Sister Beck

On Thursday we had the opportunity to have Sister Beck, the General Relief Sociey President, come and do a special fireside. She was up here visiting some family and they arranged to have her speak. The church was packed! Cars were double parked and were lined up down the street for quite a ways. It's not very often that we have such celebrities up here so I was glad that so many people took advantage of attending! She gave a great talk and I wanted to share some of the things I learned:

• All we need is our covenants
• We don't need credit to do it the Savior's Way
• Be in places you can feel the spirit
• Communicate/Pray with our Father in Heaven
• Write Questions that you want answered in the front page of the Book of Mormon and when you find the answers write them on the back page of the Book of Mormon
• Make personal connections by writing in the Margins
• Start a gratitude journal
• Transitions ARE NOT a Disease!!
• Exercise Faith
• Relief Socity is the ulimate Peace Corps.
• When behavior goes up against doctrine, doctrine will always win
• We are for family, we aren't against anyone
• The Lord takes individuals and makes GIANTS
• We are living the life we signed up for
• No ability exceeds revelation. We should learn to seek personal revelation, understand when we receive it and ACT upon it!
• We need to use our abilities for good
• We are living an experience to prepare us for the dream

It's amazing how much of the 'little' stuff I forget about, but how big of a difference it makes! I was very grateful for her words and for the experiences she shared with us. She is an amazing woman and has done so much for not only the women in the church and world but also all mankind. She is on the board for the perpetual education fund and has assisted with disaster relief all around the world. We are greatful to have a leader like her.