Elder Kearon and his wife were our visiting General Authority. They are from England, and he was called to the 1st Quorum of the Seventy in April 2010. You might remember his talk about growing up in Saudi Arabia and being stung by a scorpion after disobeying his father about wearing shoes outside.
He is a very nice and sensitive man. We sat next to him at lunch today and were able to get better acquainted with him. He asked about our children and how they were doing, and so we told him about our guys and about our Joie, and how things fell into place so we could come and serve the Lord. It was a very tender moment for us and for him. More so for him. We have been through it a couple times.
As part of the conference presentations, a musical recording was played while several pictures of paintings of the Savior were shown on the screen. We were then asked what our thoughts were during that presentation. The answer, of course, was the Savior, His love for us, His sacrifice, and so on. I admitted to Mom that my thoughts were about seeing our Joie, and all of us running towards each other in a grand reunion where we were all made whole.
Elder and Sister Baxter, Elder and Sister Kearon, and us.
The Baxters are serving a "member support" mission in Paradise, CA. They are from Utah, and are scheduled to be released on November 22nd this year.
They will hold the conference all over again tomorrow for the lower half of the mission, and we will be manning the office.
Guess that's it for now.
Love you all,
Dad
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