Salve Tutti!
This week has been the best one yet! I'm not sure exactly the reasons, but it seems like each week keeps on getting better, and they keep on going by faster and faster....
The other really cool thing that happened this week was priesthood session choir! We left the MTC at about 1:30 on Saturday and drove up to Salt Lake City (never has a bus ride been so entertaining- there were windows to look out of, and the scenery was constantly changing!). We missed most of the afternoon session because we had to wait outside of the conference center theater for a while, and then we practiced for a while during the conference. Anyway, they fed us a snack (Ham and Cheese and Crackers lunchables - I forgot how much I used to like those! - and some apple bites and carrot sticks) and we got lined up, and went into the choir loft. I was on the top right side (if you are looking directly at the choir). I sang the lowest bass part (I was going to sing baritone but they needed more basses, so Anziano Knutson and I volunteered). Anyway, it was so awesome being in the conference center. I don't think it ever hit me that we were performing for millions of people around the world, not to mention the 20,000 or so in the conference center! I tried the whole time to look happy and excited, to bear my testimony through song and through my expression. It was absolutely amazing. If you want to see it, go to the new general conference website (the link is on the new lds.org), and click to view the priesthood session. The only song that you can really see me in is the first song (before the opening prayer) - Hark All Ye Nations (yes, I got to watch it online on Sunday!!!), I'm pretty close to the middle of the screen with probably 15 or 20 other elders being shown. It's just for a few seconds maybe, but you can tell it's me! ...
There are like 23 new missionaries going to Italy! These missionaries are awesome. One is from England and another is from Germany. One is a convert to the church. Another was inactive for 7 years - let me tell his story really fast. He went inactive at age 17. A year or so ago, he wanted to serve a mission, and his bishop and stake president also wanted him to serve. However, the age limit is 25, and he's 26 right now. He and his Bishop and Stake president all had to write letters to the area authority to get permission. And, to make the anticipation worse, if he were to be accepted, he'd receive the notice in his call letter. If he was to be denied, he'd receive the call letter (but not a call, just a bad news letter). However, he got his call and got accepted. he said it was the happiest day of his life! Anyway, one of the missionaries is from Fallbrook, CA (where grandma and grandpa Morrison live) - and he knows them. That was a cool connection to make! All of the missionaries are really dedicated and motivated, it's so awesome to feel their great spirits! They all (mostly...) had an awesome experience in the TRC yesterday, and most of them have caught the fire of teaching.
Love you all!
-Anziano Barnes
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