Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy landed on May 31, 2013, in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City eager to learn stories of faith and service and to minister to those in need. Elder Rasband also carried a personal message for the Saints from President Thomas S. Monson. Elder Rasband was particularly eager to meet Maylene Sorrels. Sister Sorrels had been at work as a kindergarten teacher’s aide at Plaza Towers Elementary when the category 5 tornado—the most destructive rank possible—demolished the school on May 20. She, with the kindergarten teacher, covered their students with their bodies. Though both women received injuries, no one else from the class was hurt. “When we heard the tornado coming close, I just prayed and prayed that my children (some of whom were also in the path of the storm) and the children we were protecting would be all right,” she said. “The Lord hears prayers. Prayers are answered.” Sister Sorrels’s home was badly damaged, but all of her family and the children with her were safe.

Manual 3; Supplement from "Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts Unceasingly" by President Gordon B. Hinckley

INTRODUCTION: Nephi wrote of the Lord in his remarkable psalm of praise and awe, “He hath filled me with his love even unto the consuming of my flesh” (2 Nephi 4:21). Nephi had just written “O wretched man that I am” and “My heart sorroweth because of my flesh” (2 Nephi 4:17) and “my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities, and I am encompassed about because of the temptations and the sins which do so easily beset me” (2 Nephi 4:18). But even so he was secure in the witness he had of the Lord’s improbable and immeasurable love. Paul wrote:

Dear Dave,

1. Be friendly.

Recently, Utah Valley University celebrated its 75th anniversary and along with it the installation of a stain glass window that The Guardian called “one of the most spectacular stained glass windows made in the past century” (see photos here). But now, the University has something else to celebrate. Their president, Matthew Holland—a faithful Latter-day Saint—just got named Executive of the Year.

What a wonderful thing zucchini is, but rare is the gardener who grows zucchini and doesn’t end up with too many! I set out on an adventure to find ways to use the prolific fruit, regardless of its size. I spent years compiling recipes, stories and trivia about zucchini, and eventually it all came together in my book The Zucchini Houdini. The following are just a few of the many recipes I love! Enjoy!

It's amazing what parents can capture on their baby camera monitors. Recently, LDS mother Nicole Ellsworth caught her 3-year-old Leo entertaining his little 1-year-old sister Isla, who share a room together.

Police are investigating the vandalism of an LDS property in Rexburg, Idaho, following the results of the Nov. 8 election.

What a great testimony to the strength of latter-day prophets as well as those who support and sustain them.