 
HAMILTON. 
>> GOOD MORNING BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS. 
WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU 
TO FAMILY DISCOVERY DAY. 
AS WE CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 
ROOTSTECH. 
MY NAME IS ELDER  HAMILTON.  
AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR FOR THE FAMILY HISTORY 
DEPARTMENT. 
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF 
YOU WHO HAVE COME OVER THE LAST 
10 YEARS. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE GUESTS 
WHO HAVE COME AND SPOKEN TO US. 
AND HAVE SHARED THE MESSAGE IN 
THE GREAT SPIRIT OF ELIJAH OVER 
THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN OPENING 
PRAYER AND THEN A MUSICAL 
NUMBER BY "VOICEMAIL". 
I WILL GIVE SOME BRIEF REMARKS. 
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A CLOSING 
PRAYER. 
>> OUR DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE 
ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED 
HERE , TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF
ELDER AND SISTER STEVENSON. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS 
CHANCE TO CELEBRATE  TEMPLE AND 
FAMILY HISTORY AND FURTHER THE 
WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEIL. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOSPEL 
AND OUR LEADERS. 
WE ASK THAT OUR SPIRIT WILL BE 
HERE , AND OUR HEARTS AND MINDS 
WILL BE TOUCHED TO KNOW THE 
THINGS WE CAN DO TO CARRY ON 
FROM THE MESSAGES WE HEAR. 
WE ASK THAT ALL OF THOSE WHO 
ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US 
TODAY CAN FEEL THE SPIRIT 
THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE 
ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS 
MESSAGE SHARED WITH.  
WE PRAY FOR THESE THINGS IN THE 
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST , AMEN. 
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JESUS, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE 
WITH SWEETNESS FILLS MY BREAST; 
BUT SWEETER FAR THY FACE TO SEE 
AND IN THY PRESENCE REST. 
NOR VOICE CAN SING, NOR HEART 
CAN FRAME, NOR CAN THE MEM'RY 
FIND A SWEETER SOUND THAN THY 
BLEST NAME, O SAVIOR OF 
MANKIND! 
O HOPE OF EV'RY CONTRITE HEART, 
O JOY OF ALL THE MEEK, TO THOSE 
WHO FALL, HOW KIND THOU ART! 
HOW GOOD TO THOSE WHO SEEK! 
JESUS, OUR ONLY JOY BE THOU, AS 
THOU OUR PRIZE WILT BE; JESUS, 
BE THOU OUR GLORY NOW, AND THRU 
ETERNITY.  
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ VUSE EDUCATION 
SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS ♪
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO 
ROOTSTECH 2020. 
WE ARE  GRATEFUL TO WELCOME 
ELDER AND SISTER STEVENSON. 
I'M GOING TO LET THEM INTRODUCE 
THEMSELVES . WE HAVE MANY IN 
THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT ARE 
HERE ATTENDING AND 
PARTICIPATING BY LIFESTREAM 
OVER THE INTERNET THAT ARE NOT 
MEMBERS OF OUR FAITH. 
TO YOU WE SAY WELCOME. 
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ARE AND NOT 
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS 
CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE 
TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE 
SAY THAT ELDER STEVENSON IS AN 
APOSTLE  OF THE LORD JESUS 
CHRIST. 
THE FULL NAME OF THE CHURCH IS 
THE CHEECH OF JESUS CHRIST OF 
LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 
WE ARE A CHURCH THAT IS 
CENTERED ON JESUS CHRIST. 
WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST 
ESTABLISHED A CHURCH DURING HIS 
TIME THAT WAS BUILT ON A 
FOUNDATION OF APOSTLES AND 
PROPHETS OF JESUS CHRIST BEING 
THE CORNERSTONE. 
THIS SAME CHURCH WAS RESTORED 
IN 1830 BY THE FIRST APOSTLE OF 
THIS LATTER-DAY TIME, JOSEPH 
SMITH. 
FOR 200 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN AN 
UNBROKEN SUCCESSION OF 
APOSTLES. 
BOTH ANCIENT AND IN THE QUORUM 
OF THE 12 APOSTLES IN THE 
CHURCH TODAY. 
AN APOSTLE IS A SPECIAL WITNESS 
OF JESUS CHRIST , TESTIFYING OF 
HIS DIVINITY AND RESURRECTION 
FROM THE DEAD. 
TODAY THE SENIOR APOSTLE ON THE 
EARTH IS A RUSSELL M.  NELSON. 
USERS AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
CHURCH. 
HE IS ASSISTED BY TWO OTHER 
APOSTLES THAT SERVED WITH HIM 
IN THE FIRST PRESIDENCY. 
THERE ARE 12 OTHER APOSTLES WHO 
MAKE UP THE , THE 12 APOSTLES 
ELDER STEVENSON HAS SERVED AS 
AN APOSTLE SINCE 2015. 
AN FAITHFUL  MEMBERS OF THE 
CHURCH CONSIDER THE 15 APOSTLES 
TO BE PROPHETS AND THE SEARS 
AND JUST AS IN THE TIME OF 
CHRIST AND IN OLD TESTAMENT 
TIMES. 
ELDER AND SISTER STEVENSON HAVE 
SERVED AND  ADMINISTERED ALL 
OVER THE EARTH. 
PRIOR TO HIS CALL TO THE 12 
APOSTLES HE SERVED AS A GENERAL 
AUTHORITY AND IS THE PRESIDING 
BISHOP OF THE CHURCH. 
THEIR INFLUENCE HAS BEEN FELT 
BY MANY. 
THEY ARE BELOVED BY MEMBERS OF 
THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE 
WORLD. 
IT IS WITH GREAT RESPECT AND 
GREAT JOY THAT WE WELCOME TO 
THE STAGE TODAY , ELDER AND 
SISTER STEVENSON.  
>> THANK YOU. 
LOOK AT THIS. 
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO 
ROOTSTECH.  
IT IS LEAP YEAR. 
SO THIS IS A SATURDAY THAT WE 
WILL NOT A DUPLICATE FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED 
HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 
IT'S VERY INVIGORATING TO FEEL 
THE EXCITEMENT OF THE 
GATHERING. 
I PERSONALLY THINK WE CAN 
CHARACTERIZE THE FEELING AS THE 
SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. 
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE WITH YOU 
AT THIS TENURE CELEBRATION OF 
THE LARGEST FAMILY HISTORY 
CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD. 
ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 
>> IT REALLY IS. 
