... conference weekend is like the super bowl

Needless to say that this past conference was definitely one of the best!
I love how President Monson is just so goofy and direct... it's a great combination...HELLO, lol!

It's always so amazing to have direct revelation coming out of these amazing people and I love it...at least for us missionaries, conference weekend is like the super bowl lol.. it just doesn't get much better than that.

That's so amazing that Logan and Ethan got to go there and be apart of that. This is really going to be something special that they will always keep with them. And I'm sure they learned a lot and felt the spirit so strong, that really does sound great!

It's kind of weird to think that my next conference I'll be back in the states to watch it and to receive another type of revelation. Right now, its still personal when I hear them speak but also a lot of what I write down and think about is mostly focused towards my investigators and the members of my ward...but still a super spiritual experience!

As far as our investigators go, we had them go with some really great member families since we had to go in opposite directions to different churches to hear the messages, but yes they loved it! Everytime that I've brought a group of investigators to a conference they always leave saying...WOW, these men truly have been called of God, and for the most part do get baptised..but we'll see, lol.

Now..the Saturday session went normally for us. The church was kind enough that they set up a special room for the Gringo missionaries that we could watch and listen to it in English which, for me is something quite special. Then came the priesthood session...we had a little more difficulty with this and had to carry the TV to the other side of the church so we could get the signal. What happened was that after the afternoon session a father baptised his son and we were in the baptismal room....but how can you get frustrated at that, lol, a baptism for a little moving arrangements...priceless!!!

Then came the Sunday session. Because it was Sunday, there was going to be a greater assistance (attendance) so had to give up the working TV so that the others could watch it in the overflow areas. There was another TV, the only problem was that the screen didn't work, only the sound, lol. So from where we were positioned I sat outside the room in the hallway so that I could still watch the session through the window of the sacrament room and could listen to it from the room, lol...a little bit of a hastle but sooooooo worth it!!!

Just wanted to share a funny little story with you about something that happened with us during conference. This experience whether it be a coincidence or not has strengthened my testimony..Have you seen the movie "The best 2 Years"...the part when they're praying and they ask that the man would call and immediately the phone rang and everyone was like HALLELUJAH!!! Lol, well we had a little experience with that. During the priesthood session, we had a huge thunder storm roll in and something happened and we lost the signal and were freaking out. Until we were like alright, everyone on their knees..we're praying, lol. And I kid you not, the moment we asked that the signal would come back, it did, lol...coincidence or not.. faith and prayer are two mighty tools, lol!!!!


Anyways, I hope that you all enjoyed conference as much as I did, and received some well needed answers as well as I and I hope that we can begin putting these things into practice as soon as we can!

Also, from what I've heard we are going to be able to go to the temple dedication in Quetzaltenango!! But nothing is ever 100% down here but it sure would be an amazing experience to be apart of this dedication...pretty much my entire mission has been focused around this temple and preparing all of my investigators for this, but if not I'll come back one day to enter its halls!!!!

Also Good luck and I'm sooo happy for Marykate and her future husband for this following weekend!!!!!

With love,
Elder Marquis