For my Young Women and reminder for myself

My dear Young Women,

I would just like to invite each of you to make the time to listen to and participate in General Conference this weekend. It might take sacrifice to do so, but I know that as you do all you can to be where you need to be to listen to the words of our Prophet, that blessings will abound. If you still have the conference journals that Sister Short made a couple a years ago for you, get that out. If you don't have one, create one! Use the idea from the cute notebooks we made awhile back. Write down your thoughts and feelings as you listen. Approach Conference with a prayer. Do you need an answer to a question? Do you need peace and comfort? Do you wish for more courage to share the gospel? Whatever you are in need of, if you pray with real intent and faith, the Lord will give you what you seek. Through four sessions of Conference you might be surprised how many of the messages are meant just for you, with answers to your heart's desires.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to "listen to a prophet's a voice and hear the words of God". It is always a blessing in my life. I love the Savior and I know of His deep love for each of you. His plan is for your happiness. May the Lord's peaceful spirit rest upon each of you this weekend.

I love you very much,
Sister Brown

Make General Conference a Priority in Your Life
"Decide now to make general conference a priority in your life. Decide to listen carefully and follow the teachings that are given. Listen to or read the talks more than once to better understand and follow the counsel. By doing these things, the gates of hell will not prevail against you, the powers of darkness will be dispersed from before you, and the heavens will shake for your good."
Paul V. Johnson, "The Blessings of General Conference," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 52

Sacredness of the Prophet's Teachings

"You might ask yourself, 'Do I see the calling of the prophets and apostles as sacred? Do I treat their counsel seriously, or is it a light thing with me?' President Gordon B. Hinckley, for instance, has counseled us to pursue education and vocational training; to avoid pornography as a plague; to respect women; to eliminate consumer debt; to be grateful, smart, clean, true, humble, and prayerful; and to do our best, our very best. "Do your actions show that you want to know and do what he teaches? Do you actively study his words and the statements of the Brethren? Is this something you hunger and thirst for? If so, you have a sense of the sacredness of the calling of prophets as the witnesses and messengers of the Son of God."

D. Todd Christofferson, "A Sense of the Sacred," CES fireside for young adults, Nov. 7, 2004