Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson of talking about the Rome, Italy Temple that we are building. It is a monumental thing to be building a temple in Rome, the beating heart of Catholicism, and my favorite city on earth.

For more information on why we Mormons build temples, click here:


http://lds.org/church/temples/why-we-build-temples?lang=eng


So, conference is over now. It's Monday and I'm renewed. I have much to be grateful for, much to be happy about and much to work on in my life.

My travel goal after this Conference is to go to Rome for the dedication of the Temple when it is finished. We'll see if I can make it happen, but I hope to!