Orson Scott Card on MormonTimes.com: Lifetime of conference memories
We were told several times at the most recent general conference how important it is for us to go to the temple, do missionary work, get our houses in order.
None of the speakers reminded us of how important it is to listen to general conference. I suppose that's because all the people who would hear them were already in attendance.
General conference has been part of my life since my earliest memories. When we lived in the Bay Area of California, come April or October our parents would pile us in the car and, taking shifts, drive over the Donner Pass and across Nevada (which, contrary to the maps and satellite photos, is wider than Siberia) till we got to Salt Lake City.
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