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COVER STORY Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet, p.58 President Henry B. Eyring, p.8 President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, p.16 What Parents Have Learned from Family Home Evening, p. 34 President Gordon B.Hinckleydedicatedthenew templeonJune27,2002,prayingthatitwouldstand as a memorial to the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, who were martyred in1844. whoweremartyred as amemorialtotheProphetJosephSmithandhisbrother Hyrum, The NauvooIllinoisTemple wasbuiltuponthesiteoforiginalNauvoo Temple. Nauvoo Temple Goodwin , byMyronR.

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Over the years, scien- tific evidence has favored a diet consis- tent with the principles of the Word of Wisdom. See “Cancer, Nutrition, and the Word of Wisdom: One Doctor’s Observations,” p. 42.

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COVER STORY Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet, p.58 President Henry B. Eyring, p.8 President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, p.16 What Parents Have Learned from Family Home Evening, p. 34 4 8–21 ON THE COVER MESSAGES FEATURE ARTICLES Illustration by Cary Henrie FIRST PRESIDENCY President Henry B. Eyring: Called of God MESSAGE 8 ELDER ROBERT D. HALES Heeding the Voice A biographical sketch of the First Counselor 4 of the Prophet in the First Presidency. PRESIDENT DIETER F. UCHTDORF President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: A Family Man, In our Father’s great love for 16 a Man of Faith, a Man Foreordained us, He has given us prophets ELDER RUSSELL M. NELSON for our time. A biographical sketch of the Second Counselor in the First Presidency. VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE Faith in His Step and a Song in His Heart All Human Beings 24 DEIRDRE M. PAULSEN 57Are Created in the How far would you walk to attend church? Image of God 38 50

The Journey Hope, Healing, and Dealing with Addiction 27 LISA SOUTH 50 MICHAEL D. GARDNER The pioneers suffered, but they also rejoiced. You can do much to support your spouse in overcoming addictions while at the same time finding your own healing. Waiting a Little Season 32 BROOKE ANN SMITH Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet What Zion’s Camp taught me about my own challenges. 58 ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD How you can further the work of the Lord—right from your What Parents Have Learned own computer. 34 from Family Home Evening Adults and children alike can learn from family home Making Church Magazines evening. 64 Have you ever wondered how the Ensign and other Church magazines are created? This article will show you. A Watch, Some Buttons, and Joseph’s Cloak 38 SALLY JOHNSON ODEKIRK What can these items teach us about the life of Joseph Smith?

Cancer, Nutrition, and the Word of Wisdom: One 42 Doctor’s Observations WILLIAM T. STEPHENSON, MD DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL? From being able to run marathons to getting a good night’s In the pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In, the First Presidency sleep, members benefit from living the Word of Wisdom. counsels Church members to prepare for adversity by reviewing the stability of their finances. How have you been blessed through Lesson from a Milk Jug obeying the counsel to pay tithes and offerings, avoid debt, use a 48 NAME WITHHELD budget, build a reserve, and teach your family wise use of After a series of family trials, things were starting to look up. resources? Please label submissions “Family Finances” and send But that changed when the author found her husband them by August 29, 2008. engrossed in filth on the Internet. We also welcome other submissions that show the gospel of Jesus Christ at work in your life. Ensign Magazine Writers’ Guidelines are posted at http://ensign.lds.org under “Resources.” Send submissions to [email protected] or Ensign Editorial, 50 E. North Temple Street, Room 2420, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3220, USA. Include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, ward (or branch), and stake (or district). Because of the volume of submissions, we cannot acknowledge receipt. Authors whose work is selected for publication will be notified. If you would like your manuscript, photos, art, or other material returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

