Sunday-Fast & Testimony Meeting

Our ward held Fast Meeting today, since next week is General Conference. The testimonies were very uplifting. I took some notes. There was a young man about 7 years old that gave his testimony of prayer and service.

One would think he was giving a talk on prayer. He was very detailed in his presentation and delivery of his testimony. He even asked a question of the audience, (congregation) how many prayed morning and evening. We considered it a rhetorical question, but he took it and said we should all have raised our hands!

He was quite sincere and seemed much older than his only seven years. He essentially called us to repentance. Needless to say he was an outstanding young man and has a lot going for him already. I told his mother afterwards how impressed I was with his testimony. She seemed a little embarrassed, but she needn't have been so.

She said he had not born his testimony for three years because he was afraid to get up. He did not seem fearful at all and stood firm in his faith in Heavenly Father. His testimony had depth to what he expressed. He was such a fine young man too. His younger sister, who is four years old gave her testimony first. Hers was extraordinary too, yet short. The two children are our back neighbors and play with Aislyn and Ella. Ella told her mommy she wanted to get up and say hers too, but didn't this time. Maybe next time.

My visiting teacher came to visit. They had tried to get in touch several times in the month and I was busy with grandchildren some of those days that they tried. But,they didn't give up, so one of the sisters came alone since her companion was out of town on Sunday.

I appreciated her coming at all, so it wasn't a problem for me to have her come alone. We had a nice visit and I enjoyed her message from Elder Boyd K. Packer's article in this month's Ensign. She is the Primary President and a very busy person besides working and serving in the ward. It is nice to get to know the sisters in the ward.

It was the fifth Sunday so the Bishop had a panel of our ward auxiliaries leaders and gave us a synopsis of the Leadership Conference given last month. The youth were also in attendance. The bishop moderated the discussion and it was very helpful. I was impressed with how he made two lists on a chalk board about Marriage and Family.

The theme was the Proclamation on the Family, so everything tied in and many of the speakers comments were discussed in the open forum. I felt a unity in the effort of each of the leaders who gave an overview of the talks in the Leadership Conference.

The words of the leaders were brought to our attention while reviewing the speaker's comments. The Youth Leaders were well prepared, and involved some of the youth with comments about Family Home Evening while the Bishop asked what they liked most about their family home evenings in their homes.

There is a planned combined activity for the youth to go up to the Tabernacle the Sunday after Conference to see the broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Spoken Word. It sounded like fun and hope to have many of the youth involved.