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It's My Life!

Dear Reader,


The song lyrics today come Bon Joji. I'm not a huge fan, but that song is really catchy. Anyway, today I write mostly because I haven't written in awhile and I was afraid that you, my friend, would miss reading my great insights into life (Maybe not, but you're getting some anyway). Actually, I can tell you about life with just a short comedic video made by Studio C, the comedy series produced by BYUtv.


Yes, there are certainly a lot of lessons to be learned from this video. Studio C does a pretty good job with some of their sketches and it gets you thinking while you giggle.

Anyway, life is just chugging along right now. Classes keep me pretty busy and right now I'm working on an Internship for Write Express, which is pretty fun. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome, like computers that crash, programs that aren't compatible and laziness. Laziness isn't an obstacle, I just wanted to remind myself of the weaknesses I'm working on.

Speaking on working on weaknesses, we had General Conference this weekend! That was quite a fun time. I was able to go home on Saturday before spending all day Sunday in the BYUradio studio to operate the sound board. There were lots of great things said and taught:


  • We don't marry perfection, we marry potential. 
  • "Put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good." - President Henry B. Eyring
  • Nothing is more crucial in your life than your own personal conversion.
  • Just do it!
  • Have faith and go forward
There are three new apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints starting this General Conference. Unfortunately there are lots of people who are making a big deal about the fact that the 3 new apostles (Ronald A. Rasband, Gary. E Stevenson and Dale G. Renlund) being white and the fact that they were all born in Utah. I won't try to teach those people anything. All I will say is that they are called of God. Why God called them? I have no idea. Said people, who claim to want diversity in the leadership of the Church, are welcome to read this article about Elder Renlund, who has almost as much foreign experience as he has here in the United States.

Back to the main point, though, General Conference was awesome. I need to go back and read the talks that were given, which you can also do by visiting the Conference page on lds.org.

That is how my life is going right now. How is your life going? What did you like about the LDS General Conference? Let me know!

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