WHETHER YOU ARE HERE THIS 
MORNING TO HEAR FROM US OR TO 
SAVE YOUR SEAT FOR EMMITT 
SMITH. 
THAT IS OKAY. 
BECAUSE ELDER STEVENSON IS A 
HUGE DALLAS COWBOYS  FAN. 
AND SINCE THIS IS A CONFERENCE 
IS CELEBRATING FAMILY I WOULD 
LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR 
FAMILY. 
LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING. 
>> I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD 
WHEN THEY SAID A FAMILY HISTORY 
CONFERENCE. 
WE HAVE GATHERED FAMILY PHOTOS 
BEGINNING FROM THE FIRST 
BIRTHDAY THEY COULD TAKE A 
COUPLE OF HOURS. 
>> WE SHOULD PROBABLY FAST-
FORWARD 20 YEARS. 
LET'S BEGIN THERE. 
GARY AND I MET AT UTAH STATE 
UNIVERSITY IN LOGAN UTAH. 
WE WERE MARRIED IN THE IDAHO 
FALLS TEMPLE WHEN BACHE-BASED 
TUXEDOS AND PUFFY HERE WHERE 
THE RAGE.  
AFTER OUR MARRIAGE WE BUILT OUR 
LIFE IN CACHE VALLEY. 
OUR FOUR BOYS KEPT US QUITE 
BUSY. 
>> OUR DAYS WERE FILLED WITH 
BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, 
AND TRACK 
>> ON ONE SATURDAY WE WENT TO 
10 BALL GAMES FOR ALL OF OUR 
BOYS THAT DAY. 
I HAVE NOTICED IS TIME PASSES 
THAT MEMORIES ARE EVEN SWEETER. 
>> AND WHAT ABOUT CARPOOLING. 
SO MANY CARPOOLS. 
MILLIONS OF CARPOOLS. 
>> WINTER IS AWESOME FOR US. 
WE LOVE TO SKI AND SNOWBOARD. 
THAT'S A FAMILY TRADITION THAT 
CARRIES ON WITH THEIR 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
I THINK THAT THEY WOULD PREFER 
TO BE ON THE SLOPES THEN TO BE 
HERE WITH US.  
>> OUR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH SO 
MUCH ACTIVITY. 
THAT BRINGS WITH IT OTHER 
ACTIVITY LIKE VISITS TO THE 
EMERGENCY ROOM, BROKEN BONES, 
CRUTCHES, AND PHYSICAL 
THERAPY.. 
ANYBODY RELATE TO THIS? 
>> THEY SAY GIVE A MAN A FISH 
AND YOU FEED HIM FOR ONE DAY. 
TEACH A MAN TO FISH AND YOU 
RUIN HIS WIFE'S BIRTHDAY, 
ANNIVERSARY, AND HOLIDAYS FOR 
THE REST OF HER LIFE. 
>> THAT IS A TRUE. 
I AM A PERSONAL WITNESS TO 
THAT. 
MOVING HER FAMILY TO JAPAN FOR 
MISSION FOR THREE YEARS WAS A 
CHALLENGING. 
ALSO LIFE-CHANGING AND 
WONDERFUL AT THE SAME TIME. 
OUR TWO YOUNGER SONS CAME WITH 
US. 
WHILE THE TWO OLDEST SONS 
CONTINUED WITH THEIR SCHOOLING 
AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY. 
WE ENDED UP SERVING FOR SEVEN 
YEARS WHERE WE SERVED IN THE 
PRESIDENCY FOR FOUR YEARS. 
THIS IS OUR FAMILY NOW. 
WE HAVE ADDED THREE DAUGHTER-IN-
LAW'S , AND EIGHT 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
>> WE ARE A FAMILY LIKE MANY OF 
YOURS. 
WE ARE FILLED WITH HOPE, 
STRIVING TO DO OUR BEST AND 
EXPERIENCING THE FULL RANGE OF 
LIFE'S CHALLENGES AND JOYS. 
>> IT IS A TENDER FOR ME TO SEE 
OUR SON START THEIR OWN 
FAMILIES. 
THE HOPE WE HAVE FOR OUR 
CHILDREN MORE THAN ANYTHING IS 
TO FIND JOY IN THE GOSPEL. 
THIS IS THE SAME HOPE WE NOW 
HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. 
>> FAMILIES COME IN A 
MULTIPLICITY OF SIZES, SHAPES, 
AND CONFIGURATIONS. 
WHATEVER YOUR FAMILY LOOKS LIKE 
IT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED WHAT 
WE HAVE OBSERVED TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN IS THAT THE HOME IS THE 
MOST POWERFUL DEFENSE OF A 
REFUGE FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
IN A RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENT 
NELSON COUNSELED. 
>> THE ADVERSARY IS INCREASING 
HIS ATTACKS ON FAITH, OUR 
FAMILIES AT AN EXPONENTIAL 
RATE. 
TO SURVIVE SPIRITUALLY WE NEED 
STRATEGIES AND PROACTIVE PLANS. 
>> IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO 
SEE A PRONOUNCED EMPHASIS ON 
HOME AND FAMILY TO ADJUST OUR 
THINKING TO BE MORE HOME 
CENTERED AND CHURCH SUPPORTED. 
HAVING SAID THAT PLEASE KNOW 
THAT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE 
WITH YOUNG FAMILIES AND PARENTS 
RAISING THEIR CHILDREN'S IN 
THEIR HOME. 
BEARING THE WEIGHT OF A MORE 
HOME CENTER CHURCH. 
MAYBE IT IS LEFT IS FEELING A 
LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED, LOST, 
UNCERTAIN, OR ALONE IN OUR 
EFFORTS TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN 
AND THE HOME OF STRENGTH AND 
FAITH. 
DO YOU EVER HAVE THESE 
FEELINGS? 
IF YOU DO YOU ARE NORMAL. 
AND THAT IS OKAY. 
WE HOPE YOU DO NOT FEEL GUILTY 
ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE THAT 
MEANS YOU CARE. 
AND IF YOU CARE THAT MEANS YOU 
ARE TRYING. 
AND IF YOU'RE TRYING YOU CAN 
AND YOU WILL SUCCEED. 
WHEN PRESENT NELSON SPOKE ABOUT 
THE HOME CENTERED SHIFT. 
HE SAID THAT THIS CHANGE HAS 
THE POTENTIAL TO UNLEASH THE 
POWER OF THE FAMILIES. 
AND I LOVE THAT. 