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AN OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS The First Presidency: Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring, Dieter F. Uchtdorf The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Boyd K. Packer, L. Tom Perry, Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, M. Russell Ballard, Joseph B. Wirthlin, Richard G. Scott, Robert D. Hales, Jeffrey R. Holland, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson Editor: Jay E. Jensen Advisers: Gary J. Coleman, Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Gerald N. Lund, W. Douglas Shumway Managing Director: David L. Frischknecht Editorial Director: Victor D. Cave Graphics Director: Allan R. Loyborg Managing Editor: Don L. Searle Assistant Managing Editor: LaRene Porter Gaunt Senior Editors: Linda Stahle Cooper, Larry Hiller, Michael R. Morris, Judith M. Paller, Joshua J. Perkey 58 28 Assistant Editor: Melissa Merrill Editorial Staff: Susan Barrett, Ryan Carr, Jenifer L. Greenwood, USING THIS ISSUE R. Val Johnson, Adam C. Olson, DEPARTMENTS GOSPEL TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE Laurel Teuscher Share your beliefs. Elder Editorial Intern: Megan Wyman Addiction, 48, 50 Holy Ghost, 28, 54, Ballard teaches that we have a LESSONS FROM THE Senior Secretary: Christy Banz BOOK OF MORMON Adversity, 27, 48 70 Publications Assistant: Sally J. Odekirk “modern equivalent of the Atonement, 48, 50 Hope, 48, 50 Managing Art Director: M. M. Kawasaki printing press” in the Internet Bodies, 57 Joseph Smith, 32, Art Director: J. Scott Knudsen Coming to Know Book of Mormon, 38, 73 Senior Designers: C. Kimball Bott, (see p. 58). How can you use Colleen Hinckley 28 for Ourselves 73 Joy, 27 Design and Production Staff: this powerful tool to spread the ELDER KENNETH JOHNSON Callings, 74 Love, 34, 70 Cali R. Arroyo, Collette Nebeker Aune, message of the gospel? Why should we found Children, 74 Missionary Work, Thomas S. Child, Eric P. Johnsen, Church maga- 16, 24, 58 Scott Mooy, Jane Ann Peters, Testify of modern-day our faith on the rock Scott Van Kampen zines, 64 Obedience, 42 prophets. The First Presidency of revelation? Creation, 57 Parenthood, 34, 74 Printing Director: Craig K. Sedgwick Message this month emphasizes Doctrine, 54 Patience, 32 Distribution Director: Randy J. Benson the blessings of living prophets; Change and the Education, 8 Peace, 48, 50 © 2008 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Virtue of the Word All rights reserved. The Ensign (ISSN the two articles that follow it 54 Example, 24 Pioneers, 27 0884-1136) is published monthly by The ELDER KEITH R. EDWARDS Faith, 8, 16, 24, 28 Preparation, 74 introduce us to the counselors Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, How do we become what Family, 8, 16, 34 Prophets, 4, 8, 16, 38 50 E. North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, in the First Presidency (see Family Home Repentance, 50, 54 UT 84150-3220, USA. Periodicals Postage we want to become? Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah. pp. 4, 8, and 16). How have you Evening, 34 Revelation, 4, 10, To subscribe: By phone, call 1-800-537- been blessed because you live in Fast Offering, 72 28 LATTER-DAY SAINT Foreordination, 16 Sacrifice, 24, 72 5971 to order using Visa, MasterCard, a time when prophets are on Discover Card, or American Express. 70 VOICES Friendship, 74 Savior, 48, 73 Online, go to ldscatalog.com. By mail, the earth? Blessings associated with Gospel, 28, 54 Scripture Study, 32 send $10 U.S. check or money order to Gratitude, 70 Single Adults, 32 Distribution Services, P.O. Box 26368, Salt Enjoy Church magazines spiritual promptings, Lake City, UT 84126-0368, USA. gratitude, and fast offerings. Healing, 48, 50 Testimony, 28, 58 in multiple formats. Now that Heavenly Father, Word of Wisdom, To change address: Send both old and you know how Church maga- 57 42 new address information to Distribution RANDOM Services at the above address. Please allow zines are made (see p. 64), 60 days for changes to take effect. 74 SAMPLER consider enjoying their content Text and visual material in the Ensign may Magnifying callings, rotating COMING IN be copied for incidental, noncommercial in various formats. Part or all emergency-kit items, plan- AUGUST church or home use. Visual material may of each issue is available in not be copied if restrictions are indicated ning family home evenings, Look for articles on: in the credit line with the artwork. Copyright formats like American Sign and responding positively questions should be addressed to Intellectual Language, audio, braille, and * Insights for and from young Property Office, 50 E. North Temple Street, to children. single adults. Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3011; e-mail: PDA and PDF formats. From [email protected]. * Showing reverence for the www.lds.org, select “Gospel NEWS OF THE POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CHURCH Lord in the way we dress. Distribution Services, P.O. Box 26368, Salt Library,” then “Media Formats.” 76 Lake City, UT 84126-0368, USA. * Maintaining scripture study Canada Post Information: Publication habits. Agreement #40017431

