LDS General Conference and Elder Robert D. Hales

This past Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st the LDS church had its semi-annual General Conference. I watched it on my TV and with friends, and really enjoyed it. The talks were, as always, inspiring, uplifting, and helpful. One sad thing, however, was that on Sunday, between the morning and afternoon sessions, Elder Robert D. Hales passed away. He was 85. An article in The Salt Lake Tribune entitled "Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales dies between conference sessions after a life dedicated to the faith he loved" by Peggy Fletcher Stack and David Noyce, said of him:  

"When Robert D. Hales was a young teenager living on Long Island, his father took him to the Sacred Grove in upstate New York, the same forested sanctuary where Mormon founder Joseph Smith — at about the same age — had reported seeing heavenly messengers more than a century earlier.
'There we prayed together,' Hales said in a biography posted on the LDS Church’s website, 'and dedicated our lives.'
That lifetime of dedication to the faith he loved — including various leadership posts in his local Mormon congregations, more than 40 years as an LDS general authority and 23 years as an apostle — ended at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, when Hales died at age 85."

Read the full article HERE.
I deeply appreciate the examples of people like Robert D Hales and others who live their lives the best way they can. It reminds me that even in times of difficulty, I have the power to choose to do my best to do what is right.
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Stack, Peggy F. and David Noyce. "Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales dies between conference sessions after a life dedicated to the faith he loved." Salt Lake Tribune. 2 October 2017. Web.