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Called of God

After moving to a new town, a woman was unexpectedly called as Primary president in a newly divided ward. Overwhelmed and unfamiliar with the members, she prayed and felt strong spiritual impressions guiding her to select specific sisters as counselors and a secretary. The bishop confirmed her selections, and they worked harmoniously, strengthening her testimony that callings are inspired by God.
My husband and I had just moved to a new town and were excited to attend our new ward. It turned out that the ward boundaries were being changed, and the ward was divided.
After church our second Sunday, the ward clerk set an appointment for us to meet with the new bishop on Tuesday evening. After a short visit, the bishop asked my husbandโ€™s permission to call me as the Primary president of the new ward. Then he issued the call to me. I was shocked, but I had been taught never to turn down a calling, so I agreed to do my best.
The bishop gave me a list of names and asked me to meet with him in two days with names picked out for counselors and a secretary. I felt overwhelmed. When we arrived home, I locked myself in the bathroom and cried. Then I poured out my heart to Heavenly Father, expressing my concerns over my new calling. I didnโ€™t know anyone in the new ward, and I needed His help. When I finished praying, peace filled my heart.
The next morning I prayed and then dove into my usual housework. The list of names the bishop had given me sat on the kitchen table, and I briefly glanced at it each time I passed. After I had looked at the list several times, two names seemed to stand out to me. I picked up the list and read the names. As I pronounced the names, a warm feeling engulfed me. I had never felt the Holy Ghost so strongly.
I immediately approached Heavenly Father in prayer, tears streaming down my cheeks as I said the names again. I didnโ€™t know anything about either of these women, but I knew in my heart they were to be my counselors.
Later that evening I went over the list of names in my head. One name came into my mind every time I pictured the list. She became my secretary.
I met with the bishop the next day and gave him the names for my counselors and secretary. To my surprise they were the same women the bishop thought would work well in the Primary. When I got to church on Sunday, the first counselor in the bishopric stood outside the chapel with me, pointing out my counselors and secretary as they arrived. As I watched these sisters, I felt that I already knew them. The Spirit again confirmed to me that these women were called of God.
I knew we could work harmoniously together serving the Lordโ€”and we did. Although these sisters were strangers to me, they were perfect for their callings. The Lord knew whom He wanted to call. What a growing experience it was to me to learn firsthand what it means to be called of God by prophecy.
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Bishop Children Holy Ghost Peace Prayer Revelation Service Testimony Women in the Church

Some Advice for Facing a Scary and Uncertain Future

After returning from his mission, the author had good friends who influenced his life for good. A friend he met in the missionary training center introduced him to the woman who would become his wife, reinforcing his belief that friends can determine success or failure.
I had the good fortune of having good friends when I got home from my mission. A friend I had met in the missionary training center introduced me to the woman who would later become my wife. Iโ€™ve never discounted the fact that your friends often determine your success or failure in life. Your friends and mentors can help you make decisions that will lead you either closer to or farther from God.
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Agency and Accountability Dating and Courtship Friendship Marriage

Sweet Is the Work:Gordon B. Hinckley, 15th President of the Church

As a boy, Gordon Hinckley and classmates decided to skip school and wander around for a day. The next morning, their principal required notes from their parents. Hinckleyโ€™s mother wrote that his absence was an โ€œimpulse to follow the crowd.โ€ He resolved never again to act just by following the crowd.
Gordon B. Hinckley had begun to mature, but his growing-up years werenโ€™t without normal childhood mischief. One day, he and several of his schoolmates decided to skip a day of class. The boys knew they couldnโ€™t stay home because their mothers would ask questions. They couldnโ€™t go to a movie because they had no money, and they didnโ€™t want to go to the park for fear the schoolโ€™s truant officer would catch them. After much deliberation it was decided they would just wander around and waste the day.
The following morning, the boysโ€™ principal, Mr. Stearns, met them at the schoolโ€™s front door. โ€œHis demeanor matched his name. He said some pretty straightforward things and then told us that we could not come back to school until we brought a note from our parents,โ€ President Hinckley recalls. โ€œI remember walking sheepishly into the house. My mother asked what was wrong. โ€ฆ I said that I needed a note. She wrote a note. It was very brief. โ€ฆ It read as follows:
โ€œโ€˜Dear Mr. Stearns,
โ€œโ€˜Please excuse Gordonโ€™s absence yesterday. His action was simply an impulse to follow the crowd.โ€™
โ€œโ€ฆ I have never forgotten my motherโ€™s note. Though I had been an active party to the action we had taken, I resolved then and there that I would never do anything on the basis of simply following the crowdโ€ (Ensign, May 1993, p. 53).
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Agency and Accountability Apostle Children Education Parenting Temptation

Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel

Upon arriving in Preston, England, the speaker and his companion held a street meeting but faced prejudice, and he became ill and discouraged. After writing home, his fatherโ€”a wise stake presidentโ€”counseled him to forget himself and go to work, aligning with scripture read that morning; this counsel deeply changed his perspective.
In the evening of the first day that I arrived in Preston [England], my companion, who was the district president, said we would go down to the marketplace and hold a street meeting. There, Elder Bramwell and I raised our voices in a hymn, offered prayer, and preached the gospel to a gathering crowd.
I feel especially fortunate to have been sent to Preston as my initial missionary assignment. Not only did I labor there, but I labored in the surrounding towns where the first missionaries in England taught the gospel. I was not as effective as were they. When they first arrived, there evidently was little or no prejudice against them. When I arrived, it seemed that everyone was prejudiced against us.
I was not well when I arrived. Those first few weeks, because of illness and the opposition which we felt, I was discouraged. I wrote a letter home to my good father and said that I felt I was wasting my time and his money. He was my father and my stake president, and he was a wise and inspired man. He wrote a very short letter to me which said, โ€œDear Gordon, I have your recent letter. I have only one suggestion: forget yourself and go to work.โ€ Earlier that morning in our scripture class my companion and I had read these words of the Lord: โ€œWhosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospelโ€™s, the same shall save itโ€ (Mark 8:35).
Those words of the Master, followed by my fatherโ€™s letter with his counsel to forget myself and go to work, went into my very being (from Ensign, July 1987, 7).
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Adversity Bible Missionary Work Music Prayer Sacrifice

Never Alone

A young girl felt sad and cried when starting preschool because she missed her family. Her mother taught her to pray when she felt alone. She prayed in the car the next day and later prayed silently at school when she felt sad again, which helped her feel better.
When I started preschool I cried because I missed my mommy and daddy and my little brother, Ashton. When my mommy picked me up for lunch, she saw that I had been crying. She told me it was OK to feel sad and that when I felt alone or sad I could pray to Heavenly Father. The next day we said a prayer in the car before I went in. That helped me feel better. But right before lunch I really missed my family and started crying again. I remembered what Mommy had told me and said a prayer in my head. I felt better and stopped crying. I know that Heavenly Father is always with me and that I am never alone.Katlyn Marie E., age 4, California
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Children Family Parenting Prayer Testimony

Making Faith a Reality

A young woman came back to the Church, met with her bishop to repent, and tried to live the gospel. She reported learning that when she does good, she feels good. The experience illustrates how righteous choices restore positive spiritual feelings.
Experience can also help us recognize when good feelings are lacking. In the booklet For the Strength of Youth, it states: โ€œYou cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!โ€ ([1990], 4). A young woman said: โ€œThe past few weeks I have come back to the Church. I went to my bishop and repented and Iโ€™ve been trying to live the gospel.โ€ She added, โ€œI have learned something: when I do good, I feel good.โ€
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Bishop Conversion Obedience Repentance Young Women

Weโ€™re Not Afraid Anymore

While Jesse was hospitalized, the mother began reading the Book of Mormon intending to rule out the Church. She immediately felt powerful peace and knew it was true. She spent hours reading in the hospital room.
In December 2015, while Jesse was back in the hospital, I began reading the Book of Mormon. I thought, โ€œI left the Church, and I just want to rule it out like Iโ€™ve ruled out all the other churches.โ€ But right away, it hit me like a ton of bricksโ€”full peace. The book just spoke to me. I didnโ€™t even have to pray to find out it was true. I knew in my heart it was true from the very beginning. I would read for hours sitting in that hospital room.
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Apostasy Book of Mormon Conversion Peace Revelation Testimony

