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MR says: With the Church's focus on the Sacrament this year, this is a great reminder to keep Christ and our covenants in our hearts always.

While I generally like to challenge–if not completely burst–historical myths, both in and outside the classroom, I sincerely hesitated to write and publish this post on Pioneer Day. I don’t like being an iconoclast for iconoclasm’s sake. But in hearing the story discussed below several times over the last week (including in the ward I am currently attending, in the classroom, in the Ensign, and even on the internet), I thought this was an issue that needed to be addressed. Thus, I hope that the discussion is more sophisticated than merely degenerating into “average Mormons don’t know diddley squat about history.” That would, indeed, be missing the point. Everyone knows the traditional story of the Sweetwater Rescue–and I imagine that most readers of this blog know the problems with it. In November, 1846, the beleaguered Martin Handcart Company reached the Sweetwater River in Wyoming. Plagued by a late start, they faced terrible weather conditions that slowed them down and made the trek nearly unbearable. Brigham Young, when hearing of their plight, sent out rescuers to help them finish the final leg of their migration. The rest of the story is the stuff of legend.

Turkey itself was once the home of the Ottoman Empire which ruled vast territories upon three different continents. It was a world power that lasted from 1299 to 1923. At the height of its power, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the empire controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Ottoman Empire contained 29 provinces and numerous vassal states. Because the Ottoman Empire with its capital in Istanbul, the former Constantinople, had aliened itself with Germany and the axis powers during World War I, the Ottoman Empire was dismantled primarily by the British and the French. The Republic of Turkey was officially proclaimed on 29 October 1923.

“It can be well in this nation when we lock arms ... Not as black and white. Not as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Baptist. But as children of God who are about loving everybody and bringing hope, happiness and health to all of God’s children.”

Following a group of people dressed in colorful, handmade tribal clothing up the stairs in a small Church meetinghouse in Hualien, Taiwan, Wen-hsiu Chen squeezed her way through the crowd for a chance to say a quick goodbye.

As he concluded his ministry to Southeast Asia with President Russell M. Nelson, Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said that the pioneers who are building a legacy there and embracing the gospel of Jesus Christ are "destined to be a force" for the Church.

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has been in South Africa for the last 10 days meeting with members, missionaries, and local kings and queens.

Serving a full-time mission as a young adult is a one-of-a-kind, life-changing opportunity—and so is joining the Church. And a few filmmakers are hoping to help people connect with those transformative experiences with a series they call Mission Stories.

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will begin a livestream organ recital series from the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square later this month.