General Conference

 Our first General Conference in Romania was spent in our temporary apartment due to waiting on the internet. Of course, I had to make cinnamon rolls. I also made a Conference Music Bingo card, but did very poorly again. There is just too much new music! I only was able to fill in 4 slots.

I loved the music in every session of Conference. Elder Bednar's talk really made me sit up and listen.

 Ancient voices from the dust plead with us today to learn this everlasting lesson: prosperity, possessions, and ease constitute a potent mixture that can lead even the righteous to drink the spiritual poison of pride.

We loved seeing Elder Homer! He is such a sweet man--incredible smart and runs a council like the Savior would:

If we heed God’s word, we will receive more; if we ignore His counsel, we will receive less and less until we have none. This loss of knowledge does not mean that the truth was wrong; rather, it shows that we have lost the capacity to understand it.

On Saturday we walked to a shawarma restaurant in between sessions. On the way we saw a little hostel that looked adorable. And with a name like this, it belonged in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I think we will find shawarma to eat every week we live in Romania. It is that good.

Elder Holland's message about the Savior was powerful and encouraging:

So, if sometimes the harder you try, the more difficult it seems to get; if, just as you try to work on your limitations and your shortcomings, you find someone or something determined to challenge your faith; if, as you labor devotedly, you still feel moments of fear wash over you, remember that it has been so for some of the most faithful and marvelous people in every era of time.

On Sunday we moved to our new apartment because the internet installer was coming on Monday morning. We were able to stream Conference at 7pm and 11pm. We stayed up until 1am to watch President Nelson. Our favorite temples announced were Price, Utah, El Paso, Texas, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. I had predicted the first two simply because they are retirement options for us.