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"Cosmopolitan," "Independent" Call Baby's Transformation a Miracle, LDS Family Shares the True Miracles Behind It

Danielle B. Wagner - "A medical marvel," that's what Cosmopolitan is calling Grace Parkinson, who is only 3 months old. #TransformationTuesday 🎉Happy 3 month birthday to this little one!! I can’t believe how much she has grown in such a short time! On the left weighed just over 1lb. She now weighs over 5lbs!! We are so lucky to be your parents!!❤️❤️❤️ #23weeker #gograce #miraclebaby #inlove #nicuwarrior #familiesareforever #pray #preemie #preemiebaby #preemiemom #preemiepower #preemiestrong #nicu #nicuwarrior #nicubaby #nicumom #niculife #nicu #love #cute #babygirl #colourfulbeginnings #ourlittlepreemie #rainbowbaby #prematurebaby A post shared by Mary Parkinson (@maryparkins) on Apr 3, 2018 at 10:41am PDT On New Year's Eve,...

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Watch: LDS Artist's Inspiring Music Video Features Bucket List Family

LDS Living Staff - Cali Gee, the newborn baby of popular travel vloggers Garrett and Jessica Gee, will definitely go places no one has gone before. Although Baby Gee is only a few months old, he’s about to leave the country and has more Instagram followers than most adults. After selling a scanning app to Snapchat, Garrett and Jessica Gee sold everything they owned in 2015 to take their family on a humanitarian adventure around the world. Garrett, Jessica, Dorothy, Manilla, and Cali now travel the globe full-time, and they've made quite the impact on social media as “The Bucket List Family.” LDS singer and...

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How a Book Found in a Catholic Monastery Led One Man to Join the LDS Church

Gerald N. Lund, excerpted from "Divine Signatures" - My wife and I were in France for a stake conference. During a new convert meeting, I noticed two young men in their mid-twenties sitting together. One of them stood and introduced himself. He said that he was a refugee from Russia. He had come to France to escape oppression and there had found the Mormon missionaries and joined the Church. When he sat down, the other young man got to his feet. Speaking in halting French, he told his story. The mission president, who was sitting beside me, translated for us. Here, as best as I can remember it, is...

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Watch: Harvard Divinity School Features Video About the Founding of the LDS Church

LDS Living - In celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the LDS Church on April 6, 1830, Harvard Divinity School published a video on Instagram featuring Latter-day Saint Natalie Campbell, who explains, "We have 16 million members now but we started with six." Campbell shares the events that transpired the day the Church was organized, with baptisms, confirmations, partaking of the sacrament, singing, and celebrations marking that historic day. She shares, "We became a church officially, we are acknowledged by God, and that's our story." On April 6, 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was officially organized. Natalie Campbell,...

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Meet the New YW General Presidency, General Authorities Called in Conference

ChurchofJesusChrist.org - In order to help us better understand our new Church leaders called this past general conference, lds.org has published a series of articles introducing us to our new Young Women general presidency, the new General Authority Seventies, and our new Primary general presidency counselor. We wanted to share these articles so you can learn more about these amazing men and women. Meet the New Young Women General Presidency Church members sustained a new Young Women General Presidency during the 188th Annual General Conference held on March 31–April 1. Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Sister Michelle D. Craig, and Sister Becky Craven will replace...

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In His First Masters, LDS Golfer Places in Top 10: “It Was Nothing Short of a Miracle.”

KSL - With his wife and children there to support him, Tony Finau said that his first experience with the Masters "was nothing short of a miracle." Tony Finau’s run at Augusta National didn’t end with a green jacket. But the experience and the finish were worth the wait. Finau used six-straight birdies on the back nine of his final round Sunday to card a 6-under-par 66, finishing tied for 10th with a four-day total of 281 in his first-ever Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The 28-year-old who grew up in Rose Park fired 18 birdies in with 11...

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Sister Missionary Hospitalized in Romania

Danielle B. Wagner - Stake president of the Pleasant Grove Manila Stake, President Scott Livingston, posted on the stake's Facebook page asking "for your faith and prayers on behalf of Sister Jacie Robinson of the Manila 5th Ward." He continues, "She is currently in a hospital in Romania, unconscious. They believe she has encephalitis—a brain infection." Sister Robinson was hospitalized on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, and she was scheduled to return from her mission this week. "Doctors are doing all they can to help her to get better. Thank you for your support," President Livingston reported. An update on Sister Robinson's condition shared on April...

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A Remarkable Blessing and Healing That Helped Bring a Family to the Gospel

Danielle B. Wagner - In November 1997, an Isuzu trooper carrying two missionaries, a counselor in the mission presidency, and his wife traveled through the jungle of Suriname, 25 miles away from the nearest city, Paramaribo. Baby alligators crawled among the dense coconut trees that hung heavily with heat and humidity. President Rex Hamilton navigated the 4-wheel-drive vehicle over the dirt roads, pulling in front of a shack not much larger than 20 square feet. President Hamilton; his wife, Maurine; and the elders, Jeremy Peterson and Seth Chappell, stepped from the trooper, heading toward the humble home with a shower and lean-to attached to the...

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LDS Mother Shares Brave, Honest Insights "for Anyone Who Wants to Believe but Can't Connect" to the Spirit

Eliza Thompson - In the Bible, there is a story of two disciples who were discouraged and grieved. Their leader and exemplar and friend Jesus Christ had died and they thought he was gone forever. They were walking to a town called Emmaus when a stranger came up to them and they conversed and walked together. The stranger asked what troubled them, and they told them all about the horrific death of their beloved Jesus. The stranger quoted scripture and told them to not worry, that Jesus Christ would rise again. That stranger was Jesus Christ, but as it says in Luke 24:16, "Their...

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25 Ways to Power Your Life with Conference All Year Long

Debra Sansing Woods - Every six months, we have the opportunity to tune in to new sessions of general conference where we can receive powerful inspiration and counsel from our church leaders. As amazing as that opportunity is, we sometimes neglect to revisit conference talks after the weekend is over, never taking full advantage of all they have to offer. When we do this, we are missing out. Here are 25 suggestions for making the most of general conference, allowing it to power our lives every month, week, and even day, of the year: 1. Seek spiritual nourishment on the commute to work and/or school. Listening...