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FIRST PRESIDENCY MESSAGE Heeding the Voice of the Prophets BY PRESIDENT DIETER F. UCHTDORF Second Counselor in the First Presidency

hat a joy and privilege it is to be will always cherish our memories of the early part of this worldwide Church and Saints—their sacrifices, sorrows, and tears W be taught and uplifted by prophets, but also their courage, faith, and trust in the seers, and revelators! We members of this Lord as they too followed His prophet in Church speak many languages, and we come their time. from many cultures, but we share the same I have no ancestors among the 19th- blessings of the gospel. century pioneers. However, since the first This is truly a universal Church, with mem- days of my Church membership, I have felt bers spread across the nations of the earth a close kinship to those early pioneers who proclaiming the universal message of the crossed the plains. They are my spiritual gospel of Jesus Christ to all, irrespective of ancestry, as they are for each and every n our Father’s language, race, or ethnic roots. We are all member of the Church, regardless of great love for us, spirit children of a living and loving God, our nationality, language, or culture. They estab- IHe has given us Heavenly Father, who wants us to be success- lished not only a safe place in the West but prophets for our time ful on our journey back to Him. also a spiritual foundation for the building to lead us in an In His kindness, He has given us prophets of the kingdom of God in all the nations unbroken succession to teach us His eternal truths and guide us of the world. since the Restoration in living His gospel. This year we have bade of this great work farewell to a beloved prophet, President We All Are Pioneers through the Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008), who led As the message of the restored gospel of Joseph Smith in the us for many years until the Lord called him Jesus Christ is now being embraced around early 1800s. home. Now we go forward under the direc- the world, we are all pioneers in our own tion of the new prophet whom the Lord sphere and circumstance. It was in the tur- has called to lead us, President Thomas S. moil of post–World War II Germany when Monson. In our Father’s great love for us, my family first learned about The Church He has given us prophets for our time to of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George lead us in an unbroken succession since the Albert Smith (1870–1951) was the President Restoration of this great work through the then. I was only a young child, and we had

PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG DIMOND BY PHOTOGRAPH Prophet Joseph Smith in the early 1800s. We lost all material belongings twice within

ENSIGN JULY 2008 5 times, even as they do today. Yet how many of us permit our fears to take control of our lives in this time of inter- national tension, economic and political uncertainties, and personal challenges? re we following A Consistent Voice A the God is speaking to us in a consistent only seven years. We were refugees with an inspired counsel voice. God will deal with all the human family uncertain future. However, during those of the prophets? equally. We might be in a large ward or a same seven years, we gained more than One example of small branch, our climate or vegetation may any amount of money could ever buy. We great importance differ, the cultural background and language found a supernal refuge, a place of defense for humanity is might vary, and the color of our skin could from despair: the restored gospel of Jesus strengthening our be totally different. But the universal power Christ and His Church, led by a true and own families. and blessings of the restored gospel are avail- living prophet. able to all, irrespective of culture, nationality, The good news that Jesus Christ has political system, tradition, language, eco- made the perfect Atonement for mankind, nomic environment, or education. redeeming all from the grave and rewarding Today, we have again apostles, seers, and each individual according to his or her works, was the revelators who are watchmen on the tower, messengers of healing power which brought hope and peace back supernal, healing truth. God speaks to us through them. into my life. They are profoundly aware of the different circumstances Whatever our challenges in life may be, our burdens may we members are living in. They are in this world but not become light if we not only believe in Christ but also in His of this world. They point the way, and they offer help for ability and His power to cleanse and console our lives. Our our difficulties, not through the wisdom of this world but lives are healed as we accept His peace. from an eternal Source. President David O. McKay (1873–1970) was the prophet Only a few years ago, in a First Presidency Message, during my teenage years. I seemed to know him person- President Thomas S. Monson said: “The problems of our ally. I could feel his love, kindness, and dignity; he gave day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophis- me confidence and courage in my young life. Even though tication of modern living, we look heavenward for that I grew up thousands of miles away in Europe, I felt he unfailing sense of direction, that we might chart and follow trusted me, and I did not want to disappoint him. a wise and proper course. He whom we call our Heavenly Another source of strength was a letter written by the Father will not leave our sincere petition unanswered.”1 Apostle Paul while he was in prison, addressed to Timothy, We have a living prophet on the face of the earth his most trusted assistant and friend. He wrote: again, even President Thomas S. Monson. He knows our “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of challenges and fears. He has inspired answers. There is power, and of love, and of a sound mind. no need to fear. We can have peace in our hearts and “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our peace in our homes. We can each be an influence for Lord” (2 Timothy 1:7–8). good in this world by following the commandments of These words from one of the ancient Apostles of our God and relying on true repentance, the power of the

