-by Michelle This is Jennifer, and she is a Mormon woman — a woman who has had a significant impact on my life. I first met Jennifer when I was a mousy 12-year-old, beginning the adventure called junior high school. Jennifer was my P.E. [physical education] teacher. To help you understand one reason why she [...]
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~by Lindsay Several years ago I was in Relief Society and our teacher was teaching us with an object lesson. She pulled out of her pocket a crisp $20 bill and offered it to anyone in the class. Someone jumped right up and collected it. When the teacher handed over the money, she said, now [...]
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~by Tracey Austin My friend and I caught up on family news over lunch a few months ago. “How‘s your son doing at college?” she asked as we reviewed our children’s activities. “Did I tell you he’s on a two-year leave of absence so that he can complete a mission for our church?” “No,” she [...]
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-by Michelle My missionary companion and I were talking to someone when we heard a voice calling to us. Shocked, we turned to see Roberto running toward us. We hadn’t seen him for several weeks; we had given him a Book of Mormon and tried to teach him more about the Church, but at first, [...]
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Today, we include links that give glimpses of the worldwide nature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. – Story about Mormons in India – MormonWorld shares about Mormons in (or from) Africa, the Middle East, and Asia – Mormon meetings in Kuwait – A video talking about a continent-wide service project by [...]
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Question: If Mormons are Christians, why don’t they use the cross as a symbol of their faith? Answer: by Janelle* President Gordon B. Hinckley answered this very question in the April, 2005 issue of the Ensign. He relates the following. “Following the renovation of the Mesa Arizona Temple some years ago, clergy of other religions [...]
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~by Kim We have family prayer every evening together, and we take turns saying it. Becca needs our help, but Emma launches on boldly and pours out her little heart in sometimes touching, and sometimes hilarious ways. She asks her Heavenly Father to help her parents be “better,” to cure our owies, and to help [...]
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My name is Rebekah, and I am a Mormon Woman. I have been married for just over a year. I was married to my husband in the Atlanta, Georgia LDS Temple, and we do not, yet, have any children. I was born into a Latter-day Saint family, and was baptized at the age of eight. [...]
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~by TaLaisa I love the hymns, If you look on LDS.org and search under the search term hymns, you’ll find that there are several references to the blessings and power of hymns. Here is one link that I particularly enjoyed from that search: The Nourishing Power of Hymns by Elder Jay E. Jensen of the [...]
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Sister Roundy is 22 years old and is from a small town in Southern Utah. Before being called to serve as a full-time missionary, she was a Chemistry major at her University and was working as a Certified Pharmacy Technician. She plans to return to her studies when her mission is completed. Sister Roundy was [...]
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