Motivational Evening

I always look forward to General Conference, because somehow when I listen to the words of our church leaders, I feel like everything is okay. Even though the world is in turmoil, and life can be extremely hectic, for the time being... all is well. Women's conference last Saturday evening was a wonderful preview of the outpouring of the Spirit that I experience every general conference. For those of you not yet clued in on what I'm talking about, the LDS church general conference takes place next weekend, Oct. 1 & 2nd and will be broadcast on www.lds.org.
Last Saturday we had the Women's session of the conference. The topic for the evening was, "Becoming an instrument in the hands of God." I went away from the evening more confident and motivated as a mother, wife, friend, sister and YW president. It is always nice to be reminded of the importance of the roles we carry out in our daily lives. One point made by Elder Faust has really stuck with me these past couple of days. "You may have the ability to touch a life for good that no one else can." I know if I strive to be worthy of the guidance of the Spirit, I will be guided to those who need me. Just as in the past, so many others have been placed in my path to help me. "God does notice us, and he watches over us, but it is often through another person that he meets our needs." I am thankful to be counted worthy as one my Savior can count on to help bless the lives of others.

Boston Trip

Hello to any of you who may be reading this,

We returned last Sunday from a 10 day vacation to Boston, MA where my parents (Bev and Jerry) are serving as missionaries for the LDS church. It was such a fun trip! We took the Amtrak train, which was much more comfortable for our boys than driving would have been, plus it was less expensive than gas would have been! After 30 hours of travel, we arrived at the Boston South Station where we were greeted by a grandma that was all smiles. She helped us out to the street where grandpa was waiting with a borrowed van necessary to transport us and all our stuff. It takes a lot of stuff to travel with two little boys for 10 days!

Our baby boy finally got to meet his grandpa Jerry who he was named after. Grandpa was quite taken with little Jerry, and we got some cute pictures of them bonding. This was the most interaction I've ever seen of my dad with a baby, it was cute.
Our trip was amazing, we saw lots of historic and beautiful places in the Northeast. But, I don't have time right now to write all about it. You can visit www.grandmasusie.com to see more pictures of our trip. I will write more later. Bye for now!