UNLEASH THE POWER OF FAMILY. 
WHAT COULD BE MORE POWERFUL? 
I HOPE THAT WE COME TO MORE 
FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT 
MEANS FOR OUR HOME AND FAMILY. 
>> ESTABLISHING HOMES THAT ARE 
DEFENSE AND A REFUGE CAUSES ME 
TO THINK OF CAPTAIN MORON I. 
LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE SCRIPTURE 
ACCOUNT THAT DEPICTS THE 
PREPARATION OF THE NEOPHYTE 
CITIES. 
>> AND NOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT 
MORON I CAUSED THAT THERE 
SHOULD BE TIMBERS, WORKS OF 
TIMBERS BUILT TO THE HEIGHT OF 
A MAN AROUND ABOUT THE CITIES. 
AND HE CAUSED THAT THERE SHOULD 
BE A FRAME OF PICKETS BUILT. 
AND THEY WERE STRONG AND HIGH. 
AND HE CAUSED TOWERS TO BE 
ERECTED THAT OVERLOOKED THOSE 
PICKETS AND HE CAUSED PLACES OF 
SECURITY TO BE BUILT ON THOSE 
TOWERS 
>> THOSE FORTIFICATIONS ARE SO 
PROTECTIVE. 
HE MADE SOMETHING WEAK BECOME 
STRONG. SO THAT THEIR ENEMIES 
WERE ASTONISHED AT THE 
PREPARATION. 
THESE WERE THE COUNTER 
STRATEGIES AND PROACTIVE PLANS 
THAT WE ARE TALKING TO YOU 
ABOUT TODAY. 
AS THE NEOPHYTE THE CITIES OF 
OLD WE CAN FORTIFY OUR HOMES 
AND ESTABLISH THEM TO BE A 
DEFENSE AND REFUGE AND WE CAN 
BE PREPARED. 
>> WHAT ARE YOUR HEAPS OF WORK? 
EACH CITY WAS FORTIFIED 
DIFFERENTLY IN WAYS THAT MADE 
SENSE TO THEM. 
AS WE SHARE IDEAS AND TOOLS AND 
RELY ON THE SPIRIT TO KNOW WHAT 
BEST WORKS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL 
NEEDS IN YOUR HOME AND REMEMBER 
THAT THERE WERE TIME WINDS 
CAPTAIN MORONI HAD TO TRY AGAIN 
. THERE IS A POWERFUL LESSON IN 
THAT MESSAGE. 
WHEN WE NEED READJUSTING WE CAN 
TRY AGAIN, REBUILD, AND RE-
FORTIFY. 
>> THERE ARE MANY FOUNDATIONAL 
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE 
OUR HOMES A REFUGE. 
INCLUDING PRAYER, SCRIPTURE 
STUDY, THE SPIRIT WILL HELP YOU 
KNOW ALL THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD 
DO. 
THIS MORNING AS MUCH AS WE ARE 
AT ROOTSTECH ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. 
IT ONLY SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT 
WE OFFER IDEAS FOR YOU AND YOUR 
FAMILY THAT  CENTER AROUND THE 
SPIRIT OF ELIJAH AND HOW IT MAY 
HELP YOU. 
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SPIRIT OF 
ELIJAH. 
PRESENT NELSON SAYS IT IS A 
MANIFESTATION OF THE HOLY GHOST 
BEARING WITNESS OF THE DIVINE 
NATURE OF THE FAMILY. 
THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH IS THE 
RECORDS, PEDIGREE CHARTS, AND 
PHOTOS OF LOVED ONES WHO HAVE 
GONE BEYOND THE VEIL. 
IT IS MUCH MORE. 
IT IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY, OUR 
ETERNAL FAMILY. 
WE HOPE TO SHARE PRACTICAL 
IDEAS RELATED TO THE SPIRIT OF 
ELIJAH THEY CAN ENHANCE EACH OF 
OUR EFFORTS TO INVITE THE 
SPIRIT AND FORTIFY OUR HOMES. 
>> I HAVE A CONFESSION. 
I HAVE NOT BEEN MUCH OF A 
GENEALOGIST OR FAMILY HISTORY 
GIRL. 
AND I SAY THAT AT A FAMILY 
HISTORY CONFERENCE. 
I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO 
FAMILY HISTORY THE TRADITIONAL 
WAY. 
I DO LOVE STORIES. 
ESPECIALLY FAMILY STORIES. 
THE STORIES I HAVE HEARD FROM 
MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND 
OTHER RELATIVES. 
AND NOW I HAVE FOUND IN THE 
MEMORY FEATURES EVEN MORE 
STORIES. I THINK IT'S FABULOUS. 
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MY 
FAMILY FROM THE STORIES. 
STORIES THAT I HAVE BEEN SO 
EXCITED TO SHARE WITH MY 
PARENTS, MY SIBLINGS, AND MY 
CHILDREN. 
TELLING THE STORIES KEEPS THEM 
ALIVE AND IS AN EASY WAY FOR 
OUR FAMILY TO FEEL THE SPIRIT 
OF ELIJAH. 
WE EXPERIENCES RECENTLY WHEN WE 
SHARED A STORY OF AN ANCESTOR 
WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. 
EVERY JUNE RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL 
IS OUT , MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND I 
HOST A MUCH-ANTICIPATED EVENT 
WITH OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS CALLED 
GRANDMA CAMP. 
THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME WHEN THE 
COUSINS COME TOGETHER TO HAVE 
FUN AND STRENGTHEN THEIR FAMILY 
BONDS. 
THEY LEARN SKILLS SUCH AS THE 
DANCING, COOKING, JOURNALING, 
AND THEY GET TO HAVE A 
SLEEPOVER WITH GRANDMA. 
WE CHOOSE A THEME THAT WILL BE 
FUN AND TEACH THEM VALUES. 
SOMETHING THAT WILL ENRICH 
THEIR LIVES WHILE BUILDING SELF-
ESTEEM, FAITH, AND LOVE. 
WE HIGHLIGHTED THE STORY OF A 
RELATIVE WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG 
PIONEER GIRL. 
HER NAME IS MARY ELIZABETH 
ROLLINS. 
A GREAT AUNT OF ELDER 
STEVENSON. 
I COULD TELL YOU THE STORY 
MYSELF, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 
HAVE  OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS SHARE 
THAT INSTEAD. 
>> WHEN SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD 
HER DAD WENT ON A BOAT AND THEN 
HE DIED. 
