The church is such an awesome organization! I know that this is the Lord’s Church on the earth – the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This weekend is General Conference (watch it – it’s cool! 10am MST and 2pm MST). General Conference is broadcast by Satellite, by some cable stations, by radio, telephone (if you can believe it…it is in case all else fails, you can call a 1-800 number to listen in), and by internet. It is broadcast live, then archives of it are available within hours. It is simultaneously broadcast in several languages (ASL, Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, English (closed‑captioned), French, German, Haitian, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian,
Mandarin, Navajo, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Samoan, Spanish (closed‑captioned), Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, and Vietnamese). Ultimately, audio files of conference is available in over 70 languages within hours of the live broadcast via the internet – actually video is available in hours, then the text is available within a few days – in MANY languages!! Can you imagine the preparation, organization, and power that goes into this thing – no small feat!! It is utterly incredible. For those of you who are unfamiliar with just how far-reaching the Church has become, look at this…
http://scriptures.lds.org for the scriptures (in 12 languages)
http://www.providentliving.org for the temporal and spiritual welfare of individuals
http://scriptures.byu.edu/ – this site allows you to look up scriptures by speaker’s references as well as other ways
http://www.lds.org – to see everything the church has – and there’s much more!
I love conference weekend. If you choose to listen to conference, then try praying about something you want Heavenly Father to speak to you about while listening to conference. For example, you might want to have an answer about how to have your prayers answered and what to look for. Ask Heavenly Father to help you find your answer to this in listening to general conference. Then listen. Just a thought.
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