Standing Up for Caleb

A boy named Caleb transfers to a new school and is mocked by classmates for his appearance. The narrator remembers his stepmomโ€™s counsel about judging by the heart and asks Caleb a kind question about Montana. Caleb shares experiences from his ranch and Glacier National Park, and the class becomes interested. After school, Caleb sits with the narrator on the bus, and they become friends.
It started out like any other day at school. Our teacher, Miss Blackstock, was writing on the chalkboard while I sat daydreaming at my desk. Then our principal walked in with a boy I had never seen before. The principal whispered something in Miss Blackstockโ€™s ear, and everyone got quiet trying to listen.
The boy stood at the front of the classroom while the other kids stared at him. His faded plaid shirt hung loosely. There was a hole in the right knee of his pants. With slumped shoulders, he dug his hands deep into his pockets and stared at the floor.
After the principal left, Miss Blackstock said, โ€œClass, I would like you to meet Caleb Sanders. He recently moved here from Montana. That is quite a distance from here! Caleb, you may take the seat next to Luke.โ€
She pointed to the seat next to mine, and the class watched as Caleb nervously made his way down the aisle. As Miss Blackstock turned back to the chalkboard, whispers filled the room. Some of the kids were saying mean things about the way Caleb was dressed.
โ€œLook at those weird boots,โ€ someone said.
โ€œHe could hike up the Himalayas in those!โ€ another boy chimed in.
I glanced over at Caleb, but he just sat there staring at his blank notebook page and clutching his pencil. I knew that he must have heard them because I saw him shifting uncomfortably in his seat. Then a couple of boys snickered so loudly that Miss Blackstock stopped writing.
โ€œI see that everyone is eager to talk to Caleb, so letโ€™s have him come up here and tell us a little bit about himself,โ€ she said.
The class got quiet and stared at Caleb. I felt sorry for him. The boy who sat behind him kicked the back of Calebโ€™s chair and jeered, โ€œGo ahead, mountain boy.โ€
Caleb slowly made his way to the front of the class. His hair partly covered his eyes, and his boots scuffed the floor when he walked. The kids around me snickered again. I knew that Miss Blackstock was trying to help, but I was afraid this would only make things worse.
One boy raised his hand and asked, โ€œWhere did you live in Montana, under a rock?โ€
The class burst into laughter.
The girl on the front row asked, โ€œDoes everyone in Montana dress like you?โ€
I felt my face getting hot as anger welled up inside me. If someone didnโ€™t stop this, I knew Caleb would remain an outcast for the rest of the school year. But if I stuck up for him, the kids might laugh at me too.
Then I remembered what my stepmom told me when I tried out for the soccer team. She told me about David in the Old Testament. David was the youngest of all his brothers, but the Lord chose him to be king. It didnโ€™t matter what he looked like. Sometimes people judge others by their appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
I knew Caleb needed help, so I raised my hand. Miss Blackstock called on me. Caleb didnโ€™t look up. He probably expected me to make fun of him too.
โ€œIโ€™ve heard that there are some cool parks in Montana with great hiking trails. What are they like?โ€ I asked.
The class got quiet. I felt my face turning red again, but Caleb smiled. I could see that he was relieved to answer a kind question. In a quiet voice he started to speak.
He told us that his family had lived on a large ranch in Montana, and he had even owned a horse. He told about his favorite trail in Glacier National Park and how he had encountered a real live bear. As he told more and more about his home, the other kids began asking questions about the bear, the hiking, and the rock climbing.
After school I wasnโ€™t sure if anyone would sit by me on the bus. I held my backpack close and stared out the bus window. Suddenly, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Caleb.
โ€œCan I sit here?โ€ he asked shyly.
โ€œSure!โ€ I said, moving over to make room.
I never would have guessed how that day would turn out. I am glad I had the courage to be nice to Caleb. Now he has many friendsโ€”and Iโ€™m proud to be one of them.
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Bible Children Courage Friendship Judging Others Kindness