Savior rang with great importance for me in postwar Atonement, and the miracle of forgiveness. REIER MATTHEW BY ILLUSTRATION PHOTO

6 The prophets speak to us in the name of the Lord and worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may in divine plainness. As the Book of Mormon confirms, “For be, they must not be permitted to displace the divinely the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he appointed duties that only parents and families can ade- speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their quately perform.”4 understanding” (2 Nephi 31:3). Let us in humility and faith refresh our dedication and It is our responsibility not only to listen but also to act our commitment to follow the prophets, seers, and reve- upon His word that we may claim the blessings of the ordi- lators in all diligence. Let us listen and be instructed and nances and covenants of the restored gospel. He said, “I, edified by those who hold all the keys of the kingdom. the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye And as we listen and follow them, may our hearts be do not what I say, ye have no promise” (D&C 82:10). changed that there will be a great desire to do good (see There may be times when we feel overwhelmed, hurt, Alma 19:33). Thus we will be pioneers in building a spiri- or on the edge of discouragement as we are trying so tual foundation that will establish the Church in every part hard to be perfect members of the Church. Be assured, of the world, that the gospel of Jesus Christ may become a there is balm in Gilead. Let us listen to the prophets of blessing for each child of God and unite and strengthen our day as they help us to focus on the things that are our families. ■ central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His NOTES children. The Lord knows us, He loves us, He wants us to 1. “Sailing Safely the Seas of Life,” Liahona, Nov. 1999, 6–7; Ensign, July 1999, 5. succeed, and He encourages us by saying: “And see that 2. Quoted from J. E. McCulloch, Home: The Savior of Civilization (1924), 42; in Conference Report, Apr. 1964, 5. all . . . things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not 3. See “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Oct. 2004, requisite that [men or women] should run faster than 49; Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102. 4. “Letter from the First Presidency,” Liahona, Dec. 1999, 1; “Keeping [they have] strength. . . . [But] it is expedient that [they] Children Close to the Church,” Ensign, June 1999, 80. should be diligent” (Mosiah 4:27).

Following Their Counsel IDEAS FOR HOME TEACHERS Are we diligent in living the commandments of God, with- After prayerfully studying this message, share it using a method out running beyond our strength? Or are we just leisurely that encourages the participation of those you teach. Following are strolling along? Are we using our time, talents, and means some examples: wisely? Are we focused on the things which matter most? 1. Ask children what they would need if they were in some dis- Are we following the inspired counsel of the prophets? tant place and needed to travel back home. Suggest how a map and One example of great importance for humanity is a guide might help. Explain that prophets are guides Heavenly Father strengthening our own families. The principle of family provides to help us get back to Him. Read an excerpt from the mes- home evening was given to us in 1915. President McKay sage that emphasizes this point. reminded parents again in 1964 that “no other success can 2. Relate a memory you have of the man who was President of compensate for failure in the home.”2 In 1995 the prophets the Church when you were a child or teenager. Tell how the teach- of our day called upon all the world to strengthen the fam- ings of the living prophets have guided you during your lifetime. ily as the fundamental unit of society.3 And in 1999 the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles lovingly stated: “We counsel parents and children to give highest priority to family prayer, family home evening, gospel study and instruction, and wholesome family activities. However

