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Video: Tattooed Mormon's Reaction When Someone Got Mad at Her for Being Too Happy

At one point in her life, Al Fox Carraway lost all of her friends because she decided to join the LDS Church. Then later, when she had a marriage date set for the temple, her fiance told her he "knew he could find someone much better."

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Help! My RM Brother is Over-Proselyting my Boyfriend

Dear Angela,

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New Study Reveals How Stay-at-Home Moms Really Feel About "Staying Home"

"Staying at home: It's the most important thing a woman can do—or a cop-out. It's a job description—or a recipe for mind-numbing boredom. Stay-at-home mothers are equally lauded and adored, pitied and derided. . . . And our culture still thinks it's fine to ask mothers this frustrating and patronizing question: So what do you do all day?"

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LDS Olympic Medalist Says She Doesn't Fit the Mormon Mold, but It's Made Her Faith Stronger

The first U.S. weightlifter to win an Olympic medal in 16 years, Sarah Robles, shares how recommitting to her LDS faith helped make her stronger in every aspect of her life.

Lesson Helps

FHE: The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

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Conference Talk: "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" by Neil L. Andersen

How to Make Baby Food from Food Storage

By Emergency Essentials

Since many freeze dried foods come chopped, sliced, and peeled, cooking baby food with food storage will cut the prep time at least in half.

Fun

Making the Conference Center Organ

John Longhurst spent 30 years as a Tabernacle Organist. In addition to performing on Temple Square and on tour with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Longhurst was part of the group that decided what type of organ would be built in the Conference Center. He discussed the details in a Deseret News article. An excerpt is below:

Wildfire Prevention and Preparation

By Emergency Essentials

The destructive wildfires that rage through our forests, brush, and grasslands each year have two primary causes: lightning and people. Unfortunately, careless people cause more fires than lightning, and wildfires destroy vegetation, homes, businesses, and the lives of people and animals each year in alarming numbers. In an average year, 13 million acres as well as countless homes and businesses are lost to wildfires in the U.S. and Canada.

From the Church

More About the Church's Major Missionary Changes: Plans to Decrease Missions, Utilize Technology + More

Recently, theChurch announced that it will be making changes to the missionary programby standardizing interview questions for prospective missionaries, decreasing missions while trying to utilize tech savviness to locate like-minded religious people, and providing more help for early returned missionaries. Here's a little more insight into some of these changes:

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Touching Video: LDS Scouts Teach Refugees How to Ride a Bike

One LDS Boy Scout troop has taken the First Presidency's charge and the Relief Society's "I Was a Stranger" initiative to heart. Troop 411 in Phoenix, Arizona, teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to build and donate bikes for refugees.