Brigham Young:

On 17 February 1847, Brigham Young collapsed and later said he had gone to the world of spirits. After reviving, he dreamed he visited Joseph Smith, who told him to continue without him for a time and to instruct the people to keep the Spirit of the Lord. The experience buoyed Brighamโ€™s spirits and reaffirmed his sense of mission.
As Brigham Young left his bed on the morning of 17 February 1847, illness seized him so suddenly that he โ€œfainted away, apparently dead.โ€ 13 Only those who die and go through the veil could know how he felt, he said two weeks later, adding that โ€œI know I went to the world of spirits.โ€ However, it was not given him to remember immediately the details of what he saw there: โ€œAll that I know, is what my wife told me about it since. She said that I said, I had been where Joseph & Hyrum wasโ€ and that โ€œit is hard coming back to life again.โ€ 14

Once revived, Brigham Young fell asleep and dreamed, and when he awoke, he recorded what he had seen. โ€œIn my dream I went to see Joseph,โ€ he wrote. Finding Joseph sitting by a large window looking โ€œperfectly natural,โ€ Brigham took him by the hand, kissed his cheeks, and asked him why they could not be together as before. Joseph arose from his chair, looked at Brigham, and spoke in his usual way: โ€œIt is all right.โ€ Brigham protested, but Joseph replied: โ€œYou will have to do things without me a while and then we shall be together again.โ€

Brigham then addressed Joseph as his mentor and asked for counsel. The advice was direct and simple: โ€œBe sure to tell the people to keep the spirit of the Lord.โ€ 15 Brigham then turned and saw Joseph in the light, โ€œbut where I had to go was as midnight darkness.โ€ Because Joseph insisted, Brigham โ€œwent back in the darknessโ€ and awoke. 16

Though Brigham Young spoke frequently of this in the weeks before heading for the Rockies, he did not elaborate on its meaning. Undoubtedly, it buoyed his spirits and provided still more evidence that he was on the Lordโ€™s (and Josephโ€™s) errand. Though still burdened by the demands of leadership and the magnitude of the challenge, he was at peace.
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Apostle Death Joseph Smith Plan of Salvation Revelation

โ€œThese Are Not Men to Be Conqueredโ€

The speaker accompanied Elder Spencer W. Kimball to a stake conference where Elder Kimball tirelessly attended numerous meetings over two days. Late at night, when offered dinner, Elder Kimball asked only for milk and homemade bread. His simple, disciplined lifestyle exemplified unconquerable character.
Sometime back I had the privilege of attending a stake conference in the company of President Spencer W. Kimball. He was not the president of the Church at that time. Elder Kimball worked tirelessly holding one meeting after another until late Saturday night. On Sunday we held a meeting with bishoprics and high councilors at 8:00 A.M. This was followed by the general session, a meeting with the seventies quorum, an interview with the patriarch, the dedication of a chapel, and a talk to the seminary students in the evening. We went to the stake presidentโ€™s home about 9:00 P.M. to wait for our plane that did not leave until nearly 11:00 P.M. The kindly stake presidentโ€™s wife wanted to fix us dinner. Elder Kimball said, โ€œPlease, all I need is a bowl of milk and some of your homemade bread to break up in it.โ€ These are not men to be conquered.
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Apostle Bishop Endure to the End Humility

Yelled At, Barked At, and Rained On

While teaching a young woman, the missionaries learned her boyfriend, Tom, opposed the visits and waited outside. His curiosity grew until he entered to challenge them, but after hearing basic principles and the Apostasy and Restoration, he agreed to lessons. Ten weeks later he was baptized, bringing the author great joy.
One day while my new companion, Sister Neumann, and I were teaching a sweet young woman, her boyfriend, Tom, came to see her. She had warned us that he did not want her to continue meeting with us. Tom saw our bicycles in front of the house and knew we were there that morning, so he decided to wait outside until we left. As he waited his curiosity grew stronger and stronger, and he thought of more and more questions to ask us. Eventually his interest overcame his reservations, and he came inside to put us to the test. After briefly explaining the basic principles of the gospel and outlining the Apostasy and the Restoration, we made an appointment to begin teaching him the next evening. He was baptized 10 weeks later. I was so full of joy I would have reenlisted for 10 years if I could have.
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Apostasy Baptism Conversion Happiness Missionary Work Teaching the Gospel The Restoration

