Youth Conference

Last weekend I was able to go up to Manti with the youth of our ward for our Ward Youth Conference. We went to the Manti Pageant Thursday night. I remember watching the pageant when I was little but I remember very little from back then...except for the angel Moroni on top of the temple. The pageant was great and made me think about how little I really know about the Book of Mormon. Now when I read the B.O.M I really try to figure out who's talking and how they relate to those I might know a little better in the book of mormon. The next day we got to do a service project on the temple grounds. The weeds there are nothing like the weeds here. They all came out so easily...must be the location? Later that day was spent at Palasade Lake (I hope I spelled it right). It was so beautiful there. I'm so used to red rock and red dirt that the green trees and grass threw me off a bit. The water was freezing but that didn't stop the crazy teenagers. I got plenty of sunshine while we were there. That night was our testimony meeting. It was different than most of the testimony meetings I've been to. We held it in the front room of the home we were staying in instead of building a fire and going outside. It was good to hear the testimonies of the youth. This next sunday our ward is getting new Bishopric as well as having our ward boundaries changed to there was a lot of emotion during the testimony meeting. After that we cooked s'mores over the BBQ and then called it a night. We were up the next day ready to clean house and pack up. It seemed like short Youth Conference but I really enjoyed my time with the youth and all the leaders. I'm so glad there are great programs like this in the church. Just thinking about my own boys getting to have opportunities like this down the road makes me excited because they were so important in my youth and helped me gain the testimony I have now.