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Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can read this chapter in its entirety at truthwillprevail.xyz as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission.

Last week, former Major League Baseball pitcher and mission president Jeremy Guthrie and his wife, Jenny, finished their full-time missionary service presiding over the Texas Houston Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since returning home, Guthrie has taken to social media to share his parting thoughts about their experience.

The Church released the following statement from Sam Penrod, Church spokesman, on Tuesday morning:

Now more than ever, Latter-day Saint children have access to a multitude of resources The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created specifically for them. Among these is the Gospel for Kids app.

In the small town of Morven, North Carolina, a United Methodist congregation has opened their doors and their hearts to a group of local Latter-day Saints.

“To adopt is to be willing to have a personal love lesson from heaven”—that is how Sister Andrea Veronica Munoz Spannaus, Relief Society Advisory Council Member, describes her experience adopting her two daughters.

John's description of the first Easter morning provides the most insight into the experience of Mary Magdalene, who is mentioned by name in every Gospel account as being at the tomb that morning. Mary Magdalene came early on “the first day of the week . . . , when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone taken away.” She ran to Peter and John to tell them the devastating news: “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him” (John 20:1–2).1

Two sister missionaries serving in Cavite City, Philippines, Sister Estioco and Sister Soriano, are sharing their faith on a basketball court in a new video that has gone viral on Facebook. And as it turns out, Sister Soriano’s got game.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2020, the Church announced adjustments to temple ceremonial clothing that would make the clothing more comfortable, cost-effective, and simpler. This redesigned clothing is now available to all worthy members globally.