THEY MOVED CLOSER TO THEIR 
FAMILY. 
THEY LIVED WITH THEIR AUNT AND 
UNCLE. 
AND THE MISSIONARIES WERE 
HANDING OUT BOOK OF MORMONS. 
AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO 
BORROW THE SCRIPTURES TILL THE 
NEXT MORNING. 
SHE READ THROUGH THE NIGHT. 
AND SHE CAME BACK THE NEXT 
MORNING AND SAID HERE ARE YOUR 
SCRIPTURES. 
AND HE SAID I BET YOU DIDN'T 
READ A BIT OF IT. 
AND SHE'S TOLD HIM THE STORY OF 
FIRST NEPHI.  
>> AND THEN JOSEPH SMITH CAME 
TO THE HOUSE IS A GOOD JOB 
READING THE BOOK OF MORMON. 
AND HE SAID SHE COULD KEEP THE 
BOOK AND HE GET ANOTHER ONE. 
>> BROTHERS AND SISTERS PLEASE 
HELP ME WELCOME THREE OF OUR 
GRANDDAUGHTERS TO THE STAGE. 
SOPHIE, LAYLA, ANTALYA. 
>> YOU GIRLS DID AN AMAZING JOB 
WITH YOUR STORY AND WE LOVED 
IT. 
NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN A 
LITTLE BIT MORE. 
CAN WE ASK YOU A COUPLE OF 
QUESTIONS? 
LAYLA , HOW DOES THAT STORY 
MAKE YOU FEEL? 
>> IT MADE ME FEEL THAT SHE HAD 
A BIG HEART AND I CAN HAVE ONE 
TOO. 
>> YOU REALLY DO HAVE A BIG 
HEART. 
TELL YOU WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE 
PART OF THE STORY? 
BUT THAT SHE WAS IN NEW YORK 
AND JOSEPH SMITH GAVE HER A 
BOOK OF MORMON THAT SHE READ 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 
>> WHAT ABOUT YOU SOPHIE , HOW 
DOES THIS CHANGE THE WAY YOU 
FEEL ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON. 
>> THE STORY REMINDS ME THAT 
THE BOOK OF MORMON ISN'T JUST 
FOR ADULTS IT'S FOR KIDS TOO. 
MARY WAS ONLY A CHILD AND SHE 
READ IT. 
I CAN READ IT TO. 
>> DO YOU THINK YOU COULD'VE 
READ THE BOOK OF MORMON THROUGH 
THE NIGHT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY 
AND ONLY A CANDLE? 
BUT YES BECAUSE I LOVE TO READ 
BOOKS. 
>> I MIGHT BE ABLE TO IF I 
TRIED MY HARDEST. 
>> I COULD IF I TRIED MY 
HARDEST. 
>> I AM SURE ALL OF YOU COULD. 
DOING HARD THINGS IS PART OF 
YOU. 
AND MARY ELIZABETH ROLLINS SAID 
THAT EXAMPLE THAT YOU CAN DO 
HARD THINGS TOO. 
>> I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU. 
WHAT I LEARNED SINCE WE BEGAN 
OUR PREPARATIONS FOR THIS 
EVENT. 
THE CHURCH HAS IN ITS 
POSSESSION A BOOK OF MORMON 
THAT WAS GIVEN BY JOSEPH SMITH 
TO MARY ELIZABETH ROLLINS IN 
NAUVOO. 
AND THEY LET US USE THAT THIS 
MORNING. 
THEY BROUGHT IT SO WE COULD 
SHOW IT TO YOU. 
THIS IS A SPECIAL BOOK OF 
MORMON THAT WAS GIVEN TO HER. 
IN THE BACK IS A LOCK OF HAIR 
OF JOSEPH SMITH. 
I'M GOING LET YOU HOLD THIS. 
THIS IS THE BOOK THAT MARY 
ELIZABETH ROLLINS HELD HERSELF. 
>> WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP 
THE STORY IN YOUR MIND AND HEART
FOREVER. 
MY SISTER-IN-LAW AND I DID NOT 
KNOW HOW MUCH THE STORY WOULD 
INFLUENCE OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, 
FORTIFY THEIR FAITH AND HELP 
THEM UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE 
AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. 
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE UNLEASHING 
THE POWER OF FAMILIES. 
>> NOW THE STORY CONTINUES. 
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AS LISA 
AND I WERE THINKING ABOUT THIS 
STORY PREPARING FOR ROOTSTECH  
CONFERENCE. 
WE WERE IN A STAKE CONFERENCE IN
MORONI, UTAH. 
AND WE MET THE GREAT GRANDSON 
OF ISAAC MORLEY. 
WHO ALLOWED  MARY ELIZABETH TO 
READ THAT COPY OF THE BOOK OF 
MORMON. 
I IMMEDIATELY FELT A CONNECTION 
AND GRATITUDE FOR HIM. 
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF US THAT 
DAY IN MORONI. 
WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THIS  
FAMILY STORY WITH HIM. 
AND SURPRISINGLY HAD NOT HEARD 
THAT STORY BEFORE. 
THIS BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY. 
>> THE PATH THE CROSSED 190 
YEARS AGO HAVE CROSSED AGAIN. 
THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. 
THERE WAS NO COINCIDENCE THAT 
THE DESCENDENTS OF MARY 
ELIZABETH AND ISAAC MORLEY WERE 
BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER THAT DAY. 
AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO ALL OF 
OUR EYES. 
AND BROTHER MORLEY IS HERE IN 
THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR FAMILY. 
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? 
THERE THEY ARE. 
BROTHER AND SISTER MORLEY FROM 
MORONI , UTAH. 
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK TOO FAR 
IN THE PAST FOR STORIES THAT 
CAN INSPIRE OUR CHILDREN. 
SO TO THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN 
HERE TODAY. 
DO YOU KNOW THE STORIES OF YOUR 
FAMILY. 
DO YOU KNOW HOW YOUR PARENTS 
MET? 
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS 
THEIR STORY, BUT IT IS YOUR 
STORY TOO. 
TO PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS 
HAVE YOU SHARED THESE STORIES 
WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
IT IS REALLY EASY. 
WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTERS HERE. 
I WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT IS DONE. 
>> I'M GOING TO RECORD THIS ON 
THE FAMILY SEARCH MEMORIES UP. 
YOU CAN START. 
>> I TOLD YOU THAT WE MET AT 
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY. 
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT 
MORE. 
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS 
FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS BREAK. 
