GET THE WORD OUT...

Yesterday I got back from a 2-day Trek in the Santa Cruz mountains. What a great oppotunity it was for the youth of our stake to renact the handcart treks of the pioneers. The first day seemed like a walk in the park for some but the weather was sooo hot that I know they felt the challenge that some of their ancestors went through in crossing the plains. The costumes alone was a killer for me...those long sleeved dresses and pantaloons, my goodness I was dying.
Anyways, at one point we were reminded of the sacrifices that these pioneers made in crossing the plains...they did not know what their destination would be but they had the faith to keep going even tho it was such a huge challenge for them.
Our youth were put into handcart families and it was great to see how they helped each other to achieve their goal of making it to the end of the trek. They encouraged each other and worked together to get to the end. One young man with a disability amazed me with his enthusiasm, he was right up there with the rest of his family...and you could tell that they respected him just for being there.
Well, while I was out there I had lots of time to think about this conference that we have coming up in September and about the sacrifices that people have been making to put it on and make sure that it is a good one.
Has it been a challenge?... definately!!...
Will you benefit in attending it??...Not sure!!
Do we know the outcome?... No!!...
BUT we do have the FAITH that if we do the work the Lord will help us to fulfill our goals and make the conference a great one.
This is YOUR conference....how it turns out depends on you. We can put our ideas together and do things that may or may not be interesting to you, but its up to you to attend with the right attitude and bring your friends to the event. We can do the usuals in advertising with fliers and handouts etc, but the best way to get people to come out to this conference it is via personal invitation.
I'd like to personally invite each of you to come to this conference, to invite ALL your single friends to come and to personally invite anyone else that you know would benefit from the oppotunity to meet new people. Those that you visit teach, home teach, or even non-members of the church that you may be working with. We need to get the word out, to tell as many people as we can to come out and have fun with the rest of us.
I promise that the sacrifices that you make to do the right things will bring you all amazing blessings that the Lord is waiting to bless you with. Trust me... the Lord loves the singles and will bless us with the desires of our hearts.

Much Love to you ALL
Dorz


I have helped out in this committee since the start and I have seen lots of ups and downs in the process along the way...but I can say that those that have sacrificed over the years to help in putting this conference together have done a great job.
It is not easy to put these things together but its great to meet so many wonderful people