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10 Times General Conference Gave Us All the Feels

We don’t know about you, but we’re a little [read: a lotta] emotional after this weekend’s general conference. Here are ten times conference made us feel all of the feels:

1. When members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir wept through “Come Thou Fount,” especially this man:

*Cue sudden and unexpected sobbing.

2. When new apostle Elder Rasband’s voice wavered as he expressed his deepest gratitude for those praying for and sustaining him.

3. When the camera panned to Sister Wixom’s tear-filled eyes as the Primary Presidency got released.

We’re okay…we’re…not okay. *cry*

4. When President Monson and Elder Hales had to be helped by security/other apostles to the pulpit and we were all emotionally them.

5. When Elder Kearon shared his experiences with refugees and you could see the love pouring from his tender British eyes.

*sniff* We’re not crying! *sniff*

6. When President Uchtdorf, visibly touched by Elder Kearon’s remarks, was barely able to conduct the rest of the meeting through his tears.

CAN’T. EMOTIONALLY. HANDLE.

7. When President Eyring choked up during his opening comments as he pleaded with us to listen to the prophet; again, when Elder Arnold talked about rescuing those who have gone astray. Pretty much during every single talk. #RealTalk

8. When Elder Johnson spoke about the death of his daughter and read an excerpt from her journal about the hope the resurrection brings.

We’re done. Just…so done. *hiccuping sob*

9. When Elder Holland spoke to our souls and asked us if we knew how much Church leaders love us.

10. When conference ended far too quickly.

What conference moments stirred your soul this weekend? Tell us in the comments below!

Revisit your favorite talks now!

April 5, 2016
28 Moments Singles Ward Girls Know All Too Well

Featured image via LDS Media Library.

1. When you choose to go to the YSA ward and tell your home ward buds about it.

2. When you’re 18 and fresh and walkin’ into your first singles ward sacrament meeting.

3. When you get asked on a date by an RM for the first time and you’re all like:

4. When there’s an attractive guy in the ward and you try to act natural.

5. When a girl who is younger than you announces her engagement in Relief Society.

6. When she tells the story of how he proposed.

7. When somebody gets up to speak in sacrament meeting and starts introducing themselves.

8. When 1:00 church gets out and you finally get to change out of your Sunday dress.

9. When you find out that the most attractive guy in the ward is dating someone.

10. When you decide to make a delicious Pinterest recipe to impress everybody at a linger longer.

Expectation:

Reality:

11. When your home or visiting teachers introduce themselves but never come visit you.

12. When you don’t even know who your home or visiting teachers are.

13. When you’re at an Institute dance with your besties and your jam comes on.

What you think you look like:

What you really look like:

14. When you somehow manage to both flirt like a normal person AND get a hot date out of a YSA activity.

15. When you’re being driven home after a really great date.

16. When you’re only halfway through what’s turning into a very bad date.

17. When you or your friends get their mission calls.

18. When people keep asking you if you’re ever going to serve a mission.

19. When the stake creeper gets a crush on you and starts looking for you at activities.

How you react:

How you want to react:

20. When someone gives another talk about how all of you young people need to date more.

21. When you’re on the lesson about marriage and children in Relief Society and the teacher asks you to comment.

22. When your longtime ward friend gets engaged and immediately goes on a matchmaking crusade:

23. When you’ve been in the ward for a while and watched almost all of the young girls get married and leave.

24. When you have occasional freak-outs because school, eternal marriage, adulthood.

25. When you go back to visit the home ward, having forgotten that young children exist.

26. When the home evening committee announces that the next activity will be a speed date.

27. When you realize you’re the last of your friends left and may never go back to the family ward.

28. When you realize you’re the last of your friends left and may never go back to the family ward.

Have you had awkward/funny moments happen in the singles ward? Tell us about them in the comments and you may be featured in an upcoming article!

June 22, 2015
If Disney Princesses Were Sister Missionaries
We all know the Disney princesses for their lovable natures, magical adventures, and proclivity for needing rescue, but what if our favorite Disney princesses had answered the prophet’s call to serve as missionaries? Another opinion is always good when it comes to figuring out their most useful assets as a missionary, if any.

Belle
- Strengths: Memorized the entire Standard Works.
- Most Converts: The sheep
Sister Belle was quite the scriptorian, and though she avoided them as much as possible, she was quite the formidable opponent in a Bible bash.

Belle’s strengths lay in her knowledge, but she was also extremely social. She would often gather groups on the street like the original missionaries did.

Though she had many human converts, Belle found most of her success with the humble sheep.

Jasmine
- Strengths: Church tours and avoiding marriage
- Weaknesses: Kleptomania
Sister Jasmine was great with kids. She strived to follow the instructions in Preach My Gospel to seek out and teach families.

