On Friday I took the day off from work to go up to my mission reunion. A group of former missionaries from my mission live in Idaho near our old Mission President and they decided to get us all together for one last reunion, thinking our old president won’t be around for too many more years. So Friday morning I took the day off and drove up to Layton, north of Salt Lake City. It was nice and warm in St. George when I gassed up, but it was raining just north of town, and starting at Cedar City it was snowing. It snowed all the way to Provo, which cost me an extra hour of travel, so I got to the reunion an hour later than planned.
It was kind of funny: I pulled into the parking lot and saw some old folks walking into the Stake Center and assumed that either I was in the wrong place or they were holding a funeral in the same building. Actually it was neither – those fat old bald folks were just my former mission companions. Oops. But it was a ton of fun getting together and chatting the day away, reminiscing about funny old stories and catching up on what everyone has done since coming home. I won’t bore you with the whole story – I’ve written three pages on the subject in my own journal. The attached photo is of me and my last companion, along with members of our zone at the end of our mission.
That night after the reunion (we left at 11:30PM) I took up one of my former companions on his offer to stay the night with him at his summer home in Park City. I’m glad I took the 4-Runner because it was snowing like crazy in Park City and my old companion’s house is built on the side of a mountain, mixed in with the ski runs, so I needed my 4WD. We stayed up chatting until 2AM, so we slept in a bit on Saturday. I stayed long enough to see the morning session of General Conference, had breakfast, and then headed south. In the afternoon session of General Conference, when they named the new General Authorities, they called one of the former missionaries from my old mission, who just got home after serving as president of our old mission, to be an Area Authority Seventy. That’s pretty wild, I’ve got to say. He must be MUCH older than me (although the Church website lists him as only 48.)
And speaking of General Conference, the talks were all very good, as usual. I’m always impressed by how positive and upbeat our leaders are, no matter how dark and dreary the world is being this year. I especially enjoyed Elder Allan F. Packer’s talk on hearing and following the Spirit. In the Priesthood session Elder Uchtdorf gave a wonderful talk – I think he may be developing into my new favorite speaker – his Sunday morning talk was very good also.
That night after the reunion (we left at 11:30PM) I took up one of my former companions on his offer to stay the night with him at his summer home in Park City. I’m glad I took the 4-Runner because it was snowing like crazy in Park City and my old companion’s house is built on the side of a mountain, mixed in with the ski runs, so I needed my 4WD. We stayed up chatting until 2AM, so we slept in a bit on Saturday. I stayed long enough to see the morning session of General Conference, had breakfast, and then headed south. In the afternoon session of General Conference, when they named the new General Authorities, they called one of the former missionaries from my old mission, who just got home after serving as president of our old mission, to be an Area Authority Seventy. That’s pretty wild, I’ve got to say. He must be MUCH older than me (although the Church website lists him as only 48.)
And speaking of General Conference, the talks were all very good, as usual. I’m always impressed by how positive and upbeat our leaders are, no matter how dark and dreary the world is being this year. I especially enjoyed Elder Allan F. Packer’s talk on hearing and following the Spirit. In the Priesthood session Elder Uchtdorf gave a wonderful talk – I think he may be developing into my new favorite speaker – his Sunday morning talk was very good also.
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