The Sabbath is a delight

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 General Conference - Oct. 5-6, 2024

    Fred and I have always enjoyed General Conference.  It is a time for us to reflect on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to hear from the Prophet and the Apostles.  This conference will be added to one of my most memorable ones.  In the area of Kono where we are serving there are 2 branches and 3 home groups.  The area is blessed to have a member that owns a business providing higher education and certificates.  His building will hold 200 people plus he has a projector and a large screen smart tv.  With some preparation, we were able to watch live conference.

    Some miracles:

     1.  The electrical power in the whole area was not working for 3 weeks.  1/2 hour before conference the power was restored.  We were prepared with a generator, but we were grateful it was not needed.  On a side note. Can you imagine the difficulties that come with no electricity for 3 weeks?

    2.  We watched conference for the first time at 4:00 in the evening on both Saturday and Sunday because of the time difference. There were 200 members and investigators in attendance.  It was incredible to see that so many traveled the distance or paid a motorbike taxi to be in attendance.

   3.  After the Saturday evening session we hosted a linger longer.  Fred and I provided bread and jam as a light refreshment.  Bread is an easy treat, but butter and jam was a big deal.  Funny how we in the states take the simple things in life for granted. 



Transportation to Conference.









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