Last night Pres. and Sister Bateman came to our adult session so we were able to hear from them also. I couldn't take notes with the kids so I'll do my best to give a synopsis from what I remember.
Pres. Bateman
- importance of attending the Temple - the more we go the deeper our understanding - after 54 years he's just starting to understand some new things
- Almost everything in the Temple points to Christ
- he was reading in the 1st Temple President of the Provo Temple's journal and he talked about a time when Christ visited the Temple - when we enter the Temple we are walking on Hallowed ground
- we are doing better than we think we are but we could still be doing better
- it all comes down to priorities (a theme she's spoken of a lot this year)
- We are facing troubling times ahead
- To illustrate how we should handle the times ahead he looked to the Pioneers who settled further south in Utah
- nobody wanted to get sent to "the muddy" so when a girl found out their family was asked to go she was sobbing - a friend asked why she was so upset & told her that her father could just say no - she said "I'm crying because I know my dad will say yes and I wouldn't own him as a father any other way"
- Are we willing to drop everything to answer the Lord's call?
- Difference between sacrifice (we're giving up something that is ours) and consecrate (we're offering all we have to the Lord)
- We need to be willing to consecrate
- turned 87 yesterday
- we are living in a terrible world with horrible times ahead
- we have it harder than the pioneers
- As a young missionary Elder Bednar helped bride a train conductor $20 to let Sis. Packer stay on the train in East Germany b/c her passport wasn't valid there
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