Funny stories and jokes from the Lord’s living prophets and apostles during the April 2013 LDS General Conference, including President Monson’s story about taking matches and burning the weeds, an event which taught him the importance of obedience.
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Welcome to Conference, by President Thomas S. Monson “With the young men now being able to serve at age 18 and the young women at 19, the response of our young people has been remarkable and inspiring. As of April 4—two days ago—we have 65,634 full-time missionaries serving, with over 20,000 more who have received [...]
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Welcome to Conference By President Thomas S. Monson “I am pleased to announce that effective immediately all worthy and able young men who have graduated from high school or its equivalent, regardless of where they live, will have the option of being recommended for missionary service beginning at the age of 18, instead of age [...]
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave some insightful advice for missionaries in his July 2012 message in the Ensign magazine. He said that if you act like every day is the middle of your mission, regardless of whether it is the first [...]
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Our family just finished reading the Book of Mormon together. We read one column every night, and it took us about 3 1/2 years. We have five kids ranging from age 9 to age 11 months, and only two of them can read, but the other little ones like to repeat what we say so they can have a [...]
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With the game on the line in the battle between Good and Evil, in the talk from October 2011 LDS General Conference, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland serves as a one-man recruiting station for the Lord and missionary work. What are some of the devil’s tactics in this contest when eternal life is at stake? Here [...]
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The following is one of my favorite stories from the recent October 2011 General Conference. It is about Peter Mourik speaking at the dedication of the Frankfurt Germany Temple and was related by President Thomas S. Monson during his Sunday morning talk called Stand in Holy Places. I am always humbled and grateful when my [...]
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Counseling With Our Councils: Learning to Minister Together in the Church and in the Family by Elder M. Russell Ballard is one of the best Church books I’ve read. Though it’s not directly related to mission prep, I wanted to share my thoughts about it with you anyway. Here are some of the things I [...]
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Mormon Mission Prep Widgets