I'VE BEEN HOME FROM MY MISSION 
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
AND I WAS ENROLLED IN AN 
INSTITUTE CLASS. 
THAT WAS OLD TESTAMENT. 
YOU GOT THAT. 
ON THE FIRST DAY YOU ARE 
STUDYING OUT OF THE FIRST BOOK 
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 
WHAT DO YOU LEARN IN THAT FIRST 
BOOK OF GENESIS ABOUT THE 
CREATION? 
THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED. 
THE INSTITUTE TEACHER STOOD AT 
THE FRONT OF THE CLASS AND SAID 
I THINK I WANT TO DO A ROLE-
PLAY TO DEMONSTRATE THE 
CREATION. 
HE POINTED TO THE CUTE GIRL ON 
THE FRONT ROW AND SAID LISA WHY 
DON'T YOU STAND UP AND PLAY 
EVE. 
THIS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 
I AM SITTING ON THE BACK ROW. 
AND HE SAID WE NOW NEED. 
MY HEAD WENT UP. 
I HAD NOT SEEN THIS GIRL BEFORE 
BUT SHE WAS CUTE. 
AND HE SAID GARY WOULD YOU 
PLEASE COME UP. 
YOU CAN PLAY SATAN. 
>> I WALKED UP TO THE FRONT OF 
THE CLASS DISAPPOINTED BUT 
HAPPY TO MEET THIS CUTE BLONDE 
GIRL. 
I PROCEEDED TO DO WHAT YOU DO, 
TO TEMPT EVE, AND SHE DIDN'T 
EVEN TAKE MY TEMPTATION. 
I PRESENTED THE FRUIT AND SHE 
SAID I'M NOT EATING THAT. 
THE INSTITUTE TEACHER SCRATCHED 
HIS HEAD AND I DID TOO. 
AND THAT'S HOW THE ROLE-PLAY 
ENDED. 
AND THEN I THOUGHT I MUST TEMPT 
EVE SOME MORE. 
SO I CALLED LISA. 
>> HE DID, HE TEMPTED ME. 
>> SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE 
TEMPTATION VERY WELL. 
OVER TIME WE BEGAN DATING. 
ONE YEAR LATER WE WERE ENGAGED. 
YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THAT. 
THE DAY WE WERE ENGAGED. 
AND FOUR MONTHS LATER WE WERE 
MARRIED IN THE IDAHO FALLS 
TEMPLE. 
EVERYBODY SHOULD ATTEND 
INSTITUTE SHOULDN'T THEY? 
>> I JUST UPLOADED THAT TO OUR 
FAMILYSEARCH APPS. 
WE LOVED HAVING OUR 
GRANDDAUGHTERS HERE WITH US 
TODAY . THANK YOU FOR SHARING 
THE STORIES THAT ARE SO SPECIAL 
TO US. 
>> IN ADDITION TO INVITING THE 
SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. 
THESE FAMILY STORIES CAN BLESS 
AND STRENGTHEN OUR CHILDREN IN 
SO MANY WAYS. 
A STUDY CONCLUDED THAT CHILDREN 
WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR 
FAMILY STORIES HAVE HIGHER 
LEVELS OF SELF-ESTEEM, BETTER 
FAMILY NCTION , LOW LEVELS OF 
ANXIETY AND FEWER BEHAVIORAL 
PROBLEMS AND BETTER RESILIENCY. 
>> IF YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THE 
BOOK OF MORMON AS A COLLECTION 
OF FAMILY STORIES. 
IT'S A FAMILY HISTORY.  
AND JUST AS THEY BORE TESTIMONY 
OF JESUS CHRIST WE SHOULD NOT 
FORGET TO SHARE OUR TESTIMONY 
OF JESUS CHRIST WITH OUR 
FAMILIES. 
ANOTHER THOUGHT STRUCK ME. 
HOW CERTAIN PEOPLE PASS DOWN 
THEIR FAMILY NAMES. 
MORMON NAMED HIS SON AFTER 
CAPTAIN MORONI. 
AND  HE WOMAN NAMED HIS SONS 
LEHIGH AND ME FIVE. 
DURING A TIME OF GREAT 
WICKEDNESS. 
HE REMEMBERED WHAT HE SAID 
ABOUT THEIR NAMES. 
THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IT GAVE 
THEM EVEN MORE STRENGTH TO STAY 
RIGHTEOUS LISTEN TO THE WORDS 
AS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF 
HIMMELMAN. 
>> AND THESE ARE THE WORDS HE 
SPEAKS. 
I HAVE GIVEN UNTO YOU THE NAMES 
OF OUR FIRST PARENTS. 
WHO CAME OUT OF THE LAND OF 
JERUSALEM. 
THIS I HAVE DONE. 
WHEN YOU REMEMBER YOUR NAMES 
YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM. 
AND WHEN YOU REMEMBER THEM YOU 
MAY REMEMBER THEIR WORKS. 
AND WHEN YOU REMEMBER THEIR 
WORKS YOU MAY KNOW HOW IT IS 
SAID AND WRITTEN THAT THEY WERE 
GOOD. 
THEREFORE MY SONS. 
I WOULD THAT YE WOULD DO THAT 
WHICH IS A GOOD THAT IT MAY BE 
SAID OF YOU AND WRITTEN EVEN AS 
IT HAS BEEN SAID AND WRITTEN OF 
THEM. 
>> PASSING DOWN A FAMILY NAME 
IS A DISTINCT WAY WE CAN HELP 
OUR CHILDREN FEEL A CONNECTION 
TO THEIR ETERNAL FAMILIES AND 
EXAMPLES FROM THE PAST. 
>> NAMES ARE SIGNIFICANT. 
IN MY FAMILY, EVAN WAS THE NAME 
OF MY FATHER, GREAT 
GRANDFATHER. 
NOW I HAVE A SON WHO SHARES 
THAT MIDDLE NAME. 
AND EVEN A GRANDSON. 
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THEM 
TOGETHER. 
MY FATHER WITH HIS GREAT 
GRANDSON. 
WHICH LEADS ME TO ANOTHER STORY 
ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH. 
AND THE INFLUENCE OF A FAMILY 
NAME. 
THIS BEGINS ON THE SECOND DAY 
OF OUR MISSION IN JAPAN. 
WE WERE ENROLLING OUR BOYS IN 
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. 
WHERE THEY MET A FAMILY WITH 
THEIR TWO SONS. 
