A rare opportunity to sit at the feet of the apostles

Our snow days continued and we ended up having four snow days, total over the course of five days of school (we were our Monday for MLK day anyway). Jake loves the snowy weather and spent much time in front of the window.  We spent time playing games as a family and they (not me) played outside in it.  Charity had to go to work on Thursday but there was still decent amount of ice, so she and Becky spent the night with us and Jake drove her to work the next morning.  I was very happy that he recommended that they stay here and drove her. 
Yesterday, I had a very rare opportunity (because of my calling in stake young womens) to sit at the feet of two ordained apostles and two members of the seventy and hear their testimonies and counsel in Little Rock Arkansas.  At the end of the meeting we were also able to shake their hands but my favorite part by far was how personable they are and just listening. I felt overcome with love for them and although they have absolutely no clue who I am, I felt their love.  After each spoke about 20-30 minutes there was a very casual question and answer question for about an hour and a half and the meeting ended with three (Elder J Klebingat of the Seventy, Elder Dieter Uchtdforf of the twelve, and Elder Jeffrey R Holland of the twelve) bearing their testimony of the restored gospel and the Savior. The spirit witnessed to my hear that these are men of God and do help lead his church today. 
Here are a few things that stood out to me as the spoke:
Elder J Klebinget:
Elder Klebinget gave the counsel that there are three things that we need to be doing. First, spend more time on prevention than rescue. Be aware of resources available on LDS,org and act immediately when you see someone in need. Secondly, the importance of daily, family, and weekly worship.  Examine yourself and ask where you are in the faith? Are you kind? Are you neighborly, etc...?  He counseled to be an anchor of strength. The church will only supplement, it gives us the milk but the meat should come from within the home. Third, he explained that there is a difference in a faithful question and a doubt. Faithful questions come from our knees and hearts. D&C 52:14-16 He said not ask questions if you have already abandoned the commandment; do not bail and then try to figure it out. We may subliminally reject things because they seem to hard. Doubts not transferred to inquiry have no place. Do not point fingers and make people feel guilty but love and listen. Meekness provides a soft landing in hard places. Everything that we say/do is recorded. Couch our questions/concerns about what you already know as the truth and do not assume because you do not know that someone else does not know. Help those that struggle to do their own search in their homes. Do not ask the Pharisees about Christ but ask Peter, James, and John, meaning if you want to know about something ask someone who truly knows. D&C 21:1-5
Elder Uchtdorf:
There is saying back home that "the tone makes the music", you are the tone of this area. You know your people and how to touch their hearts.  We all have seasons in the life where we serve the Lord in certain callings. It is not an advancement, it is a season and a privilege (hearing this touched many people because he was not called back to the first presidency and is the only man that can teach this lesson to the world). Use your time charted to build the kingdom of God. He then referenced a talk he gave entitled "Lift where you Stand",  to accept and serve where we stand. Cease to aspire and cease to retire. Build the kingdom in your own area of responsibility. We can not connect the dots ahead of us, we can only connect the dots behind us.  MEEK BOLDNESS. He then counseled to make sure our young people are deeply rooted in seminary and institute and not to underestimate the power of seminary because you learn with your hearts and eternalize it.  God knows you, he trusts you. He wants you to succeed and you will succeed. Love God and each other and you can not fail.
Elder Jeffrey R Holland:
We need to elevate everybody. Communication is essential and in this church we are in it together. He then read the parable of the fig tree in Matthew 21:17-20 and expressed the fig tree was forever cursed because it was not faithful in what it was created to do.  If you say you are a fig tree, then be a fig tree. Produce figs, not just leaves. Be a fig tree. The 2nd coming started 185 years ago when Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to a young boy. Are we just leaves? Where is the product of our fig tree? Do you understand? We must bear the fruit of our labor. Individual apostasy may occur but never an institutional apostasy. We need to look like disciples of Christ. Be the latter day Saint the Lord expects you to be. Search your soul as an individual and ask: If every member of the church were just like me, would this be recognized as the church of Christ?  Your kindness? Efforts? Neighborness? Do not have a hear attack trying to be perfect but are you moving in that direction? James taught the tongue is like fire. We can do things with our tongues that we can not do with bats or weapons. Love God and love each other and things will fall into place.