Last November, Donny and Marie sat for the Madame Tussauds studio team in an extensive process that took over three hours and 300 measurements per person. Then, the team began the meticulous process of sculpting, adding each hair one by one, fitting eyes and teeth, and painting--all steps that are done entirely by hand.

The stake president hoped to capture the children’s attention. It worked.

“I hadn’t finished the quilt, and I had no solution. The only thing I could think to do was pray.”

The funeral of Frances J. Monson, wife of Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle at noon on Thursday this week, 23 May. The public is invited to the funeral service. There will be no public viewing. Additional details will be forthcoming. Frances J. Monson passed away on Friday, 17 May, in a Salt Lake City hospital surrounded by family. She had been hospitalized for several weeks and passed away peacefully of causes incident to age. Sister Monson was 85 years old.

The Church reports all missionaries are safe after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami hit New Zealand Monday.

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That’s one of my favorite quotes from President Hinckley. The example of Peter in this instance really hits me, because I tend to be a victim of “Sunday resolutions,” those bold declarations that are so easy to make and so difficult to live up to.

What are some other ways you can embarass your kids in the best kind of ways?

In May, we held a handover for our bee project in Bulawayo. This is the project where we are helping young people who are heads of family. These young people are between the ages of 14 and 17 and have complete responsibility for their younger siblings due to the death of both parents and do not have any relatives to help. Among other donations, the Church provided wood, wire, screens and paint and the kids constructed 20 beehives. They also constructed tables and benches for their classrooms and built platforms to hold the beehives. Along with the building of the hives and physical aspects of the project, they attend training classes on the care and nature of bee keeping as well as training in starting and managing a business. The leaders in the community were invited to the handover and several people from America were in attendance. The completed hives were all placed in rows for the handover and when we lifted the lids, they had baited the interior wood slats and screens with honey and sweets, so as to entice the bees to select their hives. The next step is to take the hives and place them in several fields to start the process of luring bees to their hives. They are hoping that the bees will like the look of their hives and select them for their homes and manufacturing plant. If a queen bee doesn’t select their hives within a few weeks, then there are places to purchase bees. Who knew?

Three-time Olympian Christian Niccum didn’t drift from his Mormon roots because he’d lost his faith.