Women's Conference

Something else that I really liked about what the temple worker was saying about how everything in a temple is symbolic. The thing I remember most is when he was talking about the stained glass windows. I have been to the temple tons of times and I didn't even notice them. The windows start at the bottom with brown and red colors. Then they keep changing as you move up until at the top the colors are really light blue and white. The interesting thing is that he never told us what anything was symbolic of. Being there was such a great experience though!
Today was the second part of Women's Conference. It was so wonderful! First we had a stake relief society brunch. It was really nice to sit with the women in relief society and just visit. Then there was a a program afterwards. It was full of great relief society stories from the past. It started with a story that my mom was a part of. She helped act it out is what I mean. It was the time that the Kirtland Ohio temple was being built and how the women were asked to sacrafice their fine china to help with the building. In the story, my mom played the part of the women who had sacraficed these dishes that had belonged to her Grandmother. My Mom acted this part out so well. All of the stories and songs were acted out so well too.
It's been a fabulous weekend!

By small and simple things

Okay so we have a women's conference this weekend. Part of that means that the unendowed sisters got to go do baptisms at the temple tonight. It was so wonderful! There was a couple of really cool things that happened. First I saw my old institute teacher Bro. Holliday. I absolutely loved having him as a teacher and therefore loved seeing him. I got to tell him about my plans for my mission and talk to him about that for a few minutes. There was also this sister who seemed that she was about my age. This was her first time doing baptisms at the temple and she was afraid of water. It was really great to see her face her fear to do these baptisms. It seemed to show that she found this to be important.It may have seen like a small thing, but it was great! It was a big thing to her. After the temple Annelise, Christine and I played hand and foot. It was really fun and for the first time, I won the night!
It felt so good to be at the temple tonight. I get to receive my endowments this year and leave for a my mission. I'm so excited and so scared to go. Theres so much to look forward too!