Being Taught at The Feet of Elder Holland

Elder Holland is one of the most kind, loving and sincere men that we have ever listened to at General Conference.  That is without actually being in his presence.  There is a warmth that cannot be explained when you have the privilege of being in the same room and feeling of his spirit along with being touched by his message.

We started the day teaching our Institute class at 7:00 a.m., where we had 21 members there today.  The lesson was about Honoring Priesthood and Womanhood.  We talked about the Sister Auxiliary Presidents being added to the main councils of the Church.  We love this class they are so eager to learn and to serve.

As we were Skyping and FaceTiming with our family we got a call from President Christensen letting us know that Elder Oveson was invited to a Priesthood Leadership meeting and that we needed to be there by 11:00.  That meant that we did not have time to go shopping or any of our normal Saturday activities.  We went home and Elder Oveson changed into his suit and off we went.

Sister Oveson was helping with fruit for the break during the four hour Priesthood Leadership Meeting, and for the Pizza for after the meeting.  She had been asked to setup some extra special items for Elder Holland, Elder Gong and Elder Khanikham.  After she had set it all up she was able to briefly greet Elder Holland.  He told her he had a present for her a flower lei, that had been intended for his wife who had not been able to come with him.  At the break Elder Holland saw sister Oveson and she did not have the lei on and he asked about it.  She explained that she was allergic, so he inquired about what she did with the lei.  He was pleased when she explained that she passed it along to another Sister Missionary.

This evening we went out to eat with all of the other Senior Couples at the Titanic restaurant.  The company was great, the food was good, but it took way too long, they were very busy.  We did not make it home until 9:00.  Today was a very long day.