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11 Hilarious Mormon Missionary Comics That Will Give You a Laugh

LDS Living Staff - When Arie Van De Graaff was a missionary in the MTC, he drew a cartoon missionary on the outside of each envelope he mailed home. The response from his family was so positive that he was soon including a cartoon strip inside the envelope with every letter home. Since then, Van De Graaff has created hundreds of gags celebrating the LDS culture. He uses his art to entertain his wife and four children and is regularly featured in the  New Era  and the  Friend  magazines. Van De Graaff has also published four books including  The Puzzle Book for LDS Kids  and ...

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FHE: Worship

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “The Sabbath and the Sacrament,” by L. Tom Perry, Ensign , May 2011, 6. Thought: Let us prepare and conduct ourselves on the Sabbath in a manner that will call down the blessings promised us upon ourselves and our families. (L. Tom Perry, “The Sabbath and the Sacrament,” Ensign , May 2011, 6.) Song: “The Chapel Doors,” Children’s Songbook , p. 156. Scripture: And he gave unto them commandments, that they should worship the Lord their God ( Moses 5:5 ). Lesson: Tell your family your favorite hymn, and explain why you...

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LDS Author's Son Goes Missing in the Bermuda Triangle

LDS Living Staff - LDS Pulitzer Prize–winning author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's son, Nathan Ulrich, went missing in the Bermuda Triangle on Monday.  Nathan Ulrich was piloting a plane with Skylight Group CEO Jennifer Blumin and her two sons as passengers and was en route to Titusville, Florida, when the plane went missing.  The MU-2B plane left Borinquen, Puerto Rico, at about 11 a.m. on Monday, but the Miami Air Traffic Control contacted Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center at 2:10 p.m with a report that they had lost radar and radio contact from the plane, according to a Coast Guard press release .  On Tuesday at around 3:30 p.m., the Coast Guard...

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How I Realized the Lord Had So Much More Planned for Me When Nothing I Planned in Life Worked Out

Anne Maxson - One of my favorite scriptures is Proverbs 3:5-6 which states, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not to thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” It gives a commandment in the form of trusting in the Lord and acknowledging Him. I believe that the idea of “trusting and acknowledging the Lord” partially achieved by trusting and following the promptings of the Holy Ghost. As we do that, the promised blessing is that “He shall direct thy path.” In the conference talk “The Unspeakable Gift,” Elder Wirthlin states, “The Light...

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LDS Church Dedicates New Cannery to Replace Old One in Northern Utah

LDS Living Staff - The Church opened its newest cannery in Harrisville, Utah, on Thursday to replace another in northern Utah.  “The Harrisville cannery will replace the facility in Ogden,” said Don Johnson, director of production and distribution for the Church. “This new state-of-the-art cannery will continue to provide opportunities to care for the poor and needy and give opportunities for service.” The 45,000-square-foot facility is located at 224 W. North St. and is fully automated, generating 3.2 million cans each year.  This new cannery has the annual capacity to store 15 million cans and is projected to meet production requirements for the next 20 years. The Harrisville...

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"I Want You to Marry My Daughter": Man Praises Mormon Missionaries He Met by Mistake in Italy

LDS Living Staff - Chad Chiniquy knew he was getting off on the wrong train stop in Florence, Italy. But when he got off and met with two Mormon missionaries, the mistake was worth it.  ...

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How My Fiancé Telling Me I'm Imperfect Actually Boosted My Confidence

Elizabeth Summers - Self-confidence. It’s a word and a concept that every human struggles with at some point in their life. But it’s never something I thought I struggled with. Until I read an article on lds.org that I realized perfectly described me: “One of the misperceptions that we may struggle with during this earth life has to do with the concept of perfection. Many falsely believe that we must achieve perfection in this life in order to be saved or exalted. “As a therapist, I was once in a meeting with a woman when she burst into tears. She said, ‘How can I...

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Nigerian Refugee Survives Shooting Attack, Rescue at Sea, and Goes on a Latter-day Saint Mission

Deseret News - Bolaji Oyebanji Adepoju is not like most missionaries. Before he left for his mission in Italy, Adepoju survived a shooting attack in his own home and a miraculous rescue at sea. Read more about his amazing story below.  Walking the streets of southern Italy and Sicily, the young Nigerian man daily sees hundreds of refugees who have fled their native lands — mostly from Africa or the Middle East — and who are escaping religious persecutions, economic devastation, political instabilities, ethnic cleansing or unlivable living conditions. In his mid-20s and sporting a white dress shirt, slacks and a tie, he has...

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Joseph Smith's Fight with His Brother That Left Him Unable to "Sit Down or Rise Up Without Help" and What It Teaches Us About Forgiveness

Katie Lambert - As The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 5: October 1835–January 1838  editor Christian Heimburger says, it was not uncommon in the days of the early Church for men to resolve their conflicts with physical blows. But on December 16, 1835, a particular physical confrontation resulted in the members of the Twelve Apostles to hold a special council for one of the men involved, while the other was left unable to "sit down or rise up without help," according to the new Joseph Smith Papers volume. "This particular fight was, perhaps, slightly unusual in that one of the men was a member of...

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How a Bishop, a Mayor, and a CFO/Publicist Helped Make the Paris LDS Temple a Reality

Deseret News - What do a bishop, a mayor, and a CFO/Publicist all have in common? Each helped make the Paris France Temple a reality, here's how.  In the two decades from the first public mention of a possible LDS Church temple in France to this weekend’s dedication of the Paris France Temple, countless numbers of people on two continents have been involved in the property, planning, design and construction processes. Among all contributors, three men from France — a bishop, a mayor and a CFO/publicist — played key roles in paving the way for what will become the 156th operating temple of The...