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Golfers for Good
These three friends aren't just changing the world by raising the prestige of golf--they're helping to make it a kinder place through their examples of selfless service. A few years ago, a dear friend invited me to go with her to receive private golf lessons. The instructors, she told me, were three...
Every Face Tells a Story When You Travel
Cruising the Greek Islands can create memories for a lifetime. A few years ago while cruising with a group of tourists through the Greek Islands, I had an experience that will stay in my memories for ever. During our free time to explore the island of Rhodes, Carol Tyndall discovered an ancient,...
Journey for a Lifetime
Through a chain of events filled with sorrow and joy, Jeremy and Hollie Wardle found the children who were to join their family. And in their journey to rescue one daughter from the after-effects of Haiti's magnitude 7.0 earthquake, they discovered an even greater bond. Jeremy and Hollie Wardle had...
Breaking Down Barriers
On November 9, 1989, the world watched in awe as the Berlin Wall fell. A symbol of physical and spiritual oppression for more than a quarter of a century, East Berliners were suddenly pouring through its borders without opposition, into the welcoming arms of Westerners on the other side. Now, twenty years later, we take a look back at the Church behind the Iron Curtain and its growth since the Wall’s collapse.
Serving with Smiles
Corinne Allen and Elizabeth Jeffrey were looking for a way to teach their children to appreciate how much they have been given, so one day in December 2006, the two decided to put together newborn humanitarian kits with their kids. The children helped to make blankets and night gowns, and then fill...
A Jewel of Jerusalem
Today, May 16, marks the twentieth anniversary of the dedication of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. The Center is considered by members and nonmembers alike to be a stunning addition to the Holy City’s landscape, but it didn’t start out that way. In fact, plans to build the Jerusalem Center caused so much controversy that the “Mormon issue” nearly caused the collapse of the Israeli government—on more than one occasion.
Pioneers of Africa
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the revelation extending the priesthood to all worthy males of the Church. And while this revelation had a profound impact on all parts of the world, it has perhaps had the greatest impact on the people of Africa. In 1978, I was presiding over the only mission on the continent of Africa--the South Africa Johannesburg Mission. Although there were no black members of the Church in South Africa at that time due to the rigid apartheid laws restricting blacks from attending public meetings with whites, there were some who had already converted to the gospel. Here is the unique and inspiring story of the gospel pioneers of Africa before and after the revelation.
Global Awareness of LDS Church Growing
Positive public perception of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appears to be progressing as international relations increase, according to speakers at the LDS International Society's 19th annual conference on Brigham Young University campus Monday. Positive public perception of The...
Fuel for Dreams
What all started as Jacob Jones and Allison Frankman's dream of making the world a better place has come to fruition with the help of fellow Brigham Young University chemical engineering students and professors. "I saw all of these students at BYU who are talented and learning valuable skills and...
500 Desks Placed in Guatemala Schools
In many Guatemalan villages, school children sit on slab benches and do their schoolwork on long, narrow pieces of wood. With only two percent of the national Guatemalan budget available for education, this sight is a normal occurrence. In several areas, Humanitarian Services of The Church of Jesus...
Miss America Teams up with Children's Miracle Network
The Miss America Organization has partnered with the Children's Miracle Network to bring awareness to the 17 million children with life threatening illness that are treated every year across America at Children's Hospitals. Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008, announced her platform for the year,...
President Monson Keeps Close Ties to Canada
As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embrace President Thomas S. Monson as their new president, Canadian Mormons claim especially close ties to him. The Canadian Mission of the Church had seen many great mission presidents. But when Thomas Spencer Monson arrived in Toronto...
Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit in Palmyra
A traveling exhibit about the Dead Sea Scrolls will be displayed for the next three months at Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palmyra, NY. It will be open and free to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and Sundays from 12:30 to 6 p.m. The...
LDS Church Humanitarian Aid--A Local and Global Endeavor
Church Humanitarian Services continues to push forward with services and programs that aid individuals at home and abroad, sending aid to victims of natural disasters and working to help underprivileged individuals and families. Along with relief delegations from Humanity First USA and countless...
Missionaries lend hand in Africa
Not many people would voluntarily move to a Third World country where electricity and gasoline are a luxury and it is not uncommon for 25 babies to die each week from diarrhea. But 1962 Warren G. Harding graduate Robert Vine and his wife, Candace, did just that. For the past 16 months, the...
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