OUR YOUNGEST SON AND THERE'S 
BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS IN FOURTH 
GRADE. 
OVER A SERIES OF MIRACULOUS 
EVENTS JOHNNY AND HIS BROTHER 
WERE BAPTIZED BEFORE WE 
FINISHED OUR MISSION. 
THROUGH ANOTHER SERIES OF 
MIRACLES SEVERAL YEARS LATER, 
THEIR MOTHER WAS BAPTIZED. 
A YEAR LATER THEIR FAMILY WAS 
SEALED IN THE TAIWAN TEMPLE. 
AT THE TIME OF THEIR FAMILIES 
CEILING. 
THESE FRIENDS WERE SERVING AS 
MISSIONARIES IN THE SAME 
MISSION. 
WALL JOHNNY WAS A MISSIONARY IN 
A TAIWAN FOLLOWING THE SEALING 
. WITH THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH IN 
HIS HEART. 
HE YEARNED TO LEARN MORE OF HIS 
MIDDLE NAME. 
SO HE WROTE TO HIS GRANDFATHER 
AND ASKED ABOUT THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHARACTERS 
AND THE MIDDLE NAME ORIGIN. 
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS NOT A 
MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. 
HE WAS DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH 
THE POSITIVE AFFECT THAT THE 
CHURCH HAS HAD ON HIS 
GRANDSONS. 
AND HE SHARED THE SIGNIFICANCE 
OF THE CHARACTERS OF HIS MIDDLE 
NAME. 
IT MEANS KEEPER OF THE 
TREASURE. 
AND HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME. 
WATCHER OF HAWKS. 
HE SAID WITH SUCH A REFERENCE 
TOWARDS HIS ANCESTORS THAT IS 
COMMONLY HELD BY A SENIOR 
GENERATION IN JAPAN. 
YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW 
THRILLED HIS GRANDFATHER WAS 
THAT HIS GRANDSON WAS INQUIRING 
ABOUT FAMILY HISTORY AND FAMILY 
NAMES. 
HE WAS SO TOUCHED THAT HE 
INVITED JOHNNY'S PARENTS TO COME
HOME TO OPEN THE FAMILY 
TREASURE HOUSE. 
AND THAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY 
OF THE FAMILY GENEALOGIES GIRLS 
GOING BACK GOING BACK TO 1831 
80. 
THIS FASCINATING HISTORY IS 
FILLED WITH EMPERORS, WARLORDS, 
TEMPLES AND HAWKS. 
HIDDEN TO AVOID THEIR 
DESTRUCTION DURING WORLD WAR 
II. 
THE CHAIN REACTION , AND 
PERMISSION FOR JOHNNY TO SERVE 
A MISSION. 
THERE CEILING IN THE TEMPLE. 
IT BROUGHT THEM BACK TO LIFE 
AGAIN. 
THE CONVERSION, AND JOHNNY'S 
INTEREST IN FAMILY HISTORY WAS 
THE KEY TO OPENING THE BOX 
UNDER THE FLOORS OF THE 
TREASURE HOUSE HE REALLY WAS 
THE KEEPER OF THE TREASURE. 
THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE COULD BE 
READ BY FEW AND ALL OF JAPAN. 
SPECIALISTS IN THEIR WORD 
HAVING DONE THIS FOR YEARS AS 
FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANTS AND 
EXTRACTORS PUT THEIR SKILLS TO 
WORK IN TRANSLATING GENERATIONS 
OF FAMILY NAMES AND THE HISTORY 
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
HERE YOU SEE JOHNNY AND DANNY 
AS RETURNED MISSIONARIES WITH 
THEIR GRANDFATHER. 
JONNY'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY. 
WE ARE SAD TO SAY. 
THE FAMILY UNIT PROVIDES A 
STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING IN A 
WORLD THAT IS GROWING 
DISCONNECTED. 
REMEMBER THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH 
RELATES TO FAMILY PAST, 
PRESENT, AND FUTURE. 
STOP, SLOW DOWN, AND DON'T 
FORGET ABOUT LIVING IN THE 
PRESENT. 
CONNECT TO GET TO KNOW THE 
MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY AND 
EXTENDED FAMILY DURING MEALS, 
REUNIONS, FUNERALS, AND MORE. 
LISA WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THE 
STORY OF GRANDMA BUT THIS IS A 
PICTURE OF MY GRANDMA 
MARGUERITE. 
WITH FIVE GENERATIONS. 
WITH HER GREAT GRANDSONS. MY 
GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY AT THE 
AGE OF 98 YEARS OLD. 
AND HER FUNERAL BROUGHT 
TOGETHER MORE PEOPLE THAT HAD 
BEEN TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS. 
AS A FAMILY WE ARE TRYING TO 
FIND A WAY TO BRING US CLOSER 
TOGETHER. 
THE THOUGHT OF FILLING OUT FOUR 
GENERATIONS SEEMED LIKE A FUN 
AND NATURAL WAY TO CONNECT THE 
DAY TO THE PAST AND TO THE 
PRESENT THESE BOOKLETS WERE 
PASSED OUT TO EVERY MEMBER OF 
THE FAMILY WHEN WE WENT AROUND 
ASKING HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE FIT 
ON THEIR FAMILY TREE THE 
AMAZING THING WAS ESPECIALLY 
FOR THE CHILDREN THEY COULD SEE 
IN REAL LIFE 3 TO 4 GENERATIONS 
UNLEASHING THE POWER OF FAMILY. 
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO GATHER AND 
CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MY SWEET 
GRANDMA 
>> THIS IS ONE THING THAT YOU 
MAY BE ABLE TO DO. 
OR MAYBE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS 
SHARING STORIES FROM FAMILY 
JOURNALS OR PICTURES AND 
EXCERPTS FROM STORIES AND 
HISTORIES. 
YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF THESE IN 
PRINT , OR YOU MAY HAVE SOME 
STORIES THAT MAY BE FOUND IN 
YOUR FAMILY TREE IN THE MEMORY 
SECTION OF YOUR SPECIFIC 
ANCESTORS PROFILE FOUND ON THE 
FAMILY TREE APP. 
BUT CAN YOU SEE HOW THE SPIRIT 
OF ELIJAH IS A DOORWAY INVITING 
THE SPIRIT INTO OUR HOUSE. 
THE SIMPLE WAY OF CONNECTING TO 
OUR FAMILY HELPS IN AN EFFORT 
TO CREATE A SANCTUARY OF FAITH 
HELPING OUR CHILDREN NO WHO 
THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY BELONG. 