ENSIGN JULY 2008 7 President Henry B. Eyring Called of God

BY ELDER ROBERT D. HALES “No,” said Henry. Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles “That’s right!” President few years after Henry Kimball assured him. With that, Bennion Eyring became President Kimball ended the Apresident of Ricks College conversation. (now Brigham Young University– For those who know Henry B. Idaho), he was offered a high- Eyring, his willingness to follow paying, prestige-filled job in spiritual promptings—even if southern California. doing so means giving up what “It sounds like a great opportu- the world considers important— nity,” President Spencer W. Kimball told him as Henry comes as no surprise. He has learned for himself that faith described the offer and its benefits. “If we ever needed and humility, coupled with obedience, qualify God’s chil- you, we would know where you were.” dren for blessings richer than worldly wealth. Henry had expected President Kimball, his uncle, to ask Following the death of President him to stay on at Ricks. Instead, it became obvious that Gordon B. Hinckley on January 27, Henry and his wife, Kathleen, were to pray and fast 2008, President Thomas S. Monson about their decision, which they did. Within a week, called President Eyring to serve the Spirit whispered to Henry that he would have the as First Counselor in the First privilege of staying at Ricks College “a little longer.” Presidency. President Eyring had He called Jeffrey R. Holland, then Commissioner previously served as Second of the Church Educational System, and told him that Counselor for four months, filling a vacancy he had turned down the job offer. That evening created by the death of President James E. Henry received a phone call from President Kimball. Faust. “I understand you’ve decided to stay,” said “Hal”—as he is known among family President Kimball. and friends—was born on May 31, 1933, “Yes,” replied Henry. in Princeton, New Jersey. The second of “Do you think you’ve made a sacrifice?” three sons born to Henry Eyring and Mildred

asked President Kimball. Bennion Eyring, he joined a family that put EYRING AND OF HENRY CRAIG DIMOND; PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF EAST HIGH SCHOOL; RIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT: BOTTOM KNUDSEN AND ALLAN DAVEY/MASTERFILE SCOTT J. BY PHOTOGRAPHS BOMMELI COURTESY OF LDS CHURCH ARCHIVES; BACKGROUND: MARY

8 the promptings of the Spirit and the direction of priesthood leaders. His great-grandfather Henry Eyring, who left Germany in 1853 when he was 18, was introduced to the Church the following year in St. Louis, Missouri. His desire for a manifestation regarding the Church was answered with a dream in which Elder Erastus Snow of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, whom he would not meet until later, commanded him to be baptized. A similar dream, in which he saw President Brigham Young for the first time, followed in 1860 while he was serving a mission in present- day Oklahoma and Arkansas.1 Great-Grandfather Eyring met Swiss immigrant Mary Bommeli when he joined her pioneer company on his trek to Utah fol- lowing his mission. Mary, whose family joined the Church when she was 24, had been incarcer- ated in Berlin, Germany, for sharing the gospel. The night she was arrested, she wrote a letter to the judge who was to hear her case. She told the judge, “a man of the Opposite page, from top: President Eyring’s family (from left)— world,” about the Resurrection and the his father, Henry; brothers, Ted and Harden; young Henry, spirit world, encouraging him to repent in or “Hal”; and mother, Mildred. Hal, from a 1951 high school order to save himself and his family from yearbook. Right: Great-grandparents Henry Eyring and “great sorrow.” The judge soon dropped the Mary Bommeli. charges, and Mary was released from jail.2 Henry and Mary married shortly after reaching the Salt Lake Valley. a premium on both spiritual and secular schooling. From Europe to the deserts of southern Utah and His father was a renowned chemist teaching at Arizona to the colonies of northern Mexico, President Princeton University. His mother, an assistant professor Eyring’s ancestors tamed the wilderness, spread the gospel, who headed the women’s physical education department fled persecution, established schools, and educated their at the University of Utah, was on leave from the depart- children. ment pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin when she met her future husband. Together A Wife’s Influence they passed on to their sons their trust in the Lord and With the onset of World War II, gasoline rationing pre- their faith in His gospel. vented the Eyring family from making the 17-mile (27-km) drive to the New Brunswick Branch for Sunday meetings. Heritage of Faith As a result, the family received permission to hold meet- President Eyring traces the beginnings of his family’s ings in their home, in Princeton, New Jersey. Hal would heritage of faith to forebears who listened to and followed joke that he never missed a Primary meeting there—an

