Week 25- Conference at the Farm

Fall at the sites! Just one more week before transfers, so I'm trying to soak it all in,  
The colors aren't quite at their peak, but it's still so beautiful! 

Wow what a weekend huh? I've never been so excited for conference it's like Christmas! Unfortunately the sites are still open and a bunch of people (mostly members) think it's a great time to come (?) so we didn't get to watch all of it but we watched what we could and are catching up! We were scheduled at the Smith Farm for both days, and at first I was a bit salty about it since it's the busiest site, but I was quickly humbled as they mentioned Joseph and the First Vision many times during Conference, and I was literally watching it FROM THE PLACE IT HAPPENED. It was so neat, especially when our prophet started talking about how next conference was going to be so cool! I loved the themes that ran through it. Lots on making and keeping covenants, and being prepared against the attacks of the adversary. I especially loved Elder Johnson's talk about it in the last session--we got to meet him when Elder Christofferson came!

Catching a few conference talks in between tours.  
My conference carepackage from Mom was a hit--especially the m&ms.  

 The other exciting thing for the week is that I'm in yet ANOTHER  companionship! A 5th Sister had to go home, so one of my last companions went to take her spot in an area, and her companion came with me to form a trio! I was with her in a trio a couple weeks ago haha. So it's been crazy but good.

Our new trio with Suster Rustad (right) joining Sister Fernandez & me--
we all get along great & are having fun together.

I've also started doing a 30-day New Testament challenge, and it's so powerful. I think there's a reason we have 4 accounts of the event of the life of Christ. Just like Joseph had to hear Moroni's message 4 times, I think we need to get the same story many times to help us truly understand and learn what we need to from the Savior. I love how he's always warning not to be hypocritical, and actually LIVES what he teaches. He teaches about turning the other cheek when you're smitten, and then when he's literally tortured and beaten he doesn't mutter a word. I want to strive to be that dependable and a person others can look up to.

Hope you have a great week and enjoyed conference!

Love, Sister Potts

P.S. Sorry for the picture overload, but it's only Fall for a short time:)

FUN FACTS:

So part of the tour at the Grandin building is an overview of translation, so I'll do a bit of that!

1. Translation didn't start until Joseph and Emma moved to Harmony, PA. Much of the translating work was done in the room where Emma "was at work" So presumably the kitchen.

2. Joseph would keep the manuscript in an old Moroccan chest when they weren't translating.

3. When Oliver Cowdery moved to PA and they could really start translation.  They finished in a remarkable 65 working days. It takes around 5 years to translate it into another language now.

4. The manuscript was written on common foolscap paper, and Oliver would draw lines or rule it before writing.

5. The original manuscript has virtually no punctuation because they were going so quickly, it would be added later.