http://www.mormonlife.com/tag/Scouts Mormon Life - Scouts tag http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65087-utah-scout-honors-ancestor-by-donating-soccer-balls-to-school-in-japan http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65087-utah-scout-honors-ancestor-by-donating-soccer-balls-to-school-in-japan Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:37:00 -0600 <div> source: deseretnews.com </div> It is easy to forget about the tragedy that surrounds the Yamashita Middle School here while watching a soccer game in this community in northern Japan. Shouts of joy, in stark contrast to the recent sorrow, fill the atmosphere as the ball moves up and down the field. <p> And that's just what Sterling Peterson, 17, a Timpview High School student from Utah, wanted. </p><p> He traveled to Japan to do what he could to help these students after a 9.0 earthquake and powerful tsunami devastated their community. Four of their classmates died in the disaster, which left 15,401 dead, displaced thousands and destroyed more than 551,000 homes throughout Japan, according to the National Police Agency. To date, some 8,146 people remain missing.</p> http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65027-pres-thomas-s-monson-dedicates-youth-camp-in-ontario http://www.mormonlife.com/story/65027-pres-thomas-s-monson-dedicates-youth-camp-in-ontario Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:02:00 -0600 <div> source: deseretnews.com </div> President Thomas S. Monson returned "home" to eastern Canada to dedicate on Saturday a camp that bears his name. <p> "I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be back in this part of the world," said the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before he offered a prayer to dedicate the camp that covers more than 400 acres about 120 miles east of Toronto near Peterborough. About 15 acres of the camp have been developed; the rest remains as natural habitat.</p>