ENSIGN JULY 2008 9 achievement that wasn’t too difficult considering that willingness to follow his father’s example when he faced a Primary was held only once in their home. similar crossroads years later. President Eyring often reflects on the beautiful spirit in the sacrament meetings held in this small branch, made up Preparing for the Future of his family and occasional visitors. He didn’t mind that his “I realized when my brother was a teenager how differ- family were usually the only ones who attended or that he ent he was from other teenagers,” says Harden Eyring, who and his brothers constituted the branch’s entire Aaronic calls his older brother both a mentor and a friend. While Priesthood. But as the boys began entering their teenage Hal was in high school, Harden says, he immersed himself years, their mother was eager for the family to live among in the scriptures, reading the Book of Mormon five times. a larger concentra- Hal did not hold himself above others, but he refused to tion of Latter-day participate in activities that would distract from his spiritu- Saints. ality. He made time to play basketball for East High School In 1946 Henry in Salt Lake City, but he put priority on his studies. was enjoying his “When I was a teenager, I used to go out to the ice- success and work cream parlors that everybody went to,” Harden says. at Princeton. He “But Hal wouldn’t go out at night to the had won numer- local hangouts. Instead, he was reading ous honorary doctorates and most major and studying.” awards in chemistry. Given his diligent scien- His older brother, Ted, a chemistry pro- tific work with world-renowned scientists, he fessor at the University of Utah, was a senior had an excellent opportunity to be considered there when he took some classes with Hal. for a Nobel Prize. Ted observed that Hal could hold his own At about this time Henry received a call with anyone in the class. “When Hal is from A. Ray Olpin, president of the University focused, he can accomplish anything,” he of Utah, inviting him to be the dean of the says. “He is a genuinely funny guy, and he graduate school there and continue his remains in good spirits even in serious, chal- research in chemistry. His wife, Mildred, left lenging settings. Hal is much like his father.” the decision up to Henry, but she reminded him of a As he grew older, however, Hal discovered a major dif- promise he had made to her years earlier. Henry had ference between himself and his father. promised to move his family closer to Church headquarters Henry Eyring encouraged his sons to study physics when the boys got older. When Henry turned down the and to prepare for a career in the sciences. Hal dutifully offer, Mildred, who had grown up in Utah, asked him to majored in physics at the University of Utah, but one day pray about his decision and gave him a letter to read when when he asked his father for help with a complex mathe- he arrived at his laboratory. matical problem, it became apparent to Henry that Hal did Upon reading the letter, in which Mildred expressed her not share his passion. disappointment, and after praying and pondering, Henry “My father was at a blackboard we kept in the basement,” called President Olpin, saying he would accept the position President Eyring recalls. “Suddenly he stopped. ‘Hal,’ he after all to build up the university’s science department. His said, ‘we were working at this same kind of problem a week apparent sacrifice in leaving Princeton turned out to be a ago. You don’t seem to understand it any better now than

blessing for him and his family. One such blessing was Hal’s you did then. Haven’t you been working on it?’ ” COURTESY OF BYU–IDAHO WITH PRESIDENT AND SISTER PACKER PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT: COURTESY OF THE EYRING FAMILY; PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY UTAH; PAINTING LEFT:

