14. Views Of General Conference

My view of General Conference has changed at different points in my life. I remember as a kid, that general conference meant going to our stake center, drawing pictures and coloring for four hours with a two hour break for a picnic lunch at the park next to the chapel. At that point in my life, Conference was a nice break from primary. It wasn't until later that I realized what my mom and dad were actually watching while I was busy drawing pictures of superman in the chair next to them.

The first time, I think, conference really meant something to me was the April session just before my mission. Knowing that the church would be my life for the next two years, I really soaked in the messages from the church leaders. It was then and in the time during my mission that I realized that I'd missed out on so much opportunity for good council in the years of my life previous to that time. It was then that I really realized just what my parents were listening to so intently while I scribbled away in my seat next to theirs.

This Conference, I am excited to go in with the questions and guidance that I am seeking at this time. There have been many changes in my life since my mission, but General Conference just grows more valid instead of less as the years go on and as life get's more complicated. Especially now that life has gotten a bit more complicated than that of the little boy drawing pictures of spiderman in the seat beside me.