By: JOANNA EBANKS

I like what Elder M. Russell Ballard said: (Sat afternoon session)"You don't have to spend time as a Laman or Lemuel to know it's better to be a Nephi or a Sam."

He was talking about how we should learn from the scriptures and the lessons of the past (contained in them) in order to build a solid faith for ourselves now...he said these "lessons" all over the scriptures and from our leaders should take root in our hearts and that they HAD to be written in our hearts for us to take our spirituality to the next level and to avoid mistakes....I like that too - that we need to TAKE OUR SPIRITUALITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. It was interesting because in the opening prayer right before his talk it was said that we "should rededicate our lives"...those 2 things work hand in hand....great lessons for us:)!

Joanna