Sunday, April 22, 2007
We took the Platts with us and went up to Bogo to listen to the Southern Philippines Regional Conference broadcast from Salt Lake. Sister Beck, Elder Child, Elder Oaks, and President Hinckley all spoke – along with one other from the Young Men Presidency, whose name I don’t remember. I learned from each talk – both Sister Beck and Elder Oaks talked about scripture study and although I do much of it, I gained some ideas on how to make it more effective. I marvel at President Hinckley’s strength and clarity of mind – what a blessing he is to all of us.
We visited with some of our friends in Bogo, especially the Carabio Family who were one of the early families in the Church in Bogo. We have become especially close to two of the daughters Stephanie and Shefra. Stephanie is about 35 – single returned missionary – she is the District Relief Society President and is very competent and compassionate as well as very pretty….I can’t figure out why she isn’t married…. Shefra is about 28, also a returned missionary and single. She is in the third year of college seeking a degree in nursing. She is in a hospital in Cebu for two years of ‘practicals’ or hands-on experience combined with some classroom instruction. She is the Bogo Branch Primary President. Both Stephanie and Shefra came in the office a couple of weeks ago and visited with me and I gave them most of the training materials I had developed for Relief Society and Primary. I knew they would use them and they seemed happy to get them.
