Tag: Opening Remarks
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It Works Wonderfully!
“When you tell {someone} that there are billions of stars in the universe he will believe you but when you tell him three is wet passing on the walls he will touch it to make sure.” After a recent medical procedure President Uchtdorf tried to speed up his healing process by searching the internet rather…
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“Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?”
How can we be worthy of these blessings when there are more poor people in the world than ever before? I like the implications of the statement that we are to break off every yolk. What we should do when dealing with people is to seek to free them from burdens that oppress them temporally…
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Welcome to Conference
It took so long to get things set up that we missed the entire opening remarks. The computer wouldn’t load a plugin to play the live stream so w had to Chromecast it from YouTube.
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Welcome to Conference
I caught basically nothing except the statement that there would be no announcements of new temples in the immediate future.
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Welcome to Conference
Nearly 22,000 more missionaries serving than this time last year—we now have 80,333 serving. Two weeks ago we passed 15 million members.
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Welcome to Conference
New temples in Cedar City, Utah and Rio de Janeiro Brazil. He invites us to contribute to the missionary fund.
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Welcome to Conference
New temples in Tucson Arizona and Arequipa Peru announced. All young men can go on their missions at 18 years old now. Its an option, not a requirement. Young women may now serve as early as age 19. This is going to have huge ramifications. I don’t foresee this change being reversed later but it…
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As We Meet Again
Why was he fourth? Apparently he arrived late New temples: Provo Tabernacle will be rebuilt as a temple Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Barranquilla , Columbia Durban, South Africa Star Valley, Wyoming Paris, France (we had already heard about that) They now have a fund, like the perpetual education fund, for people to go to…
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Welcome to Conference – October 2009
Live broadcast in 92 languages – wow.5 temples Brigham City, Utah Concepcion, Chile Fortaleza, Brazil Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sapporo, Japan Instruction: I would ask that your faith and prayers continue to be offered in behalf of those areas where our influence is limited and where we are not allowed to share the gospel freely at…