My heart is full of so much LOVE and GRATITUDE tonight for our Savior - our only begotten Son.  I can't imagine where I would be without him, or where my family would be without him.  What would we do without our Savior's love - the love he freely gives to me.  My heart is filled with peace and it is such a blessing to share his love with others who come into my life.  I am so humbled from the last few days.  Every minute has been filled with his love, his guidance, his answers.  I am on a good path - a path of happiness and understanding.

We have been taught by Elder Falabella (from the Quorum of the Seventy) and his wife and from Pres and Sis Gardner.  We learned more about the Sacrament, hope, searching diligently the scriptures.  We have been taught about faith and to have confidence and faith in our Savior -- that he is a Divine Being.  We need to learn of and live the gospel attributes and live according to his will.  We need to put the atonement in our lives everyday and know that our Savior has his arms stretched out continually before us.  We were taught about the tree of life -- that by partaking of the fruit - which is the atonement - we can be happy, pure and we will desire the truth.  We were taught to be obedient in all things and all the time.  We learned about PEACE  - that if you have peace, you can ride out the storms.  It made me think of my father -- who died at 82 from cancer.  He was aware of what was happening, that he was leaving this earth life -- yet he was filled with so much peace.  (John 14:26-27)  That was my dad.

We talked about Alma and his brothers --- they saw thousands come into the church.  But they didn't do all the work -- for example -- Ammon taught and baptized Lamoni -- Lamoni was truly converted, so he began to teach and bring others unto Christ.  It takes us all to bring thousands into the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We were taught that Lamoni was a father -- the head of his household. Our missionaries were challenged to find the fathers - and the head of the households -- when we do that we will most likely teach and baptize complete families. Alma and his brothers did not do all the work. There are goals that need to be set and met in order to find and teach and bring others to Christ.

SINCERE PRAYER AND FASTING, SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES DILIGENTLY, LOVING THE PEOPLE AND BEING FAITHFUL IN KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS.

We were reminded that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH.

This is only a small part of what we learned during zone conference.  I haven't even begun to share it all -- our stake conference was absolutely one of the best stake conferences I have been too -- soooooo inspiring and so full of love and truth.

I am so grateful for our leaders and for the love and guidance they give to us through their examples and words.

I just want to share a few tidbits about Elder and Sister Falabella.  They are newlyweds and they sure do love each other.  Her husband died 6 1/2 years ago and his wife died 2 years ago. She is from Honduras and was converted at 20 and is the only member of her family.  At 28 she was married and her husband who was 31 was called to be a mission president in So. America.  She has had a life full of trials, but has remained true and diligent and has been blessed with this new marriage. I am inspired by their story.