Like most missionaries, Sister Jasmine often found herself in uncomfortable confrontations. The local “street rats” took it upon themselves to protect the sisters, and were often helping them escape disgruntled shopkeeps.

Sister Jasmine found many converts through tracting, but Jasmine’s real talents lay in giving church tours.

Ariel
- Strengths: Unmatched charisma, ASL trained
- Weaknesses: Mute
Ariel had always wanted to serve a mission, so when Thomas S. Monson announced that she could leave two years earlier than she had planned, she was ready to go.

Sister Ariel was originally called to the land-dwellers non-speaking mission, but her visa took a while to be approved so she spent some time in the Under-Sea Guppy Speaking Mission

The culture took some getting used to, so dinners with members were pretty interesting.

Upon her return it didn’t take Ariel long to rekindle her relationship with her high school boyfriend. They were engaged in two weeks.

Yes, Ariel was that sister.

Mulan
- Weapon of choice: Pass-along cards
- Most embarrassing moment: Dressed up as an Elder but got caught
Sister Mulan had the testimony of a lion. Her approach was aggressive, but proved to be effective.

She became quite fond of the pass-along cards, so when she had the chance to meet the emperor of China, she didn’t hesitate.

Her persistence paid off, but unfortunately, not everyone appreciated it.

Aurora
- Strengths: Voice of a song-bird
- Most Embarrassing Moment: Fell into a deep sleep while helping an investigator with a sewing project.
Sister Aurora was particularly adept at working with the woodland creatures. Many avian families were united in the Gospel during her ministry.

She wasn’t afraid to talk to anyone, and her questions were as golden as her hair.

Unfortunately Sister Aurora developed a bad case of narcolepsy, and after 13 months returned to her castle to recover. After the spell was broken she was blessed to be able to return and complete her 18 months.

Cinderella
- Strengths: Hard-working & Service-minded
- Weaknesses: Often distracted by dreams of marrying a handsome prince
Sister Cinderella had a kind heart, and was often found helping people with household chores.

She would go to great lengths to help her investigators keep their commitments. She even once switched out a family’s entire stash of coffee with hot chocolate.

For Sister Cinderella the evening schedule was never an issue. She was more than grateful for an excuse to be in well before midnight. When her companions would question her about her peculiar aversion to pumpkins and mice, she would just sigh heavily and stare off into space. Sister Cinderella was always obedient, but before all else she made sure to follow the instruction to have attractive shoes.

Pocahontas
- Strengths: Testimony as strong as the tallest oak trees.
- Weaknesses: None. She was flawless.
Pocahontas was actually a convert to the Church. After reading and praying about the Book of Mormon, she knew what she had to do.

Sister Pocahontas had faith like you wouldn’t believe, almost too much sometimes.

Sister Pocahontas was patient as the rushing waters, and her lessons as varied and interesting as the colors of the wind. She took seriously the council in Preach My Gospel to, “Not be afraid of silence,” and occasionally had to quiet her companions to let the Holy Ghost do His work.

Snow White
- Strengths: Extremely neat & tidy, and always baked pies for district meeting
- Weaknesses: Morning schedule.
Sister White was very tidy, and always made sure to keep her apartment clean. She and her companion were once transferred into an area to replace the Elders, and were astonished to find that whole place had been infested with vermin.

Sister White was a diligent missionary, but the morning schedule wasn’t her strong point.

Despite her weaknesses, Sister White was an extraordinary missionary. The food-related near death experiences of her past life came in handy when teaching The Word of Wisdom, and she helped many an investigator escape addictions.

And they all lived happily ever after.

*All images © Disney Inc. 2015 – We do not own any of the images in this article
April 15, 2015
13 Moments Only Ward Music Directors Understand

1. That moment when you think that a hymn starts on the up-beat, but it doesn’t.

2. That moment when the melody’s way too high for you, so you totally lip sync it in front of everyone.

3. That moment when someone makes it their business to tell you that you’re not doing your calling right.

4. That moment when you’re seriously tempted to hold out the fermata an extra three or more seconds just to mess with everybody.

5. That moment when you have to struggle with the music stand during the song intro because it’s way too low.

6. That moment when the organist is not picking up your cues to play faster.

7. That moment when you’re so focused on singing the song right that you forget what your arms are doing.

8. That initial moment when you realize that the next hymn is a 6/8.

9. That moment when you accidentally start belting out the wrong verse and lead everyone astray.

10. That moment when you tell everyone to sing verse seven instead of verse three and they all forget.

11. That moment when you give everyone the opportunity to stand up during the intermediate hymn.

What you expect them to do:

What they really do:

12. That moment when Sacrament meeting has gone overtime and the last song is four verses and a chorus long.

13. That moment when you notice that, in spite of everything, no one is paying any attention to you tryin’ to magnify your calling anyway.

Have any funny or embarrassing music director moments? Share them in the comments below and we may feature you in a future post!

April 13, 2015