Dear Children,

I want you to know of the importance of General Conference. It is amazing that we can listen to the prophet and apostles, and amazing we can watch and listen in our home. It is important to watch the messages, and also to read them after. One semester I had Lloyd Newell for 'Teachings of the Living Prophets' and our homework assignment was to read the last conference Ensign cover to cover and then be tested on it. I got out a highlighter and a pen and wrote notes, marked passages, and overall just really got into it. I haven't done that again since that semester, but I should! In President Benson's talk about the 14 guidelines for following the prophet he talks about the most recent things the prophet has said as being the most important thing we should study, because it is the most recent revelation.