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When Alex Boyé received a copy of the Book of Mormon from his ward mission leader along with a challenge to give the book away during the week, he never imagined fulfilling this duty could create national headlines.

This is the second article in a two-part series about Ron Leishman: his conversion, his faith, and his career. For more about how Ron's family converted to the gospel,click here.

The following is a part of Lucy Mack Smith's general conference address on the temple grounds in Nauvoo, Illinois, on October 8, 1845, a year after the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This speech is the first account of a woman speaking at general conference and is part of the unprecedented Church history book At the Pulpit, which you can access for free on lds.orgor on your gospel library app. At the Pulpit spans 185 years of Church history and includes more than 50 groundbreaking discourses from LDS women.

I never had the goal to marry an Apostle. My goal was to draw close to Heavenly Father and make my life as meaningful and happy as I could. Because I value and believe in the plan of salvation, I wanted all the blessings associated with it. That included someday, in this life or the next, finding a companion that I loved and respected, a man I could trust and depend on, who would be loyal to me and active in the Church. I wanted to marry a man who loved the Lord more than he loved me, whose allegiance was to His eternal covenants. It would simply follow that such a man would be true to me and our future family.

Get the entire FHE lesson series on "The Family: A Proclamation to the World."

Sam is a typical 17-year-old boy. He’s interested in things that go fast and loves the outdoors. He’s growing in knowledge of the world and his faith in his Heavenly Father. Sam also has a hearing impairment that affects his ability to understand what is taught and shared each Sunday.

Sarah Sellers, an LDS nurse anesthetist from Utah, recently took the running world by surprise with a second-place finish at the Boston Marathon, beating out many prominent professional runners. The behind-the-scenes story of Sarah's faith and resilience, however, makes the story of her incredible race even more compelling.

At Ensign Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Swedish Mormons gathered Primary children together to sing a beautiful rendition of "The Family Is of God." If you need a little testimony boost today, watch this video and remember, as Elder Hales taught, "The eternal nature of an individual becomes the eternal nature of the family. . . . All people who will ever live on earth are members of a human family and are eternal children of God, our loving Heavenly Father."

About the new temple to be built in India, missionary Sister Monica Yadav says, “It makes us fly. It is like we are so close to heaven.”