Elder Dallin H. Oaks

We had Stake Conference yesterday, and our guest speaker was none other than Elder Dallin H. Oaks! It was such a wonderful experience. I even got to shake his hand as he made his round around the room to say hi to everyone. He is an incredible apostle with such a happy demeanor. The change in the room was noticeable the minute he came in. His message was to "Speak Up!" about our faith. To not hide it, but let the world know of our faith, and to also not let worldly possession get in the way of family or whats truly important. He shared some funny jokes as well, for example he heard that someone had ask one of the other apostle who was 90 something years old how it is being that old. The apostle responded, "I don't buy green bananas anymore". Thankfully I have such a wonderful husband because try as we might we still didn't get to the Stake Building until half an hour before it was to start and unfortunately the only seats that were available was way in the back. So Shaun went up to the ushers and asked if there were some people who wouldn't mind squeezing over. Luckily there were so I was able to read the apostle's lips and understand his talk. It was fabulous!