Conference

This weekend was one of those weekends that I was especially grateful for media and modern technology. We are so blessed to be able to hear from our prophet and the other leaders of the church no matter where in the world we live. I served my mission in Indonesia and I remember watching conference there... What a wonderful experience. The saints there are so strong, even though they faces many difficulties, including rarely being able to attend the temple (the closest one is thousands of miles away in the Philippines or Hong Kong). Watching conference strengthens them, even though they live so far from the headquarters of the church. I am grateful for the technology theta has made it possible for people everywhere to hear the word of God through his prophets.

Noah

My husband and I recently saw the movie Noah in theaters. I really liked it, despite lots of criticism against it. It was very artistic, it had lots of special effects which I wasn't expecting. It was super intense! The scenes that showed the flood were pretty crazy. But I loved the cinematography and the acting was INCREDIBLE! Jennifer Connolly especially gave a powerful performance. I heard that a lot of people were worried that Darren Aronofsky was going to make a mockery of the story, but I feel like his telling of Noah was sacred and beautiful, however extremely violent. It's interesting though that the movie was not advocating violence, but rather representing how terrible and awful it is. Have you guys seen it? What did you think?