There was lots of eternal truths spoken during the conference, but one of the “truest” things said was just an unscripted throw-away line. Brother Adrián Ochoa spoke during the Priesthood Session. The talk was called Aaronic Priesthood: Arise and Use the Power of God. About halfway through the talk, he mentions that the Church has a section of their web site where you can hear stories about youth. The official transcript records it this way:

You can find some of these stories and many others like them on the Church’s youth website, youth.lds.org. By the way, the Internet, social media, and other technologies are tools the Lord has placed in your hands to help you exercise your priesthood duties and extend the influence of truth and virtue.

However, that’s not what he said exactly. If you watch the video of the talk, you’ll see that he says the following (it starts at about 8:45):

You can find some of these wonderful stories and many others like them on the Church’s youth web site. Just Google it. Be careful. By the way, the Internet, social media, and other technologies are tools the Lord has placed in your hands to help you exercise your priesthood duties and extend the influence of truth and virtue.

Google it, and be careful

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A few random thoughts as the conference comes to an end:

• I say this after each conference, and I think I will say it forever… I have a hard enough time staying awake for 10 hours, how do these men in their 70s and 80s?!?!
• General Conference was fantastic. I always enjoy it, but there was something different this year. I’m not sure why, but I welcome it. I felt the Spirit through many of the talks, and loved the music.
• We are so blessed to hear from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir regularly.
• In between sessions on Sunday I watched The World Report. It’s always interesting. I like seeing some of the “behind the scenes” activities around the world.
• I’m sure other goofy people have thought this before, but I noticed that Elder Malm offered the benediction of the Sunday Morning session. We have a dresser in one of our dressers from Ikea that is called Malm.
• I can’t get over how great Elder Perry looks. He’s going to be 90 this year!
• Before I die I hope to make it to Temple Square to hear the choir sing in person
• More than half of births to American woman under 30 occur outside of marriage. Nearly half of marriages end in divorce.
• Elder Ballard spoke powerfully to both male and female YSA about marriage
• I’ve never heard of Elder Wilson before, but I really enjoyed his style (as well as substance)

It was a long, but enjoyable 10 hours. I’m grateful that we have prophets, seers, and revelators and other Church leaders who can help us feel the Spirit in this way.

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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Well, here we are at the last session. I didn’t go into the conference with any particular question in mind, but wow, I have felt the Spirit through so many talks, and especially during the music in the session this morning. It is going to be tough to top Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing!

President Dieter F Uchtdorf conducted

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang On This Day of Joy and Gladness

Elder W Craig Zwick offered the invocation

The choir sang Come unto Jesus

Elder L Tom Perry (Note: Can you believe Elder Perry is 89 years old, turning 90 this year?!?! Wow! I hope I look that good at that age)

• the Book of Mormon is the most correct book
• it is important for the world to have both the Bible and the Book of Mormon
• we can be delivered from evil by turning to the teachings of the scriptures
• “It’s a great book”
• much of the greatness comes from its harmony with the Book of Mormon

Elder M Russell Ballard

• the Liahona was a ball of curious workmanship
• compared it to a GPS
• 100 years ago Joseph F Smith connected happiness and the family. There can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from the home
• when people make the family and religious commitments to gospel principles they being to do better spiritually and often temporally as well
• commitments to family and values are the basic cause. Nearly everything else is effect
• society at large is strengthened as families grow stronger
• prioritize… put everything outside your own in subjection to what happens inside your home
• do things in the right order… marriage then family
• to the YM bachelorhood carries to the superficial mind the idea that it is desirable because it brings with it a minimum of responsibility.
• to the YW you must also not lose sight of this responsibility. No career can bring you as much fulfillment as raising a family
• husbands and wives are equal partners… no one owns their spouse or children
• use the family resources of the church… the church is the scaffolding with which we build eternal families

Elder O Vincent Haleck

• where there is no vision the people perish
• we must see ourselves as the Savior sees us
• focus on the things that matter most

The choir and congregation sang Hope of Israel

Elder Larry Y Wilson

• we must lead with principles of righteousness
• compulsion builds resentment
• women too may exercise unrighteous dominion
• if parents hold onto all decision-making power they severely limit the growth and development of their children
• prepare children to get along without you

Elder David F Evans

• what can I do to build up the Lord’s church?
• the most important work is within our own home and family
• we must be faithful ourselves so our children can see our joy in the gospel
• it is the worth of souls, no matter their condition, that is great in the sight of God and our Savior
• was it worth it? Was all the effort over all the years worth it to have just one baptism. The answer is yes!

