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20115

LDS Family Fighting Cystic Fibrosis in 3 Children with Testimony of Plan of Salvation

LDS Living - "CF is not forever," shares a young LDS family from Arizona. CF, or cystic fibrosis, is a hereditary disease that causes a buildup of mucus in the digestive tract and lungs. Treating it is exhausting and expensive—and sufferers have to stay apart to avoid cross contamination.   Three of the Adams's soon-to-be four children have it. "We went in blind to the knowledge and had one baby with cystic fibrosis not knowing it was a possibility," Kamarah Adams, the family's mother, explains. "Then we made the choice to have more children." It was a difficult one at first. "We saw the...

20113

Church Shelters Pacific Storm Victims, Works to Contact Missionaries

Newsroom - Due to communication lines still being down to the outer islands of the Vanuatu archipelago, contact with missionaries serving in these locations has not yet been made.  Efforts are ongoing to make contact with and support these missionaries, Church members and others in these outer islands. Vanuatu Port Vila Mission President, Larry Brewer, confirmed today that all missionaries in the mission, including those on remote islands, were notified before the cyclone arrived, and moved to the safest location in each respective island. ...

20114

10 Hilarious Genealogy Problems You've Probably Had Before

Jenny Spencer - -->Related reading: Penmanship Leads to Errors in Church History allis ...

20112

East German Soldier Recognizes U.S. Cold War Pilot--and Is Now His Bishop

LDS Church News - During the height of the Cold War, from 1977-1982, I was a U.S. Air Force pilot stationed in Germany. Our squadron had the responsibility to verify on a regular basis that the Berlin air corridors were kept exactly on track for Western Allied flights in and out of West Berlin. These corridors were established at the end of the second World War to assure Western Allies would have air access in and out of Berlin across Russian-occupied East Germany, and were made famous during the Berlin Airlift from 1948-1949. Our squadron aircraft had a large electronic system on board that enabled us...

20111

Church Fund Helps Pay for Funerals of Missionaries

Daily Herald - This week Sister Brittany Scadlock died in Buenos Aires, Argentina from E.coli that weakened her system and put her into cardiac arrest. She had been hospitalized and at the time of her death her parents were in California seeking expedited passports to be with her. Instead, they came home to wait for her return. In the meantime, well-meaning family members set up a gofundme.com account to help collect money to get the parents to Argentina and to help get Brittany home. Of the $8,000 they requested, the outpouring of donations came to $13,700 in just a couple of days. “We are...

19981

Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Lesson 18: Beware of Pride

Kelly Merrill - Pride is the hallmark character trait of Satan. It motivates and inspires all he does and guides his actions. Humility, the only antidote to pride, is the hallmark character trait of Christ. It motivates and inspires all he does and guides his actions. In this lesson President Benson reviews the dangers of pride and warns us to steer clear of its damaging influence. Definition of pride “Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God’s.” This means that one who is proud allows their appetites to run wild in defiance of God’s commandment to bridle them and bring...

19979

New Testament Lesson 15: "I Am The Light of The World"

Ted L. Gibbons - INTRODUCTION: My mother was mostly blind during the final years of her life. A passionate reader, a woman who loved to sew and mend and cook and clean, her infirmity made the favored activities of her life nearly impossible. She did learn to crochet by touch, and made over one hundred Afghans for her grand- and great-grandchildren in those final years, but they were years lived in temporal darkness. But through it all she glowed! There was a source of light in her, a shining certainty, that enabled her to see more clearly than any of those whose love and compassion...

7995

FHE: Miracles

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “Willing and Worthy to Serve,” by President Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 2012, 66. Thoughts: Miracles are everywhere to be found when the priesthood is understood, its power is honored and used properly, and faith is exerted. (Thomas S. Monson, “Willing and Worthy to Serve,” Ensign, May 2012, 66.) Song: “Master, the Tempest is Raging,” Hymns, no. 105. Scripture: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. (John 2:23) Lesson: If you have a...

20110

You're Doing Allowance Wrong

LDS Living - A recent article * from Slate magazine proclaims “you’re doing allowance wrong.” And it might be right. The advice the article gives boils down to four basic points: Start allowance as soon as kids begin asking about money. Have kids divide allowance between spend, save, and give (in an LDS instance, giving means tithing). Let your kids fail when making money decisions. Don’t link chores and allowance. The first three points you’ve probably heard before; waiting too long to let children practice with money is one of the 7 financial mistakes every Latter-day Saint family should avoid . So is teaching...

20109

6 Eternal Truths My Mission Taught Me

Meridian Magazine - As my mission is ending I have done so much reflecting on where I was eighteen months ago. Some days I’m super excited to take on the future as the new me and other days I’m terrified feeling like I haven’t changed at all. So this morning I decided to make a list of everything I’ve learned in eighteen months to remind myself that who I am is not who I was and for that I consider my mission a success. 1. I love people so much more now. As a missionary you are constantly talking to people you have seemingly...