>> AS WE BUILD THIS DEFENSE AND 
REFUGE WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN 
LEARN. 
WHAT THE CHILDREN LEARN AT HOME 
WILL BE A PROTECTION FOR WHEN 
THEY LEAVE HOME AND GO INTO THE 
WORLD WE CAN TAKE COMFORT THAT 
THE FORTIFICATION THAT WE BUILD 
CONTRIBUTES TO THE INDIVIDUAL 
ARMOR THAT THEY BEAR. 
AS A STEP IN THE WORLD THEY CAN 
BE ON THE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE. 
THEIR FEET SHOD WITH THE 
PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL. 
WEARING A BREASTPLATE OF 
RIGHTEOUSNESS. 
AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. 
THEY ARE AS PRESIDENT NELSON 
HAS TAUGHT US THE LORD'S YOUTH 
BATTALION. 
AND SO THEY DON'T WALK AROUND 
HOLDING SWORDS. 
BUT THEY DO HOLD A POWERFUL 
TOOL. 
ONE WITH PROPER INSTRUCTION IN 
CARE CAN BE A SOURCE OF MUCH 
GOOD, GOSPEL LEARNING, 
UPLIFTING MESSAGES AND POSITIVE 
CONNECTIONS. 
NEVER BEFORE HAS A GENERATION 
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS CARRIED 
WITH HIM AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT 
PLAY. 
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 
WHAT A GREAT BLESSING THIS IS. 
WHAT A WONDERFUL USE OF 
TECHNOLOGY. 
WE THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HELP 
TEACH AND INVITE YOUR CHILDREN 
TO USE MORE OF THEIR DAILY 
SCREEN TIME FOR READING THE 
SCRIPTURES AND TO REMEMBER THAT 
THERE IS AN OPPOSITION IN ALL 
THINGS. 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR AND HELP 
THEM FEEL AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO 
YOU SO THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL 
BECOME A BLESSING AND NOT A 
BURDEN. 
WE LEARN IN THE BOOK OF MORMON 
WHEN NEPHI AND HIS BROTHERS 
RETURNED  WITH THE BRASS 
PLATES. 
LEHI FOUND THAT  IT CONTAINED 
NOT THE GOSPEL ALL ALONE BUT 
THE GENERALITY OF HIS FATHER'S. 
AND THERE WAS WISDOM THAT THEY 
SHOULD CARRY THEM THROUGH THE 
LAND OF PROMISE. 
SO IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD 
YOU ARE THAT FIRST GENERATION 
THAT CARRIES NOT JUST YOUR 
SCRIPTURES BUT YOUR PERSONAL 
FAMILY HISTORY YOUR FAMILY TREE 
IT CAN BE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES 
ON THIS SMALL DEVICE. 
THERE IS A GREAT WISDOM AND 
POWER IN THIS AS WELL. BUT WE 
RECENTLY ASKED YOU HOW THEY 
COULD USE THEIR PHONES FOR 
GOOD? 
WE WERE SURPRISED BY THE FLOOD 
OF RESPONSES AND THAT DIFFERENT 
WAYS THAT THEY USE THEIR PHONE 
TO FORTIFY THEIR FAITH AND THE 
FAITH OF OTHERS. 
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF 
THESE RESPONSES WITH YOU AND 
PERHAPS THERE IS AN IDEA OR TWO 
THAT YOU COULD TRY? 
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW THE 
GOSPEL APPS HAVE CHANGED MY 
LIFE? 
BUT WITH THESE INCREDIBLE 
DEVICES WE CAN ACCESS A LOT OF 
GOOD. 
BY PUTTING SOMETHING THAT 
REMINDS ME OF CHRIST ON MY LOCK 
SCREEN. 
I CAN REMEMBER CHRIST. 
I LISTEN TO UPLIFTING THOUGHTS 
AND HYMNS. 
I USE IT TO ADMINISTER TO OTHERS
I PUT ALL OF THE GIRLS IN MY 
YOUNG WOMEN'S CLASS ON MY LOCK 
SCREEN SO THAT I CAN THINK 
ABOUT THEM MORE. 
>> I TEXT AND TELL HIM WHY I 
LOVE THEM TRYING TO MAKE 
SOMEONE'S DAY BETTER. 
>> I START TO READ MY 
SCRIPTURES. 
AND SOMETIMES I GET A PROMPTING 
THAT I NEED TO SEND THEM 
SOMETHING. 
>> I LOVE TALKING TO MY 
GRANDPARENTS WHO LIVE IN A 
DIFFERENT COUNTRY 
>> WE HAVE THE SCRIPTURES IN 
OUR POCKET. 
WE STUDY COME FOLLOW ME AND I 
ENJOY WATCHING SCRIPTURE 
VIDEOS. 
BUT THE GOSPEL LIBRARY APP LETS 
ME HAVE THE SCRIPTURES WITH ME 
WHEREVER I GO. 
AND WHEN I HAVE THE SCRIPTURES 
WITH ME IT HELPS ME REMEMBER 
WHO I AM. 
>> I CAN GO AND READ ABOUT THE 
FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST 
VISION. 
>> I ALWAYS HAVE MY TEMPLE 
RECOMMEND IN THE BACK OF MY 
PHONE. 
IF I'M TEXTING MY FRIENDS ARE 
GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA I WILL 
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BE KIND AND 
CHOOSE THE RIGHT. 
>> I LIKE TO FIND NAMES ON THE 
FAMILY SEARCH APP AND TAKE 
THOSE NAMES TO THE TEMPLE. 
>> I BEEN READING MY ANCESTORS 
STORIES. 
AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE 
THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS ON ME 
SPIRITUALLY. 
>> IT HELPS ME PUT ON THE ARMOR 
OF GOD. 
>> I USE IT TO GROW MY 
TESTIMONY. 
>> THIS IS AN AMAZING WAY TO 
GATHER ISRAEL. 
AND IT HELPS ME TO KNOW THAT I 
HAVE A PURPOSE. 
>> FOR MY SCREEN SAVER I HAVE A 
PICTURE OF JESUS CHRIST. 
AND I CAN SEE THAT HE IS 
WATCHING OUT FOR ME AND I AM 
NEVER ALONE. 
>> HE IS HERE AND HE LISTENS TO 
OUR PRAYERS. 
HE LOVES US SO MUCH. 
