Today I got the opportunity to go to Pres. Hinckley's viewing. IT WAS AMAZING! Me and my roommate fought the snow and got on the PACKED trax and got the the LDS Conference Center at about 9:30. It was amazing to be that close to the prophet and to see how many people came to respect him and to see him. The spirit in the Conference Center was amazing. When you got the doors, you could just feel the spirit overwhelm you. The closer you got, the stronger the spirit got. Pres Hinckley looked so peaceful! The flower arrangements were so gorgeous! I loved the flower arrangement from his great-grandchildren that said "grandpa, we will always.. BE" then it mentioned the "BE's attitudes" that Pres Hinckley is famous for and then it had listed all of his great-children. Another flower arrangement that really pretty was one from his grandchildren. Every family was in a different color of rose. The Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii had this GORGEOUS laie that was out for display. It was just amazing! I am so grateful I got the opportunity to go!
I am now browsing through talks that Pres Hinckley has made over the years, and I will just post some things that stuck out:
"I wish today to speak of forgiveness. I think it may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the great principle emphasized in all of scripture, both ancient and modern."- Oct Conference 2005
"We’ve walked together side by side through all of these years, coequals and companions through storm and sunshine" Talking about Sister Hinckley right before she passed away in the April Conference 2004
"May we go forward with determination to try a little harder to be a little better." April Conference 1995
He was such a great man!
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