“I love you,” Elder Holland said, holding back tears. The highlight of the evening for many was the powerful testimonies all three General Authorities shared at the end of the night. Overall, the night focused on the hope and promises of God. President Monson has told us ‘Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together.’ We are all called to serve,” Sister Stephens said.”Įlder Holland added the story of President Monson thumping the table and insisting that we were not to make second-class citizens out of young women don’t serve missions when the policies of the missionary age change were being discussed.Īs the last question of the night, Elder Holland addressed homosexuality, stating he hoped that the conversation could turn from signaling out those with same-gender attraction to an overall discussion of chastity, no matter your inclinations.
“I hope no one will feel less because they didn’t put on the badge to serve full-time. Sister Stephens spoke powerfully that we all are under covenant to serve whether we wear a name tag or not when a question was asked about sisters being judged for not serving full-time missions. All agreed that marriages take work and all who are married must be committed to that idea. Unsurprisingly, the themes of the night focused on marriage, current social issues, and thoughts of the future.Īll three guest shared what makes happy marriages, with Elder Holland stating emphatically that happy marriages are the rule, not the exception. Hosted on the Utah Valley University campus, hundreds of thousands of young single adults around the world tuned in to have their questions answered. Hallstrom from the Presidency of the Seventy. Stephens, first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, and Elder Donald L. Joining Elder Holland was Sister Carole M. Holland encapsulated a night of love, acceptance, and frankness in the first live Face 2 Face event with young single adults. Whatever the question, the answer is the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught and perpetuated and provide for in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as imperfect as those of us in it all are.” If you can just walk away with that truth, this evening will have been worthwhile. “In a night of questions and answers, whatever the question the answer is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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