Examples of Righteousness

At a stake conference, the speaker noticed a young boy on the front row imitating his every movement from the stand. He tested the boy by wiggling his ears, which the boy couldnโ€™t do, leading to a humorous exchange with the boyโ€™s father. The experience reminded the speaker how strongly youth imitate the examples of adults.
As I have pondered how we might best provide such examples, I have thought of an experience I had some years ago while attending a stake conference. During the general session, I observed a young boy sitting with his family on the front row of the stake center. I was seated on the stand. As the meeting progressed, I began to notice that if I crossed one leg over the other, the young boy would do the same thing. If I reversed the motion and crossed the other leg, he would follow suit. I would put my hands in my lap, and he would do the same. I rested my chin in my hand, and he also did so. Whatever I did, he would imitate my actions. This continued until the time approached for me to address the congregation. I decided to put him to the test. I looked squarely at him, certain I had his attention, and then I wiggled my ears. He made a vain attempt to do the same, but I had him! He just couldnโ€™t quite get his ears to wiggle. He turned to his father, who was sitting next to him, and whispered something to him. He pointed to his ears and then to me. As his father looked in my direction, obviously to see my ears wiggle, I sat solemnly with my arms folded, not moving a muscle. The father glanced back skeptically at his son, who looked slightly defeated. He finally gave me a sheepish grin and shrugged his shoulders.
I have thought about that experience over the years as Iโ€™ve contemplated how, particularly when weโ€™re young, we tend to imitate the example of our parents, our leaders, our peers. The prophet Brigham Young said: โ€œWe should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.โ€
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Children Family Parenting Teaching the Gospel

WWII Veteran and Former Church Leader Celebrates 100th Birthday

Len and Mayโ€™s daughter, Rhonda, died as a young adult, leaving behind a daughter, Chantelle. Shortly after this loss, missionaries from the Church visited their home, and Len and May found hope in their message. Len says the Church has made a big difference in their lives.
They had one daughter, Rhonda, in 1951 who tragically passed away as a young adult, leaving behind a daughter, Chantelle. Chantelle now lives in Len and Mayโ€™s house with her partner and two children, Ky and Remi. She says her grandfatherโ€™s life has been one of service.
Shortly after Rhonda passed away, Len and May found hope in the message brought to their door by missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
โ€œItโ€™s made a big difference in our lives,โ€ Len says. โ€œIโ€™ve missed going to Sunday meetings this year, but I listen to the recorded [Zoom] meetings every week.โ€
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Conversion Death Family Grief Hope Missionary Work Sacrament Meeting Service

Brettโ€™s Quest

When they first met as sophomores, Brett asked why the narrator chose not to date until age 16. Surprised he didnโ€™t know basic teachings despite lifelong activity, the narrator explained that standard and other Church guidelines. Brett learned more about the standards through that conversation.
Brett was the only other Church member in my grade, and heโ€™d never seemed very religious. I still remember being surprised my sophomore year when I first met him. He asked me why I chose not to date until I was 16. I was astounded by his question because Brett had been an active member his entire life but he somehow still didnโ€™t know some of the basic teachings of the Church. To him, church was a Sunday thing. I remembered answering Brettโ€™s question about my decision not to date until 16 and then enlightening him on many other standards we had as Church members.
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Chastity Dating and Courtship Friendship Obedience Teaching the Gospel

What Would the Prophets Want Me to Do?