Elder Paul B Pieper

• our experiences with the diving may not be like a prophet, but our strength to endure faithfully depends on holding sacred that which we receive from above
• finding things to be sacred takes an act of agency
• we can’t be affected by secular things
• the sacred cannot be selectively abandoned in life
• those who chose to abandon sacred things will have their minds darkened

Elder Neil L Andersen

• what think you of Christ? what thinks Christ of me?
• being a discipline in these days of destiny will be a badge of honor throughout the eternities
• we receive customized direction from the Holy Ghost
• discipleship is not a competition, but an invitation to all
• wherever you are on the road of discipleship, you are on the right road
• whether in this life or the next, all will be made right

President Thomas S Monson

• he thanked everyone who helped make the conference possible
• the gospel gives our lives meaning, purpose and hope
• settle contentions now

The choir sang I Need Thee Every Hour

Elder Jairo Mazzagardi offered the benediction

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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The Sunday morning of General Conference is the best! I’m in the Eastern time zone, so General Conference starts at noon. We got up late, had a nice breakfast, and then relaxed for the rest of the morning. Nice!

The family is gathered together now, and we’ll watch the session together. The other sessions we ask the kids to watch the first half hour, but they watch the entire Sunday morning session with us.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang Come, Ye Children of the Lord (I love this hymn)

President Henry B Eyring conducted

The choir sang Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (my wife loves this hymn… she attended a meeting where she first felt that the Church was true and this song was sung at the meeting, so it has a special place in her heart)

Elder Brent H Nielson offered the invocation

The choir sang Teach Me to Walk in the Light (a beautiful arrangement)

President Dieter F Uchtdorf

• everyone has been affected by resentment
• we feel hurt, angry or envious and judge other people
• Christ’s atonement is infinite and eternal
• The Lord will forgive whom he will forgive, but we are required to forgive all (that includes ourselves)
• If you are gossiping, criticizing, judging, just STOP IT
• He saw a bumper sticker that said “Don’t judge me because I sin differently than you”
• We need to forgive others, as we want to be forgiven
• the pure love of Christ can remove the scales of resentment from our eyes
• the merciful will receive mercy
• let us be know as a people who have love one to another
• there is enough heartache and sorrow in the world than to have us add to it

Elder Russell M Nelson

• are we like fish, and are oblivious to the source of our food (the bread of life)?
• our degree of gratitude is a measure of our love for him
• we are not required to have a perfect body in order to achieve our divine potential
• could an explosion in a printing shop create a dictionary? It is remote, but it couldn’t heal itself if the pages were torn (Note: What a great analogy!!)
• just as the body needs food, our spirit needs nourishment

Elder Ronald A Rasband

• he spoke of his grandson who is missing a chromosome
• some people are born with physical ailments
• with infinite love and ever last compassion God loves your afflicted one and he loves you
• this life is training for eternal exaltation
• trusting in God’s will is central to our mortality
• the worth of souls is great in the sight of God
• do we offer to help a drowning person, or do we jump in to save them?
• The offer of “let me know if I can help” is really no help at all

The choir and congregation sang Rejoice, the Lord Is King!

