The High Priest group in our Ikeja Ward planned for a thorough cleaning of the church on Saturday so that everything would be nice for Sunday. We were having General Conference Sunday, and members of the whole stake were invited. The clean-up started at 7 a.m., and there was a good turn out. We dusted all the wood parts of the benches and cleaned inside the hymn book holders. The upholstered benches could really use a good steam cleaning. I don't know if you can rent things like that here, but it would be useful. We also cleaned up outside. It reminded me of the last day at Girls' Camp and going all around the camp ground picking up every little candy wrapper or bit of paper. I almost filled a small grocery sack.
Things did look nice on Sunday. They played the Saturday morning session of conference at 8 a.m., the Sunday morning session started a little after 10 a.m., and the closing session started about 12:20. We were asked to not leave during the middle of a broadcast, so if people needed to leave early, they left after one of the sessions ended. But Mormons tend to be a social group, and that is especially true here in Nigeria. They skipped out of the session of conference, but then they stayed and visited in the parking lot for the longest time. It is actually wonderful to see the strong friendships that the members have.
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