As a boy, Spencer W. Kimball carried a sling while taking cows to pasture and was an excellent shot. When tempted to shoot small birds, he remembered a church song about not killing them. He chose not to harm the birds.
As a young boy, Spencer W. Kimballโ€™s job was to walk the cows to pasture. He would take along his sling and his flipper.
He was a good shot. He could hit a fence post from fifty yards (45 m) away.
Sometimes he was tempted to use his sling to shoot the little birds. Then he would remember the words to a song* he sang in church:
Donโ€™t kill the little birds,
That sing on bush and tree,
All throโ€™ the summer days,
Their sweetest melody.
Donโ€™t shoot the little birds!
The earth is Godโ€™s estate.
And he provideth food
For small as well as great.
Spencer W. Kimball did not kill the little birds.
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Apostle Children Kindness Music Temptation

Good Books for Little Friends

Ben had liked first grade but worried about returning, fearing his friends wouldnโ€™t remember him, his teacher might be mean, or he might not know answers. His older sisterโ€™s teasing didnโ€™t help. The outcome is not revealed in the excerpt.
I Donโ€™t Want to Go Back to School by Marisabina Russo Ben had liked first grade, but what if his friends didnโ€™t remember him now? What if his teacher was mean? What if he didnโ€™t know any answers to the teacherโ€™s questions? It didnโ€™t help that his older sister teased him. โ€ฆ
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Children Education Friendship Mental Health

Snow Play

A child wakes to fresh snowfall, bundles up, and ventures outside. Imagining grand adventures, the child crosses mountains, swims seas, explores jungles, and builds a snowman army. Later, the mother notices the many snowmen and, seeing the child's red nose, realizes who made them.
Last night while I was sleeping,
The wind called loud and bold.
And snowflakes tumbled to the earth;
The world grew white and cold.
When morning came, I stretched and yawned
And jumped right out of bed.
I donned my boots and overcoat;
A cap went on my head.
Still pulling my wool mittens on,
I marched into the snowโ€”
I was a fearless traveler,
Stepping high and low.
I crossed the highest mountains;
I swam the widest seas.
I hunted in the jungles
And climbed the tallest trees.
I made a snowman armyโ€”
We had a snowball fight!
The yard was full of footprints;
The snow was sun-blink bright.
When mother saw my snowmen,
โ€œWho built all these?โ€ asked she.
And then she spied my bright red nose
And guessed that it was me!
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Children Family Happiness Parenting

A Doorway Called Love

A tough, large businessman who wholesaled poultry refused payment for twenty-four roasting chickens when he learned they were for widows. He said there would be no charge and added that more were available if needed. His simple, heartfelt generosity showed love in action.
A large and tough businessman, a wholesale vendor of poultry, showed his love with a single comment made when one attempted to pay for twenty-four roasting chickens. โ€œThe chickens are going to the widows, arenโ€™t they? There will be no charge.โ€ As he placed them in the car trunk, he said in a faltering voice: โ€œAnd there are more where these came from.โ€
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Charity Kindness Love Ministering Service

Senior Missionaries and Senior Service Missionariesโ€”A Call to Serve

In April, the author and his wife ministered to missionaries in Papua New Guinea with the mission leaders and attended the Rigo District conference. They met many senior couples and sisters, including one couple baptized just over a year earlier. Despite limited resources, the district is rich in faith and love, with multiple senior missionary companions in every branch.
In April this year, Anita and I had the privilege of ministering to the Papua New Guinea missionaries with President and Sister Kinikini. We also attended the Rigo District conference on Sunday 30 April, where we met 23 couples and six senior service missionary sisters. One of the couples only joined the Church just over a year ago. All branches in the Rigo District have two to four senior missionary couples or senior service mission companions. Although limited in resources, they are not limited in their desire, faith, hope, charity, and love.
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Charity Conversion Diversity and Unity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Faith Hope Love Ministering Missionary Work Service

Fiji:

A woman regularly attended with her Latter-day Saint family but hesitated to join because she lacked a white dress. Relief Society sisters provided fabric, and she sewed the dress. She was baptized soon afterward.
Sister Fauoro Akata, Relief Society president in the Nadi Ward, remembers that one sister always attended meetings with her LDS husband and children, but never joined the Church. โ€œOne day,โ€ Sister Akata says, โ€œI asked her why. She told me it was because she didnโ€™t have a white dress. So we bought some material and gave it to her. She made a dress and was baptized soon afterward.โ€
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Baptism Conversion Missionary Work Relief Society Service