Wow...what a day. We have had a roller coaster of a day....Randy got a new calling in the church today....he is the Stake Membership Clerk. He is pretty excited as he gets to work with the Stake Presidency as a member of their Presidency. I have been serving in the Stake as Young Women's President for a little over 4 years now and I LOVE how much I have learned and how much I have grown...and I am excited that he will now have the chance for that same growth!
Then tonight...we received the sad news that our beloved Prophet President Gordan B. Hinckley has passed away. He was 97 years old. He has lead the church in so many wonderful ways, it will be hard to imagine him not being there anymore. I was pretty saddened as were my kids. We all loved and looked up to him! I was about the same age that Mitch is now when President Spencer W. Kimball passed away and I still remember the details of his passing...and how it impacted me as a youth. I have encouraged my kids to write in their journals their feelings and testimonies about President Hinckley....hopefully it will be something they will always treasure! (Thanks again Laur for the call...I was so glad to hear from someone I know and love, and not from the news at 10. )
He was a GREAT man...and the world will miss him. As will I!!!
Then tonight...we received the sad news that our beloved Prophet President Gordan B. Hinckley has passed away. He was 97 years old. He has lead the church in so many wonderful ways, it will be hard to imagine him not being there anymore. I was pretty saddened as were my kids. We all loved and looked up to him! I was about the same age that Mitch is now when President Spencer W. Kimball passed away and I still remember the details of his passing...and how it impacted me as a youth. I have encouraged my kids to write in their journals their feelings and testimonies about President Hinckley....hopefully it will be something they will always treasure! (Thanks again Laur for the call...I was so glad to hear from someone I know and love, and not from the news at 10. )
He was a GREAT man...and the world will miss him. As will I!!!
Gordon B. Hinckley 1910-2008
As I listened to these words from his last conference talk to the whole church this week, I felt his blessing and thought that if that was the last time he spoke, I would always feel that blessing! "I leave with you my testimony of the truth of these things, and I invoke the blessings of heaven upon you. May the windows of heaven be opened and blessings showered upon you as the Lord has promised. Never forget that this was His promise and that He has the power and the capacity to see that it is fulfilled. I so pray as I leave my blessing and love with you in the sacred name of our Redeemer, even the Lord Jesus Christ, amen."
6 comments:
I know that is so sad! I'm glad my mom called you!
see ya! Becca
Ditto on everything you said. I'm so glad that he gets to be with his wife now. He seemed just a little sad the last few years.
It sounds like you and Randy just got a lot busier! He will do well in the calling and enjoy working with the stake presidency. I have had similar thoughts since Pres. Hinckley's death, and mostly, I'm happy for him.
I wish that I could witness all that is going on in Heaven right now. What a great party! President Hinckley is no doubt visiting with his contemporaries that are part of a different crowd than I expect to be greeted by.
Laur...we will hanging out where the diet coke machine is...that is what my MIL says...and just for the record...it is not in heaven!
Gotta love it!!!
Randy will be great. And thanks for your thoughts on President Hinckley.
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