What a Great Friday!!

On Friday we had the priviledge of having Sister Julie B Beck, the General Relief Society President,in our area. She first came and spoke at the school and then spoke that night for a women's conference.
At school she spoke to the students and talked about the great value of coming to a small school. She mentioned the "wonderful thing" we are doing here and that the church needs alternative places for students to go since BYU and BYU Idaho have gotten so large and the church doesn't want to be putting more money into "brick and mortar" because the resources are needed for Temples. She gave very warm remarks about her time at Dixie College when they were much smaller and encouraged the students to cherish what they have here. She talked about missionary work, and the world around us and told them that they are the ones that will continue the preparations for the coming of the Savior.
She is such a warm and personable person.
At the women's meeting she took questions and then built her talk around those. One statement she made at the end was particularly impactful when she said that when we are prepared and not afraid, even as the world falls apart around us we can have the faith and courage to know that everything will be ok. She gave us wonderful insight into her own mother and the challenges that she faced and the influence that had on her. She spoke about the need for constant prayer and told us how after she has said her prayers at night that the prayer is still going on as she gets in bed and when she awakes in the morning it is still going on. She told us that the Lord sends her out to work through her to let us know what He wants us to know and to express His love for us. She came into the audience before the session and shook as many hands as she possibly could. When she bore her testimony of the Saviors feelings for us it was an amazingly strong feeling for me!
I am so grateful that I had this wonderful, once in a lifetime, opportunity!