Wampumqueen: Sunday Drivers

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Sunday Drivers

My family are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A nickname our Church has been given is The Mormons. I don't usually regard myself as a Mormon because the nickname is misleading. I will often times say I am LDS--a Latter-day Saint but for those who don't know what that may be I say the whole Church's name. I'm a lifelong member, graduated from early morning Seminary in Arizona, served a full-time mission in Minnesota/Wisconsin, married another "Mormon" who served a mission in Sacramento teaching the Hmong people, both graduated from Brigham Young University, had four cute babies, and we now reside in American Fork, Utah. You can't get more "Mormon" than that. I may share more about my beliefs at another time.

Twice a year, the first weekends in April and October, our Church has a General Conference. It runs on Saturday and Sunday, 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm each day. In Utah we watch it on TV or listen to it on the radio on KSL. When I was a little girl growing up in Phoenix we would get only one session on TV--Sunday morning--and nothing on the radio. When I was a teenager the Church started broadcasting it to various church buildings by way of satellite. Now, those who don't live in Utah or the surrounding areas can watch it on KBYU-TV, LDS.org, or in Church buildings around the world. This is an excellent opportunity for people of all faiths to listen to sound gospel teachings by a Prophet and Apostles of the Lord and others who have been called to serve in various capacities.

It can be, however, tedious by the 4th session. We usually take a drive up the canyon and listen to it on the radio.

Today, we went up American Fork Canyon through the Alpine Loop that comes out at Sundance and back down to Provo. I took pictures. If you click on the pictures they will enlarge for you and you can see greater detail.