” said the actor, who is preparing to serve a two-year full-time mission in Brazil when the filming for his role is over. “This is just a part of my life that is preparing me for the future, for my mission.”
On my mission to the Catholic country of Brazil, there was a rumor among the missionaries that the Pope in Rome had historical evidence in a Vatican vault that proved the LDS church was true. I remember being skeptical of the rumor at the time, but I also felt indignant over how evil i...
But in 1984 I went to Sao Paulo, Brazil on my Mormon mission just 6 years after that “revelation” and while interracial marriage was still discouraged. Brazil opened my eyes to a whole different racial world and the hurtful ramifications of that earlier Mormon doctrine. For one, racial line...
He said he was a very miserable creature, that he had earnestly sought death during his sojourn upon the earth, but that he could not die, and his mission was to destroy the souls of men. About the time he expressed himself thus, I rebuked him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ...
Howe's Painesville Telegraph described the scene thusly in his issue of Tues., Nov. 16, 1830: "About two weeks since some persons came along here with the book, one of whom pretends to have seen Angels... The name of the person here, who pretends to have a divine mission, and to ...
Men or women who are seeking to join the church, but have participated in an abortion in the past, areinterviewed by the president of the mission in which they reside. The mission president can then provide baptismal authorization, or not, depending on the individual's circumstances and/or me...
At 19, I served a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northeastern Brazil. I remember telling people often that the Book of Mormon was special and unique in how it “changes the lives of people.” I knew this was true, as I had read it prior to...
And every mission in the world has horror stories. I was mugged in Brazil, I have a friend who was beaten in France, other friends had guns thrust in their face on stateside missions. If you look hard enough, there will always be excuses not to go. I suppose it just depends on how...
All easy missions are alike; every hard mission is hard in its own way. Tolstoy knew jack squat about missionary work, but when you talk to someone who has served a really hard mission, you can hear it in their voice (distant, faint), see in their eyes (
Men are ordained as high priests to serve in a number of callings: members of the bishopric, members of the stake presidency, high councilors, mission presidents, stake patriarchs, etc. Worthy male Church members are designated as high priests when they are called to a stake presidency, ...