Uplifted

I had a great night on Saturday. I got tickets to go to the General Relief Society broadcast. I am so glad that I was able to go. Our stake got tickets and you just signed up if you wanted one. How easy was that? I went with my friend Kate, that I visit teach. It was exciting to be there. There were so many people! I was surprised that they had to search your bag and that you had to go through a metal detector when you went into the conference center. What? I asked the old lady searching my bag, what they are looking for. She said that they have had knives, weapons etc. brought in. That was funny to me, looking around at throngs of conference- going ladies. I guess you can never be too careful.

We sat in the nose-bleed seats. That didn't matter, it was still really great. I enjoyed the talks, and the spirit I felt. I love Relief Society. I always have, even when I was just out of high school. I love the sisterhood I feel there. I really appreciated all of the talks, as you can always apply most things to your life. I really liked Elder Uchdorfs talk. I love how he said that it is important to create. I totally agree. I feel so much better when I am creating something. Not always a "thing" either. We are creating something all of the time- a home, our children, our marriage, a friendship, and the list goes on. I have had a huge desire to create lately. It is fun to have something to think and dream about.

As I was sitting there, I thought of all of my "sisters" attending in different places around the world. Looking around, I marveled at how many women were there. When you realize that this is just a tiny portion of women in the Salt Lake Valley, and try to imagine how many were watching worldwide, it makes you realize the greatness of what can be done by relief society women throughout the world.

I think one of the best parts of the whole night for me, was singing the intermediate hymn. Singing in a "choir" of 20-something thousand (or something like that- I can't remember exactly how many people it holds) women was amazing, and I just had chills. It was beautiful, and I felt the spirit so strongly. It was also neat when president Monson came in. Imagine a huge auditorium of women chatting. Then all of the sudden, Presdent Monson came in, everyone stood, and it was silent. Wow.

What a fun, uplifiting, and amazing experience I had. I hope I can always take advantage of opportunities like this. The effort of going was so worth it to me. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did, from wherever you were able to attend.