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Mauled Mormon missionary has new lease on life after lion attack

He's missing a piece of his leg, his arm was recently amputated and the tendons in his thumb were torn from pressing so hard on his attacker's eyeball, but Elder Paul Richard Oakey said he plans to move on from a day that two lions almost took his life. "Accidents happen. We don't plan them. They just happen," said the 20-year-old whose humility is visible from across a room. "I wasn't planning on getting attacked by lions. It happened and I'm just going to move on."

Church, Red Cross strengthen relationship with memorandum

Calling the American Red Cross “important and indispensable,” Steven K. Petersen, the managing director of Welfare Services, met with American Red Cross President and CEO Gail J. McGovern on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA to reaffirm the decades-old ties between the humanitarian foundation and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “The Church is a valued partner of the American Red Cross, and they have helped us in so many, many different ways,” Ms. McGovern said. “The LDS Church and its members provide financial support and in-kind donations to the Red Cross, and these generous donations have helped ease the plight of millions suffering from disasters not only in our country, but around the world.”

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How One Pair of Missionaries Baptized a Whole Village

Elder Tupou quickly learned that the church in Vanuatu very different to his large ward in Sydney. “Often we would be running a small branch or helping to build, something or other, this was a pioneering mission in a district, not a stake, and just as I thought, no air-conditioning, but I got used to it.”

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Baroness Nicholson Praises LDS Church as "Doers of Life"

From the British Parliament's changing view of the LDS Church to her thoughts on Elder Holland after hosting his family, Baroness Nicholson had quite a bit to share about the LDS Church and her work with its members.

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How a Japanese Buddhist joined the Church and gave up everything to become a General Authority

Learn how Elder Takashi Wada, who was raised Buddhist, and his wife, Naomi Ueno Wada, who was raised Shinto, discovered The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and sacrificed much to follow their new faith.

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President Nelson Meets with Archbishop, Mexican Legislators to Help Defend the Family

President Nelson met with the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla, His Eminence Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, and Mexican legislators in Mexico this month to discuss the work needed to defend the family.

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Watch: Lexi Walker Helps Give This Single LDS Mom a Touching Secret Santa Surprise That Will Make You Cry

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At 48 years old, Kathy Goff has experienced things most parents would never dream of. The single mom has watched her daughter endure two years of chemotherapy, witnessed one of her sons momentarily flatline, and spent countless hours waiting at doctor's offices.

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President Eyring Shares One Powerful Role of the Holy Ghost We Don't Always Think About

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Comforter, teacher, sanctifier, the Holy Ghost has many roles—but there is one powerful role members of the Church don't always think of.

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Huffington Post: Thomas S. Monson Could Be the Kindest Person You and I Have Never Met

The following article was published on the Huffington Post the day after President Monson's passing.

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LDS Church Donates 17,000 Meals for the Hungry in Virginia

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Just last week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated more than 20,000 pounds of food to Feeding America in Richmond, Virginia, for the third year in a row. That's the equivalent of 17,000 meals. September is Hunger Action Month and this donation will replenish many of the empty shelves in food banks.