Sister Julie B Beck

• the Relief Society increases faith
• the Relief Society strengthen families and homes
• the Relief Society seeks those in need
• faith, family, and relief have come to express the vision of prophets for the sisters of the Church
• Relief Society is not a program, it is part of the Church
• there is no other organization to match the Relief Society

Elder D Todd Christofferson

• we’ve seen a growing interest in the Church as of late
• there is still some confusion with our doctrine and how it is established
• establishing the doctrine of Christ is not done through scholarship
• the Lord communicates with his servants by personal visits, but messengers, by voice, and by feeling
• the prophet is a prophet only when acting as such
• the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimonies of the prophets and apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ

The choir sang Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words

President Thomas S Monson

• he will speak of eternal truths
• we are so busy, and often are worried about the trivial things of life
• we get caught up in the race of life
• we need to reach heavenward for assistance
• the prize belongs to him who belongs to the end
• we enter mortality not to float with the current of life, but with the power to think and reason and to achieve

The choir sang Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Elder Per G Malm offered the benediction

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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Just in case you are wondering how I do these, I usually write the comments as the session starts. Then I take notes during the session and post it when it is done. That explains why at the beginning of the last session I guessed we’d hear from Elder Hales and but when it was posted, Elder Hales had already spoken.

There have been two pretty good sessions of conference so far. I can’t pick a favourite, but there has definitely been lots to think about.

I’ll be leaving shortly to go to the Priesthood Session with my father, and then I think we’re going to Boston Pizza afterward.

President Henry B Eyring conducted

The music was provided by a combined choir from the Salt Lake university Institutes

The choir sang Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me

Elder Yoon Hwan Choi offered the invocation

The choir sang Carry On

Elder David A Bednar

• in one sentence say what the most distinguishing feature of the church is
• it is the authority of the priesthood
• worthiness and willingness is what is required to receive the priesthood
• the priesthood is active, not passive
• priesthood holders need authority and power
• me who bear the priesthood should be different

Brother Richard C Edgley

• we need to take part in the rescue effort
• loved ones are on their knees daily pleading with the Lord
• we have less-actives who are trying
• less actives need to be treated as equals
• he has an ancestor who went inactive, and he figures that over 6+ generations it could be as many as 3,000 people who are lost
• when he sees one person who is lost, he sees 3,000 people

Brother Adrián Ochoa

• many young men don’t understand the good they can do
• stand up boldly for what is true

The choir and congregation sang Ye Elders of Israel

President Dieter F Uchtdorf

• holding the priesthood is no small blessing
• the basic gospel principles need to be part of our life’s fabric
• gospel doctrine becomes more precious when it is put to use

President Henry B Eyring

• the sealing keys reside in the church today and will till the end of time
• connections to our family are sure because of sealings
• nothing is more important than honouring marriage and family covenants made in the holy temple
• 4 things to lift and lead your family home again
1. gain and keep a sure witness that the keys are with us
2. love your wife
3. enlist the entire family to love each other
4. lead your family in the Lord’s way when discipline is needed

President Thomas S Monson

• shared quotes from several past prophets about the priesthood
• “I love and cherish the noble word of duty”
• time marches on, and duty keeps cadence with that march
• when God speaks and man obeys, that man will always be right
• do your duty that is best, leave unto the Lord the rest
• the world is in need of our help

The choir sang Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd

The benediction was offered by Elder Larry R Lawrence

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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My wonderings about President Packer and Elder Hales have been half answered, and will be fully answered this afternoon. Elder Hales is present, so I assume he’ll be speaking. We’ll see.

I love watching at conference from home. It let’s us get some things done in between sessions. I did some painting, and played some New Super Mario Bros Wii with my sons.

President Henry B Eyring conducted

Missionaries from the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah provided the music. I saw a tweet telling everyone to look and see if David Archuleta was in the choir

The choir sang Glory to God on High

Elder William R Walker

President Dieter F Uchtdorf

• There is a new Presiding Bishopric and a new Relief Society General Presidency
• I didn’t catch all of the names, but you will be able to read about it on the LDS Newsroom web site

Brother Robert W Cantwell, Managing Director of the Church Audit Report read the audit report for 2011

• Based upon audits performed, the Church Auditing Department is of the opinion that, in all material respects, contributions received, expenditures made, and assets of the Church have been recorded and administered in accordance with appropriate accounting practices, approved budgets, and Church policies and procedures.

