Elder Perry

Elder Perry came to our stake conference and spoke this weekend. It was awesome to see him in person (at a distance that I can actually make out his facial features). He definitely is tall. He had a lot of wonderful things to say to us. One of the things that I found most applicable to me was what he had to say concerning the view that the world has of the church. What I took away was this: We (members of the church) have allowed the media to dictate, to the majority of the world, what the church is and who we, as members of the church, are. We have allowed this simply by not opening our mouths to our neighbours, friends, and family. This does not mean that we should protest when things like big love or protests against the church concerning gay marriage come along; we should instead reach out and teach people correct principles and help them to understand the restoration and the plan of salvation. If we will speak out to our brother's and sister's throughout the world then they will have a correct image of the church and better be able to recognize false information among members of the media. Anyway, it was a great conference and one which I was able to take a lot of good stuff with me.