April 2011 General Conference Priesthood Session

Neil L. Andersen -Preparing the World for the Second Coming

• Missionary service is a spiritual work. Worthiness and preparation are essential. President Monson has said: "Young men, I admonish you to prepare for service as a missionary. Keep yourselves clean and pure and worthy to represent the Lord." In the years prior to your mission, please remember the sacred assignment ahead of you. Your actions before your mission will greatly influence the priesthood power you bring with you into the mission. Prepare yourself well.
• "You are [a] choice [spirit] who [has] come forth in this day when the responsibilities and opportunities, as well as the temptations, are the greatest.

Steven E. Snow -Hope

• Hope can inspire dreams and spur us to realize those dreams. Hope alone, however, does not cause us to succeed. Many honorable hopes have gone unfulfilled, shipwrecked on the reefs of good intentions and laziness.
• Hope alone does not mean our children will grow in righteousness.
• We should never let hope be displaced by despair.

Larry M. Gibson -Sacred Keys of the Aaronic Priesthood

• Priesthood means reaching out to serve others.
• "The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to bless the lives of others."
• "Heavenly Father has great trust and confidence in you and has an important mission for you to fulfill."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf -Your Potential, Your Privilege

• The words written in the scriptures and spoken in general conference are for us to 'liken them unto [ourselves]" not for reading or hearing only. Too often we attend meetings and nod our heads; we might even smile knowingly and agree. We jot down some action points, and we may say to ourselves, "That is something I will do." But somewhere between the hearing, the writing of a reminder on our smartphone, and the actual doing, our "do it" switch gets rotated to the "later" position. Brethren, let's make sure to set our "do it" switch always to the "now" position!
• Revelation and testimony do not always come with overwhelming force. For many, a testimony comes slowly--a piece at a time. Sometimes it comes so gradually that it is hard to recall the exact moment we actually knew the gospel was true.
• Brethren, our religion is a joyful one!
• Let us not pass through life immersed in the three Ws: wearied, worrying, and whining.

Henry B. Eyring -Learning in the Priesthood

• The priesthood holders who learn well together always seem to me to have great peacemakers among them.
• In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the soul of men. We must do more than learned that this is our duty. IT must go down into our hearts so deeply that neither the many demands on our efforts in the bloom of life nor the trials that come with age can turn us from that purpose.

Thomas S. Monson -Priesthood Power

• We have come to the earth in troubled times. The moral compass of the masses has gradually shifted to an "almost anything goes" position.
• I implore you not to say or to do anything of which you cannot be proud.
• If you choose wisely and if you are committed to the success of your marriage, there is nothing in this life which will bring you greater happiness.
• "Choose your love; love your choice."
• Your wife is your equal. In marriage neither partner is superior nor inferior to the other. You walk side by side as a son and a daughter of God. She is not to be demeaned or insulted but should be respected and loved.
• "Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person."

Until you next read these words;

I'll be watching the leaves.

Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi

Congrats Olympians!!!

Medal Tally:

75  -United States     26 Gold   23 Silver   26 Bronze

46  -China                 15 Gold   14 Silver   17 Bronze

41  -Great Britain     16 Gold   17 Silver     8 Bronze

35  -Russia                11 Gold  12 Silver   12 Bronze

27  -Japan                  7 Gold     4 Silver    16 Bronze

24  -France                7 Gold     9 Silver      8 Bronze

23  -Italy                   8 Gold      9 Silver      6 Bronze
22  -Australia            6 Gold     7 Silver      9 Bronze

20  -Germany           8 Gold     6 Silver      6 Bronze

14  -Korea                6 Gold     3 Silver      5 Bronze

13  -Canada              2 Gold     2 Silver      9 Bronze

12  -Hungary            5 Gold     3 Silver      4 Bronze
11  -Netherlands       6 Gold     2 Silver      3 Bronze

10  -Kazakhstan        2 Gold     3 Silver      4 Bronze
 9  -Brazil                 2 Gold      3 Silver      4 Bronze
 8  - New Zealand    2 Gold      6 Silver

 8  -Denmark            1 Gold     3 Silver       4 Bronze
 7  -North Korea       2 Gold     3 Silver       2 Bronze

 7  -South Africa      1 Gold      5 Silver      1 Bronze

 6  -Cuba                  2 Gold     1 Silver        3 Bronze
 6  -Uzbekistan         2 Gold                         4 Bronze

 6  -Sweden              1 Gold     4 Silver       1 Bronze

 6  -Czech Republic 1 Gold                         5 Bronze

 5  -Spain                 3 Gold                         2 Bronze
 5  -Kenya                2 Gold     3 Silver
 5  -Poland               2 Gold     1 Silver        2 Bronze 

 5  -Switzerland       2 Gold     1 Silver        2 Bronze

 5  -Belarus              1 Gold     2 Silver        2 Bronze
 5  -Ukraine                              4 Silver        1 Bronze

 4  -Colombia           2 Gold     2 Silver

 4  -Belgium             2 Gold     1 Silver       1 Bronze

 4  -Thailand            2 Gold     1 Silver        1 Bronze

 4  -Jamaica             2 Gold                          2 Bronze

 4  -Romania            1 Gold     1 Silver        2 Bronze

 4  -Ethiopia             1 Gold                          3 Bronze

 3  -Croatia               2 Gold     1 Silver
 3  -Greece               2 Gold                          1 Bronze

 3  -Iran                    2 Gold                          1 Bronze  

 3  -Slovenia            1 Gold    1 Silver          1 Bronze

 3  -Chinese Taipei  1 Gold                          2 Bronze
 3  -Azerbaijan                        2 Silver         1 Bronze

 3  -Lithuania                          1 Silver         2 Bronze

 3  -Norway                                                  3 Bronze

 2  -Argentina          1 Gold    1 Silver
 2  -Bahrain              1 Gold    1 Silver

 2  -Slovakia            1 Gold    1 Silver

 2  -Vietnam            1 Gold    1 Silver 

 2  -IOA                  1 Gold                           1 Bronze 

 2  -Indonesia                         2 Silver
 2  -Turkey                             2 Silver

 2  -Georgia                            1 Silver          1 Bronze

 2  -Mongolia                         1 Silver          1 Bronze

 2  -Egypt                                                      2 Bronze

 2  -Israel                                                       2 Bronze
 1  -Bahamas        1 Gold

 1  -Fiji                 1 Gold

 1  -Kosovo          1 Gold

 1  -Puerto Rico   1 Gold

 1  -Singapore      1 Gold
 1  -Algeria                          1 Silver

 1  -Grenada                         1 Silver

 1  -Ireland                           1 Silver

 1  -Malaysia                        1 Silver

 1  -Philippines                     1 Silver

 1  -Venezuela                      1 Silver

 1  -Estonia                                                 1 Bronze

 1  -Kyrgyzstan                                           1 Bronze
 1  -Morocco                                               1 Bronze

 1  -Portugal                                                1 Bronze

 1  -Tunisia                                                  1 Bronze

 1  -United Arab Emirates                           1 Bronze