This past weekend was fabulous. I think I'll start with Friday night first:
On Friday night Bergs came over and we made 2 batches of cookies, one chocolate chip and the other oatmeal raisin. After many adventures and baking at least 14 pans of cookies we completed our project and ended up with over 200 cookies. It was a lot of fun!
Saturday came and brought with it a much anticipated 1st round of meetings and other activities held in conjunction with Stake Conference. This Stake Conference was not your ordinary, run of the mill, Stake Conference because, after 9 years of service, President Nelson was to be released and our Stake reorganized. Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi and Elder Wynn Dewsnup came to Logan on assignment from Pres. Packer to extend a call to the new Stake Presidency. As part of my Stake calling in the Relief Society, I got to help feed the General Authorities on Saturday afternoon. Nettie, Jean, Kristie, and I put together a "not so simple" lunch (as Elder Kikuchi called it) that was held in the High Council room. I made the dessert (Friday night's cookies) and it was a hit. Elder Kikuchi liked the cookies so much that he took one for the road while they went to visit another family before the Priesthood Leadership Meeting. P.S. I fixed him a baggie of cookies which my mom gave to his wife on Sunday afternoon when the Primary took their turn in feeding the General Authorities, etc.
Fast forward to Saturday evening at 7:00 pm. At this time I was sitting in the Stake Center chapel eagerly awaiting the start of the evening adult session of conference. I was not disappointed in the least by the meeting. It was truly amazing and so very spiritual. I could have listened to Elder Kikuchi speak for hours. His knowledge and testimony of the Savior is incredible and I felt the spirit so strongly that night.
Sunday morning was the general session of conference. We arrived in plenty of time to take our seats and see if we could make a guess as to who the new Stake President would be by seeing who had a lot of extended family in the audience. By the time the meeting started, we had nearly decided that they may just call our Stake Patriarch, Lynn Hobbs, to be the new Stake President. We weren't sure if this was possible but would soon find out. After the opening song and prayer, the presentation of names of those to be advanced in various offices of the Priesthood, and the sustaining of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve, and other officers of the church, our waiting was finally over. Elder Dewsnup presented the name of V. Lynn Hobbs for our sustaining vote as the new Stake President. His counselors are Aaron Pyfer and Ron Peck. We later found out that permission from the Quorum of the Twelve had to be obtained before the call could be extended to Patriarch Hobbs. Elder Oaks was the one that Elder Kikuchi finally got a hold of to give his approval. So cool!!! I could not be more excited and pleased with whom the Lord has chosen to lead this Stake. The rest of the meeting was so good. Again, I could have listened to Elder Kikuchi speak for hours. But alas, the time drew short and the meeting came to a close. I can't recall a greater Stake Conference. I am thankful for the opportunity to have participated in the reorganization of the Stake and also for the guidance that we received in how to prepare for the Stake Conference. It was truly a wonderful experience.
To top the fabulous weekend off, the Michelles and I got together after conference and took a quick trip to Chubbuck, ID to visit one of our former Primary/Young Women leaders. It was so much fun to spend time with Sis. Steph and her family. They are just adorable. I loved their house and felt so welcome there. They fixed us a delicious dinner and we had a great time just chatting and catching up with each other. Steph even made us cute bags of "party favors" to take home. We had such a great time and know that we'll have to do it again.
I wish I could really put into words the feelings I have about the past weekend. My description does not even do it justice. It was just so incredible!
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