8 ways to help younger siblings adjust after your missionary leaves

“Remind them that their feelings matter and that the Lord sees their sacrifice, too.”
The conference is returning for its fourth year, running August 14–15.
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The friends shared what they’ve learned after more than 600 meals together.
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“The system is unlike anywhere else in the world.”
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“You [could] compare this to what you do when you win a Super Bowl. I mean, it was just that exciting.”
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July 07, 2026 10:48 AM MDT
The gatherings celebrated over 300 combined graduates across both countries.
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July 01, 2026 10:23 AM MDT
The humanitarian response includes distributing approximately 5,000 assistance kits
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June 30, 2026 02:07 PM MDT
Many people suppose there are no conditions associated with experiencing God’s love. But the scriptures help us see an empowering truth.
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June 30, 2026 10:19 AM MDT
The purpose of the displays is to help visitors easily connect early Church history and the Nauvoo Illinois Temple to Jesus Christ.
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June 29, 2026 03:15 PM MDT
If you’re stuck in survival mode, this insight into 3 Nephi 13 can reframe how you see your most exhausting days.
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These updates can give missionaries and their families more time to prepare.
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July 06, 2021 08:22 PM MDT
When Matthew C. Godfrey began working as an editor on the Joseph Smith Papers Project 11 years ago, he says the Prophet of the Restoration “seemed almost like a mythic figure to me—someone who was so much more spiritually advanced that I had a hard time relating to him,” according to an article recently published on the Church’s website.
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July 06, 2021 07:12 PM MDT
The Faylor family, from San Antonio, Texas, will soon be making Church history as all of their children begin missionary service this fall.
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July 06, 2021 06:00 PM MDT
One of the most hopeful truths of the Restoration is found in Doctrine and Covenants 137:10: “All children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.”
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The Hill Cumorah Pageant is ending after 84 years. As a thank you for the contributions of tens of thousands of participants, volunteers, and audience members over the years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will present a devotional with Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a broadcast of the 2019 Hill Cumorah Pageant on July 9, 2021.
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July 02, 2021 08:00 PM MDT
Among the 20 new temples announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the April 2021 general conference, three locations are in Europe: Oslo, Norway; Brussels, Belgium; and Vienna, Austria.
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President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was honored on Thursday, July 1, 2021, for his lifelong work to promote the values of God, family, freedom, and country.
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July 02, 2021 02:06 PM MDT
A new Church News video interviews religious leaders and scholars at the inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, which was held June 28–29 on the university’s campus.
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July 02, 2021 01:00 PM MDT
Editor's note: This article originally ran on LDS Living in July 2020. The Parley P. Pratt Freedom Run is being held again this year on July 3, 2021.
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July 02, 2021 11:00 AM MDT
Our youngest child just graduated from high school. It was a strange experience, sitting in the same football stadium where we had watched her five older siblings celebrate the same accomplishment. Walking to the car, my wife and I reflected on the rapidly approaching end of our full-time parenting. There have been times of joy. There have been times of sorrow. There have been times when I wished I could crawl into a hole and not come out. There have been times when I gushed with tears of gratitude for the privilege of being a father to such amazing children. Coming to the end of this portion of the journey, I can truly say the overall experience has been happy and blessed. So, if my destination was joy, why was there so much difficulty, grief, and sorrow along the way?
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