Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Hey!
So this weekend was pretty cool. We had Edgar's baptism and everything went well with that and this coming Sunday he will be confirmed, because of the special conference we had. it was awesome to listen to Elder Oaks and a seventy as well, I think Elder Hickson or something like that. They were both awesome talks. Elder Oaks talked about personal revelation and the Holy Ghost, he described how he receives revelation. He talked about a wide variety of things throughout and then focused on the youth at the end. He analyzed the scripture D&C 38:42, and helped the youth understand the importance of being clean. It was neat how he helped them understand that the word "vessels" for the boys mean the sacrament trays and for the girls with the responsibility of child-bearing. "Go ye out from among the wicked". Afterwards we went and shook his hand and he is the most happy, animated, loving guy ever. When he came to me(we went up with Edgar) I introduced him to Edgar and said he was baptized just yesterday and with no delay Elder Oaks did a congratulatory kind-of a "HEH", super excited and just kind-of attacked Edgar with a strong hug. It was pretty funny. He was super awesome and super strong in the spirit. I didn't know, but he was a prosecutor in Chicago and was in the stake presidency in the south stake, back in the day. He told us that the last time he was in this building(stake center) was when President David O. McKay dedicated it about 40 years ago, I think. It was just an over-all great experience. He is super cool.