Brother Brook P Hales, Secretary to the First Presidency presented the Statistical Report for 2011

• 2,946 stakes
• 340 missions
• 608 districts
• 28,784 wards and branches
• 14,441,346 members
• 119,917 child of record baptisms
• 281,312 convert baptisms
• 55,410 full time missionaries
• 22,299 church service missionaries
• 2 temples dedicated
• 1 temple rededicated
• 136 temples in operation

Elder Jeffery R Holland

• shared the parable of the workers who all received the same wages
• there are going to be times where people get unexpected blessings
• don’t be hurt or envious when good fortune comes to another person
• we are in the race against sin, not each other, and envy is a great sin
• coveting, pouting or tearing others down does not elevate our standing
• be kind and be grateful that God is kind
• there is nothing that you have done that can’t be undone
• there is no dream that cannot yet be realized
• if you’ve made covenants, keep them; if you haven’t made covenants, make them; if you have made covenants and broken them, repair them

The choir sang Lead, Kindly Light

Elder Robert D Hales (Note: Elder Hales doesn’t really look any better, but sounds ok)

• how do we increase our desire to repent
• we are commanded to meet together oft and partake of the Sacrament
• we need to obtain a temple recommend
• Standards for recommend holders? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart
• It is difficult for youth to understand how present actions will prepare/disqualify them from future service
• Get on higher ground and lift others in need

Elder David S Baxter (Note: I read a tweet that said he sounded like Shrek)

• spoke to the single parents, acknowledging that most of them are single mothers
• in the Kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens
• when you live to lift the burdens of others, your own burdens become lighter

Elder Ulisses Soares

• To enhance our spirit it is required that we let bitterness be put away
• Do my actions place me in the Lord’s or in the enemy’s territory?
• We need to keep ourselves strong against the fiery darts of the adversary
• You can’t be right by doing wrong, you can’t be wrong, by doing right

Elder Quentin L Cook

• the church’s profile has been raised significantly
• some parts of the world are becoming very secular
• we desire all members to awaken fully to faith
• don’t judge others
• the family is the most important unit in time and in eternity
• praying with children may be more important than any other example
• a testimony must be based on faith, not just on logic
• when you are tone deaf to the music of faith, you are out of tune with the Spirit

Elder Richard G Scott

• those who have gone before us can see us better than we can see ourselves, they love us now more than ever
• one of the great lessons we need to learn is to ask
• loud laughter can block revelation
• he gave some good practical advice on how to be worthy to receive revelation, and how we might receive the revelation
• inspiration carefully recorded shows God that it was important to us
• God did not put us on this earth to fail
• as you live righteously you will always be prompted to know what to do

The choir sang Praise to the Man

Elder Bruce A Carlson offered the benediction

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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Well, here we go…

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir opened the conference by singing High on the Mountain Top

President Dieter F Uchtdorf conducted

The choir sang Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice

Elder John B Dickson offered the invocation

President Thomas S Monson opened the conference (Note: there were no announcements of anything)

• We meet to build faith
• We are here to learn
• We come together as one
• Quoted the “Standard of Truth” from Joseph Smith:
  No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
  History of the Church, 4:540.
• Quoted 13th article of faith:
  We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
• He thanked the members for faith, devotion, love, service

The choir sang You Can Make the Pathway Bright

President Boyd K Packer (Note: President Packer spoke from his chair. His glasses still have the fancy oxygen tubes)

• Shared a couple of examples of helping poor children
• Little children are alive in Christ
• No pain will last forever
• Life wasn’t meant to be easy or fair
• The ultimate end of everything in the Church is to see a family happy at home, sealed by the Priesthood
• Family time is sacred time

Sister Cheryl A Esplin

• God knows what our children need to know
• The best way to teach children is in the moment