HE LOVES ME AND HE IS AWARE OF 
WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH. 
>> I SAY THESE THINGS IN THE 
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN. 
>> WE LOVE HEARING THESE 
INSPIRED THOUGHTS. 
HOW TO USE USE TECHNOLOGY FOR 
GOOD. 
IT WARMS OUR HEARTS TO KNOW 
THAT THE YOUTH UNDERSTAND THE 
GREAT POTENTIAL FOR GOOD THAT 
IS LITERALLY AT THEIR 
FINGERTIPS. 
A FORTIFIED HOME CAN BE AN 
EXTENSION OF THE HOUSE OF THE 
LORD. 
STRIVE TO NURTURE A DESIRE TO 
ATTEND THE TEMPLE AS A FAMILY 
AND WITH THEIR FRIENDS. 
WE HAVE TALKED OF STORIES AND 
HOW THEY STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILY 
MEMBERS. 
LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT PRESIDENT 
NELSON REMINDED US WHEN HE 
SPOKE AT ROOTSTECH AND IN 2017. 
>> IF ARE COLLECTIONS OF 
STORIES AND  PHOTOS SHOULD EVER 
BECOME AN ENDPOINT IN 
THEMSELVES. 
IF WE KNOW WHO OUR ANCESTORS 
ARE AND WE KNOW HIM MARVELOUS 
THINGS. 
BUT WE LEAVE THEM STRANDED ON 
THE OTHER SIDE WITHOUT THEIR 
ORDINANCES. 
SUCH DIVERSION WILL NOT BE ANY 
HELP TO THE ANCESTORS WHO ARE 
CONFINED IN SPIRIT PRISON. 
>> AS I PREVIOUSLY SAID. 
UNDERSTANDING THE ETERNAL 
NATURE OF THE TEMPLE WILL DRAW 
YOU TO YOUR FAMILY AND 
UNDERSTANDING THE ETERNAL 
NATURE OF YOUR FAMILY WILL DRAW 
YOU TO THE TEMPLE. 
AN UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT WAS 
SITTING IN THE VISITOR CENTER 
OF THE ROME ITALY TEMPLE. 
TALKING ABOUT JESUS AND HIS 
HOLY HOUSE WITH OUR FOUR-YEAR-
OLD GRANDSON LIAM WHOSE MOTHER 
AND ENTIRE FAMILY IS OF ITALIAN 
DESCENT. 
AS WE SHARED THESE EXAMPLES AND 
IDEAS. 
DID ANY OF THEM STICK OUT TO YOU
? IT'S OKAY IF YOU DID NOT TAKE 
NOTES. 
ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT WE SHARED 
TODAY ARE SUMMARIZED RIGHT 
HERE. 
WE INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR 
PHONE AND TAKE A PICTURE OF 
THESE NOTES. 
TRY ONE OR SOME OF THESE IDEAS 
AND SEE HOW THEY CAN STRENGTHEN 
YOUR HOME. 
GET YOUR PHONES OUT. 
I KNOW AS YOU STRIVE TO DO YOUR 
BEST, YOU CAN UNLEASH THE POWER 
OF FAMILY. 
YOU CAN BUILD STRONG SANCTUARY 
OF FAITH TO BUILD A DEFENSE FOR 
YOUR FAMILY. 
YOUR FAMILY CAN BECOME A GREAT 
FORCE FOR GOOD IN TODAY'S 
WORLD. 
I TESTIFY OF THESE THINGS. 
ANGELS ARE AMONG US THAT HELP US
. AS WE GROW CLOSE TO THEM THEY 
WILL GROW CLOSER TO US. 
I THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF 
JESUS CHRIST. 
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY 
TESTIMONY AS WELL THAT YOU ARE 
NOT ALONE YOU ARE ENTITLED TO 
HELP FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
VEIL. 
THE PROPHET TAUGHT THAT THOSE 
THAT HAVE PASSED ARE AS DEEPLY 
INTERESTED IN OUR WELFARE 
TODAY. 
WITH FAR MORE INTEREST BEHIND 
THE VEIL THAN THEY WERE IN THE 
FLESH. 
THEY CS, AND THEY LOVE US MORE 
THAN EVER. 
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE 
NEVER, AND WILL NEVER BE ALONE. 
I WOULD ADD THAT THESE 
MINISTERING ANGELS KNOW WHO YOU 
ARE. 
THEY CARE FOR YOU, THEY LOVE 
YOU, AND THEY WILL BECOME A 
VITAL PART OF THE FORTIFICATION 
OF YOUR HOME. 
THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH MAKES THIS 
POSSIBLE. 
THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH TESTIFIES 
OF THE DIVINE NATURE OF THE 
FAMILY. 
I ADD MY TESTIMONY TO THAT AS 
WELL. 
AS WE DO THE WORK OF SALVATION 
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEIL 
THROUGH TEMPLE AND FAMILY 
HISTORY WORK. 
WE WILL BE BLESSED IN THAT 
PARTICIPATION. 
I WOULD ADD A PROMISE BROTHERS 
AND SISTERS TO YOU. 
AS YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS 
DIVINE WORK. 
THAT IT WILL COME BACK TO. 
THAT IT WILL FORTIFY YOUR HOME. 
AND IT WILL BECOME A DEFENSE 
AND A REFUGE. 
I BEAR MY TESTIMONY OF GOD THE 
FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST. 
AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT JESUS 
CHRIST IS OUR SAVIOR AND 
REDEEMER. 
THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. 
AND I OFFER THAT TESTIMONY AND 
WITNESS TO YOU IN THE NAME OF 
JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. 
>> OUR DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE 
ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE 
OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT OF 
ELIJAH IN TODAY'S MEETING. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 
KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE NATURES 
OF FAMILY. 
AND FOR THIS GREAT CONFERENCE 
AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE 
BY SO MANY HERE.  
AS WE WORK TO BUILD AND 
UNDERSTAND OUR FULL STORY. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 
BLESSING. 
TO HAVE EACH OTHER IN THIS 
WORK. 
WE ASKED THE TO BLESS AS WE 
LEAVE THIS CONFERENCE THAT WE 
WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SPIRIT 
OF ELIJAH. 
AS WE UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, 
AND WHO CAME BEFORE US. 
WE ASK TO BLESS ALL OF US. 
THAT WE WILL HAVE THE HELP OF 
OUR ANCESTORS. 
AND THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN THE 
NAME OF THY SON, JESUS CHRIST , 
AMEN. 
