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LDS Church brings water to Horn of Africa
The chief sits on the hard ground and gazes out at the barren, dry land before him. Deep in the Horn of Africa, he is miles from any civilization. The only thing he can hear is the wind whistling across the desert and the braying of his goats in the distance. The chief is named Ahamd Issaq, and...
How Can I Help?
In one area of my mission, there was a woman who lived in a small apartment with her adult son who was bedridden by severe cerebral palsy. The missionaries would go visit them often; we would chat with her son and the elders would give him a shave or help change his bedding. Their tiny apartment...
Mormon Helping Hands Assist in Maryland Park Cleanup (Photo Essay)
Approximately 300 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers joined community members and elected officials to clean up Parkville, Maryland's Double Rock Park on 12 May. The photo essay at the link below shows these volunteers in action.
Church Honored in Spain for Blood Drive Promotion
The Spanish Federation of Blood Donors in Spain is honoring The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) for its positive contribution to improve people’s lives through the donation of blood. This is the second time the Church has been awarded the National Merit in Blood Donation for...
LDS missionaries help with N.C. Day of Service food drive
LDS missionaries provided hours of service during the multi-city, dual-stake Day of Service here this year.
Mormon missionaries helped unload and sort donations at food bank drop-off cites throughout the area.
LDS Church to participate in San Jose interfaith blood drive, Valley Catholic Online reports
Our take: This article is an informative advance for the Interfaith Community Blood Drive in July. From the Valley Catholic Online: Parishioners across the Diocese of San Jose, Calif., will roll up their sleeves during the month of July to give blood at one of seven parish collection sites during...
Houston judge praises Church
Hurricane season keeps residents and Church members in the Gulf Coast on their toes from June to November each year. While many worked to provide aid for those in need during past hurricanes, much of the relief came from the Church. After Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, the Church delivered 4.9...
LDS high school junior used his mullet to bless lives
For Isaac Blake, growing a mullet turned out to be a worthwhile experience. Not only for himself, but for others as well. Julia Blake said her son, a top student and three-sport athlete at Wellesley High, had always worn a short buzz cut. Seeing Patrick Kane of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and...
LDS volunteers work with other faiths to serve
Service is an integral part of what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does. Recent news has highlighted several service projects in which LDS members have teamed with members of other faiths to help less-fortunate people.
Woman stunned by unexpected act of kindness
Mormon Life says: What a great story of paying it forward.
Lisa Brummer was at a Walmart in Sandy, purchasing shelf-stable food, snacks, magazines and personal care products to send to her 21-year-old nephew who is serving his second deployment to...
Young Women Lesson 20: Reach Out to Others
Mormon Life says: "Benevolence can bring joy and unity to your home, your class, your ward, and your school." -Mary N. Cook
Discussion Questions• In what ways can we reach out to others and encourage their activity in Church meetings?• How can we overcome our own self-consciousness to reach out to others?Excerpt from...
Mormon volunteers help Mission Viejo bloom
About 350 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) arrived at Oso Viejo Park, behind the Norman P. Murray Center at 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, with shovels in hand wearing the familiar Mormon Helping Hands yellow vests, to participate in the annual Mormon...
Grief leads to service at Mormon Helping Hands project
A total of 277 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers, each sporting a bright yellow vest, worked at the El Toro Cemetery in the Orange County, California city of Lake Forest. The Santa Margarita California Stake members were part of the 70,000 volunteers participating at the event sponsored by The...
New Presiding Bishop has witnessed faith in action
Witnessing the death, damage and destruction caused by last year's historic natural disaster in Japan was a life-altering experience for Bishop Gary E. Stevenson and his wife, Sister Lesa Stevenson. The Stevensons were, at once, terribly saddened by the heavy toll that was exacted by such...
Meet the Preppers... and the Mormons (Part 1)
Mormon Life says: A feature on a member who runs a Bishop's Storehouse.
In this week's cover story about survivalists, I speak with a man who identifies himself only as "Bowreeguard," who hails from hard-granite New Hampshire and says that prepping was a way of life for...