Elder Donald L Hallstrom

• Sometimes we use the words gospel and church interchangeably
• The gospel is the glorious plan of God
• It is possible in the Church, and less active in the gospel
• Activity in the church is highly desirable, however it is insufficient
• Activity is an outward indication. It is visible.
• The things of the gospel are less visible, but are of greater spiritual importance
• We need the gospel and the church
• 3 ways to have the gospel be more meaningful
1. deepen our understanding of diety
2. focus on the ordinances and covenants
3. unite the gospel with the Church

The choir and congregation sang How Firm a Foundation

Elder Paul E Koelliker

• He loves the missionaries, both young and senior
• They are a powerful persevering force for good
• Missionary work is a template for nourishing people throughout life
• We have a duty to help others to learn
• We need to love
• The family helps us understand that God loves us all equally and fully

Elder Dallin H Oaks

• The sacrifice of Jesus Christ is the central message of all the prophets
• The Savior asks us to make mortal sacrifices
• There are wonderful examples of people who have given their full time lives fully to serve the Lord, but most of us can’t give all of our time
• President Hinckley said that the symbols of our faith are the lives of our people
• Converts to the Church also sacrifice much
• Families sacrifice much as well
• Mother bear and raise children. Father’s support the family
• As you sacrifice for your children, the Lord will bless you
• Latter-day saints look at their sacrifices as schooling for the eternities

The choir sang Love Is Spoken Here

President Henry B Eyring

• President Kimball spoke of asking for the mountains of life to come
• The Lord suffered more than all of us
• The way to overcome trials is to believe their is balm in Gilead
• We need an unshakeable foundation
• The ground must be carefully prepared for our foundation of faith to withstand the storms that will come into each of our lives.
• We need to have integrity, but choosing the right consistently
• Trouble itself can be your way to strengthen and gain unshakeable faith
• Adversity seems to make clocks slow down

The choir sang Redeemer of Israel

Elder Wilford W Andersen offered the benediction

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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It is amazing that another 6 months has gone by, and another General Conference is upon us. In a way, not much has changed since last conference… the economy still isn’t great; the Church has been in the news lots; there have been no “scandals” that have rocked the church. I guess it is “steady as she goes”. That is mostly a good thing. Instead of having to put out fires, the Church can focus on the doctrine.

The only thing I’m kind of wondering about is the health of some of the apostles. Last conference President Packer and Elder Hales both had oxygen tubes in place. I wonder if their conditions have improved, or worsened.

We’ll be watching General Conference from home again. I’m not working this weekend, so we’ll watch all 4 regular sessions, and then I’ll go with my father to the Priesthood session at Church. We’ll go out to eat afterwards.

Enjoy the conference!

Read the recaps and other notes from the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 182nd Annual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 182nd Annual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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Before General Conference starts, I always wonder how I’m going to make it through. By the time it is done, I can’t believe how fast it has gone by. There were several talks that I really enjoyed, and lots to think about it. Here are a few random notes/thoughts:

• President Monson is a great story teller. The story he told Sunday morning was a simple story about leaving money in his pants pockets, but he made it last for 5 minutes and was suspenseful. He also seemed to be a little “wired”. It was fun to see.
• My favourite talks were probably from Saturday afternoon. I really enjoyed Elder Andersen’s talk about having children. He said that we don’t have children because we have time, he said that is what we’ve been given time for. I also really enjoyed Elder Ardern. He spoke about time management. He said the scales of time need to be correctly balanced.
• It was sad to see Elder Hales. I have no idea what is wrong with him, but I hope he is not suffering. President Monson’s remarks to “Bob” indicated he’s doing better. Let’s hope so!
• The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was fantastic as always
• Elder Cook’s Mormon connection to the Titanic was neat

Read the recaps and other notes from the 181st Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Pre-conference notes
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Saturday Morning General Session
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Saturday Afternoon General Session
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Priesthood Session
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Morning General Session
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Sunday Afternoon General Session
• 181st Semiannual General Conference – Post-conference notes

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