Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice and Hear the Word of God

Our grandson set a good example of listening to the prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, as he watched General Conference from his living room.  

We watched General Conference with the members from the Bullet Tree Branch.  Here we are in the English transmission room with Austin and Adia Tackitt.  

The Bullet Tree Chapel streamed conference in Spanish as well as English. We enjoyed the branch's potluck lunch between sessions.  Below, is the scene of the 21,000 congregation in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Our daughter, Rachel, was able to attend the Sunday morning session there.

You can watch all the sessions by clicking here.

As we were reviewing conference, we happened to check out the American Sign Language interpretation of Elder Gerrit W. Gong's address.  The first 35 seconds of him counting sheep, as an intro to his message, is hilarious! 

You can hear his entire talk with the interpreter by clicking here.  

His talk is titled, Good Shepherd, Lamb of God.  (This message is good, and timely, too.)  Elder Gong holds a special place for Belizeans because he visited Belize only a month before he was called as one of the Twelve Apostles.  

I love watermelon...and we enjoy having some everyday! Here I just bought a very sweet melon from this Mennonite vendor driving his horse-drawn cart in Santa Elena.

This was the end of the semester for our two BYU-Idaho on-line Pathway students, Lloyd and Shaneel. We've enjoyed meeting with them weekly as they report on their progress and teach each other.

Our friend Frank Ross, from Caye Caulker island, came to visit us in Succotz. We liked hiking the magnificent Xunantunich ruins just across the river. Here, on top of the El Castillo temple, is a beautiful panorama across the Guatemala border.  To get to Xunantunich we cross the Mopan River on the hand-cranked ferry.

Frank is a stalwart in the San Pedro Branch, serving as Elders Quorum President, branch clerk, and Sunday School teacher. Thanks for the visit, Frank!

Elder Magnusson can't miss taking the missionaries' photo at district meeting in Belmopan.

Smart and Regineia Omoruyi (far left) just completed our temple preparation classes. They plan to go to the Guatemala City Temple to be sealed as a family. Having lived in different parts of the world, the family speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and English. The scriptures were read in all three languages during our classes!