“Whenever I think of giving thanks, I think of what in this life makes me whole, and I think of all the people I’m unable to properly thank.”

Harvey Jimenez has cerebral palsy. A recent visit from Elder Andersen left smiles with his whole family.

To most of us, leprosy is a disease that only existed in Biblical times and meant misery and exile. But to Latter-day Saints in a small Hawaiian leprosy settlement known as Kalaupapa, the disease meant a community of unity, coupled with a faith in God that neither they nor their neighbors would trade for anything.

Kristin Gerdy Kyle was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Rex E. Lee Advocacy Program at BYU Law where she has taught since 1996. Passionate about teaching and mentoring law students, Kristin strives to create a nurturing, spiritually enriching environment that supports not only her students' academic success but also their spiritual and mental well-being. When she married Glenn Kyle in 2018, she became a wife, bonus mom to seven, and grandmother—all on the same day. Now, they have only one child left at home and six grandchildren. Kristin has had a lifelong love of and involvement in music, including spending nine years singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 2010-1018. Kristin and Glenn live in St. George, Utah where she serves as an ordinance worker in the Red Cliffs Temple and as her ward’s organist. Kristin is also a devoted Pom Mom to a "garage" full of tiny pups—first Cruise, then Corvette, and now Porsche. Her hobbies include baking, cheering for the Colorado Avalanche and BYU Cougars, collecting cookbooks, and indulging in Diet Dr. Pepper. She approaches life with faith, enthusiasm, and a touch of zeal.

These foundational spiritual principles may help you develop an unshaken testimony.

“A new line about the sacrament was added to the Church Handbook in 2020. Here is why I think it’s significant.”

I’d been through breakups before, and they were all hard in their own ways, but none could have prepared me for having my wedding called off just days before. I knew it was the right thing because I wouldn’t have wanted to start my marriage off with doubt or fear, but everyone telling me it was “for the best” drove me crazy. They said, “Better now than in a few years down the road”, and, “You dodged a bullet.” When I disagreed with them they all gave me the most concerned, sad, and all-knowing look that seemed to say that I was naïve, needed time, and would look back in a few years having moved on and laugh. They all couldn’t wait to share their “similar” experiences. I know all of this was said and done out of love and with the best intentions, but all I felt was numb.

On December 6, 2009, two-year-old Gardy Mardy, whose father, Guesno, was serving as a counselor in the Haiti Port-au-Prince Mission presidency, was kidnapped from an LDS meetinghouse. Seven years later, the child rescue organization Operation Underground Railroad continues the search for Gardy, and according to the O.U.R. Facebook page, rescuers are closer than ever and are requesting your prayers.

One of our newest apostles, Elder Dale G. Renlund, recently posted onFacebookdetailing his experience of visiting with prison inmates on Easter Sunday. During the Sunday School hour, Elder Renlund was asked questions like: “Can I be forgiven for what I have done?” "Does the Atonement apply to me?" "How can I know if I have been forgiven by God?”

After a recent sexual assault case at Brigham Young University, there has been a lot of attention regarding some of the university's policies and how they might affect the victims of sexual assault. In response to this increased attention,Brigham Young Universtiy released a videowhere President Kevin J. Worthen explained the reason for the policies in place at BYU.