Latter-day Saint Life

What a Wildfire Teaches About Sustaining Our Leaders and How It Elevates Us All

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In the tearful days after a wildfire devastated entire neighborhoods in California’s Sonoma County in October 2017, Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles traveled to affected communities to be with the Latter-day Saints.

He was on a mission of ministering. He and Sister Melanie Rasband comforted fire-weary members in their meetinghouses and at the edges of their charred homes.

And wherever he went, members came forward to shake his hand. It was a gesture of appreciation. They thanked the Apostle for his support. But each handshake communicated a common sentiment: “I sustain you.”

Article by Sarah Jane Weaver and Jason Swensen. Lead image from ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
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