Wow, being on a mission sure makes you appreciate General Conference. With the church only 20 years old here in Guyana, it seems like most of the leaders are still learning how to lead and are not prepared to teach others how to lead. So when we hear the prophets speak, it is wonderful to hear some true doctrine and to get counsel on how to teach these young members.
How did you like President Monson's announcement that 18
year old young men and 19 year old young women could leave for their
missions, if they have graduated from their secondary training of
school. We here in Guyana have seen some of those elders return from
their missions who left when they were 18. In Guyana, the children
finish school at age 16 or 17, so they were given permission to leave
early on their missions.
I also enjoyed listening to Elder Oaks talk about
child abuse and the evils of people having children and not marrying
each other. That is a real problem here and his talk gave us a great
reference to help explain to perspective members why marriage is so
important if they want to become members and have celestial family
units.
Now it is Sunday night and we had a great day once
again listening to the conference speakers. There were lots of the
members of the district that came to the Georgetown district building to
watch conference and it was good to see them. It was kind of like
Stake Conference for us.
Amy, I wondered if you get to watch conference on
the satellite station or what. Becky says that they have the Salt Lake
Stations on their TV so they could see it all at home. Amy, if the
girls can now go on missions at age 19, you will soon be the senior
sister of your mission. How would you have liked to do that two years
ago?
Well I will close now. We have to go to Suriname
again this week to renew our visas. Have a good week all of you
children and grandchildren. That flash mob thing you did sounded so
fun. I hope that we can find a way to see it sometime.
We love you,
Mom and Dad.
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