For the next several days I will be posting about the World Congress of Families. This year it is being held in Sydney, Australia.  Remember how we helped to raise funds for Angela to attend? She is sending daily reports of the presentations, interviews she is able to have, and more. I am excited to share with you what she is experiencing. There are so many around the world - politicians, religious leaders, community organizers, trained professionals, and others - who are dedicated to defending the family. I will try to post each day's events in order so you are not reading them backwards as you scroll down. I have broken up Angela's summaries into several posts so it isn't overwhelming to see a HUGE post. Remember, if you have any questions you would like her to ask when she gives her interviews, leave them in the comments and I will pass them along to her.

An Easter Countdown: Testimony of the Apostles

This activity goes along with day thirteen of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown.

Our activity today involved listening to and watching videos of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bear their "Special Witnesses of Christ." If you click on the title next to each picture on that page it will open a new window containing a short video (usually around three minutes) of that apostle bearing his testimony.

We also read the testimonies of two past apostles.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie (gave a powerful testimony in what he knew was his last General Conference as he was deathly ill. The Purifying Power of Gethsemane is worth reading over and over again. The video is Elder McConkie giving this final address. It is about 10 minutes long so it may take a while to load but please watch it!






Elder David B. Haight shared a beautiful vision of the Savior that he had in his October 1989 General Conference address, "The Sacrament - and the Sacrifice."


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3 comments:

  1. Oh how I loved this talk. It touched me to the core of my soul.

    I hadn't remembered him looking so thin and ill.

    Have you ever read his biography? It is wonderful and inspiring.

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  2. Love this talk. One of my all time favorites!

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  3. Thank you SO much for sharing that video. I have heard of Elder McConkie's last testimony for as far back as I can remember, but I've never read it or watched it. Absolutely beautiful!

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