I was sad to hear that Truman Madsen passed away last week at 82 years of age and after a long battle with cancer. Many of you young future missionaries may not even know who Truman Madsen was, so let me tell you a little about him and about the influence he has had on [...]
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Giving impromptu Church talks is a pretty common request of missionaries, therefore, knowing how to write a talk is an essential missionary skill. I gave at least one talk in every ward or branch to which I was assigned as a missionary. My first talk was my first Sunday in Argentina. I arrived in my [...]
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Today marks the 180th anniversary of the restoration of the priesthood of God. It was May 15, 1829 when Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery went into the woods on the banks of the Susquehanna River and prayed to God to for the authority to baptize. Their prayer was answered and the resurrected John the Baptist, [...]
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In the Book of Mormon, in Alma Chapter 56, the Nephite and Lamanite nations are engulfed in war. A group of Lamanite converts to the Church, known as the people of Ammon, wanted to help defend the Nephite people. The Ammonite adults, though, had made a covenant never to go to war again, so it [...]
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Though they probably wouldn’t consider themselves experts, my parents know a lot about preparing youth for a mission. They are getting ready to send their eighth son on a mission. So I recently asked my dad to send me his thoughts on preparing children to serve full-time missions. He summarized it with five key elements, [...]
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I get a lot of questions about mission papers, and the process for applying to go on a mission. So I thought I would use today’s post to explain and illustrate the process. These steps are based on the officially publicized information from the Church in the March 2007 New Era article titled Your Call [...]
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