Elder Jeffrey R.
Holland, an Apostle of the Lord, Jesus Christ, testifies
that the heavens are open and God continues to speak His
word and reveal His truth (2:57).
A second witness of Jesus Christ and a companion volume of scripture to the Bible that records God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.
For three days last month, Jolie Determan took on the persona of a 17-year-old Scottish girl named Emily Wall. Sixteen-year-old Sam Whitlock was transformed into 30-year-old James Laird, and Jolie's older sister, Sophie, became a 9-year-old girl named Agnes Caldwell. The Sioux Falls teens not only learned the stories of three people who had lived 150 years ago, they also walked in their footsteps.
When she heard the scream coming from the backyard, Jeanie Castillo knew something was seriously wrong. As the 16-year-old and others hurried to the side of a pool, they found Jeanie's little brother with Down Syndrome floating lifelessly in the water. He had no pulse. The stressful and miraculous events that followed the terrifying discovery unified the Honduran family and strengthened the testimonies of many.
Elder Kaden Marshall from Washington, Utah, and Elder McKay Allred from Huntington, Utah, are in Oshkosh performing community service and spreading the gospel as part of their voluntary two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Along with spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, the missionaries perform community service for a number of organizations.
All it took was a few pictures of a Methodist doctor's medical mission for a Mormon woman to want to help. And because of it, many children's lives will be saved. Beverly Carter, a secretary, CNA, and doula at Providence Regional Medical Center, was looking at pictures of a colleague's trip to serve impoverished children in rural Guatemala when she saw something startling: None of these children was wearing diapers. She invited family and friends to help her make cloth diapers for the doctor's next visit.
For 14-year-old Connor Corbin, the most memorable part of his handcart trek was the ascent of central Wyoming's Rocky Ridge, where the Willie company tragically became snowbound in 1856. Carter and 11 compatriots led by Brigham Young University graduate student Clive Haydon completed their own 63-day, 1,160-mile trek today at This Is the Place Heritage Park. It was a journey that left all with a much richer understanding of what the Mormon pioneers endured and accomplished.
