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New England newspaper features local missionaries

South Coast Today - It is the mission of young Mormon missionaries to carry out Jesus' instructions to His apostles: Travel two by two from village to village speaking to anyone who will listen. "I always thought the mission would be enjoyable, fun and easy, but it's not," said Elder Joshua Thorn, 19. "It's a lot of work, but it's good work." Paired with Thorn, Elder David Souza, 21, recalls the day he was serving in the streets of Hartford, Conn. ...

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BYU Idaho tuition increases planned for 2012-2013

LDS Church News - Brigham Young University-Idaho has approved a 2.88 percent ($50) tuition increase for the 2012-2013 school year, which will take effect this fall. ...

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Arizona invites Mormon Tabernacle Choir to perform in state’s centennial celebration

Newsroom - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square joined the state of Arizona in celebrating 100 years of statehood. The choir’s performances on 10-11 February 2012 in the U.S. Airways Center marked the first time the 360-voice group sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has presented a concert in Arizona in more than 40 years. ...

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Vai's View: The power of parenting

Deseret News - Six months. That's how much time my wife and I have before we're empty nesters. Our youngest child, Lana, will graduate from high school in June. Sometime in August we expect to send her off to college. My wife often says, "Once they leave for college, they're just visitors in our home." It was certainly true for us. After high school, I came home and worked the summer after my freshman year at BYU and that was the last time I ever lived at home. We married following my mission and after my wife's freshman year, so she never returned home...

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Church remembers 10th Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympics

Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released this statement in reflection of the 10-year anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympics: ...

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Book of Mormon Lesson #8: “O How Great the Goodness of Our God,” 2 Nephi 6-10 (Sunday School)

Feast Upon the Word - We come, now, to what I called in my preliminaries post the “Atonement” stretch of Nephi’s record—twenty-five chapters focused on prophecies concerning the eventual reconciliation of the Lamanites with the Lord (see some details setting this up in my last post). The first part of these “more sacred things,” the crucial and only commanded part of Nephi’s record, is Jacob’s sermon in these five chapters: 2 Nephi 6-10. I’ll be taking these chapters in three parts, since they originally appeared as three chapters in the Book of Mormon: Chapter V (now 2 Nephi 6-8), Chapter VI (now 2 Nephi 9), and...

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Changes made to the Presidency of the Seventy

Newsroom - The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) announced that Elder Richard J. Maynes of the Quorum of the Seventy has been called to serve in the Presidency of the Seventy. ...

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Colliding Causes: Gay Rights and Religious Liberty

Deseret News - Scrolling through her e-mail inbox on a fall day in 2006, photographer Elaine Huguenin opened a new message from a potential client expecting to rattle off prices, extra travel fees and proofing policies. But this e-mail was different, and contained a question that would set in motion a series of events thrusting Huguenin and her photography business into court and the center of a new controversy. Just a few years before, Huguenin had started a home-based photography business in Albuquerque with her husband Jonathan. After years of snapping pictures on summer vacations and taking pictures for family and friends, Huguenin realized...

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{Poll} Waiting for Missionaries

Ashley Evanson - I’m no exception; I sent a boy off on his mission with great intentions to wait for him. But I didn’t. I wrote him his whole mission, but got married just a few weeks before he came home. (Something we’re both glad about because we’re happily married to other people.) Then there’s the other side of the story. My sister was dating a great guy who was ready to marry her when she told him she was going on a mission. He sent her off (sadly, I’m sure), and told her he would wait. And he did. They’ve now been married...

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{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, Feb. 4-10

LDS Living - We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of February 4 through February 10, 2012, these are LDS Living's top online stories: Top 5 LDS Living Stories: 1. {Food Dish} LDS Living Casserole Competition: Winner + Recipe {LDS Living} 2. He's Amazing and Still Single - WHY? {Alisa Snell} 3. {Food Dish} LDS Living Casserole Competition: 1st Runner-up + Recipe {LDS Living} 4. {Food Dish} LDS Living Casserole Competition: 2nd Runner-up + Recipe {LDS Living} 5. Top Teen Gospel Questions (And...