10 Hal said he had not. He then admitted to his father that physics was not something he constantly thought about. His father paused a moment and then, in ten- der words that released lifting, and strengthen- Opposite page: President his son to pursue his own ing others. Eyring’s parents and a professional passion, he 1969 portrait of his said, “You ought to find some- Listening to the Spirit father. Above: While thing that you love so much that While attending Harvard dur- serving as president of when you don’t have to think about anything, ing the summer of 1961, Hal met Kathleen Ricks College. Left: With that’s what you think about.”3 Johnson, the daughter of J. Cyril and LaPrele his wife, Kathleen, at Hal nevertheless completed his degree in Lindsay Johnson, of Palo Alto, California. She their wedding reception. physics in 1955 before entering the U.S. Air was attending summer school in Boston, and Above left: As president of Force. The Korean War had recently ended, Hal was smitten the first time he saw her. He Ricks College, presenting and the number of young men called as full- felt an immediate desire to do his best when the Exemplary Woman time missionaries from each ward had been he was in her presence—a feeling that has of the Year Award to restricted. For a period of time the Mission continued throughout their lives together. Sister Donna Packer, Home in Salt Lake City was closed, and no mis- They dated that summer and continued 1973. Also pictured are sionaries went into the field. In a blessing, how- their courtship through phone calls and letters President Boyd K. Packer ever, his bishop promised him that his military after Kathleen returned to California. They and Denece Hansen service would be his mission. Two weeks after were married in July 1962 in the Logan Utah Johnson, then president arriving at the Sandia Base near Albuquerque, Temple by Elder Spencer W. Kimball. That of the Associated Women New Mexico, Hal was called as a district mis- same year Hal became an assistant professor Students. sionary in the Western States Mission—a calling at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. he fulfilled in evenings and on weekends dur- Nine years later Hal was enjoying tenure at ing the two years he was in the military. Stanford and serving as bishop of the Stanford His military obligation fulfilled, Hal en- First Ward. With his in-laws living nearby, rolled in the Harvard Graduate School of “things were set,” he recalls. But in the middle Business, where he earned a master’s degree of the night in 1971, Kathleen woke him with in 1959 and a doctorate degree in 1963, both two unusual questions: “Are you sure you are in business administration. Though he had doing the right thing with your life?” the intellect to succeed in a career in science, Wondering how they could be any happier, Hal found that his passion lay in teaching, Hal asked, “What do you mean?”

ENSIGN JULY 2008 11 At that stage in his marriage, Hal knew bet- ter than to ignore his wife’s counsel. He got out of bed, knelt, and uttered a prayer. “I got no answer,” he says, “and I felt terrific about it because I didn’t want to go anywhere.” The following day during bishopric meet- ing, a voice that Hal has come to know well came to his mind and rebuked him for treat- ing lightly his wife’s prompting. “You don’t

Above: As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1997. Right: During a recent visit to southern Utah. Far right: With Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during a June 2004 worldwide leadership training meeting. Opposite page: Family know what way is up in your career,” he was portrait, 1995 (seated, told. “If you ever get another job offer, you from left)—Mary bring it to me.” Kathleen, President and Hal was shaken by the experience and Sister Eyring, Elizabeth; immediately returned home. “We’ve got a (standing, from left)— problem,” he told Kathleen. He feared he John, Matthew, Stuart, Kathleen replied, “Couldn’t you be doing had made a mistake by passing up several job and Henry. studies for Neal Maxwell?” offers he had received while at Stanford. “I Neal A. Maxwell had just been appointed had never prayed over any of them,” he says. Commissioner of the Church Educational Humbled, he began praying about his future. System. Neither Hal nor Kathleen knew him, Less than a week after Kathleen’s late-night but Kathleen felt that perhaps her husband questions, Commissioner Maxwell called and could be doing more to change lives. invited Hal to Salt Lake City for a meeting. He “Doing studies for Neal Maxwell—at my flew out the next day, and the two men met stage of my career?” Hal responded. After all, at the home of Hal’s parents. The first words he thought, “‘Doing studies’ was something a out of Commissioner Maxwell’s mouth were young graduate student might do.” “I’d like to ask you to be the president of Following a pause, Kathleen said, “Will you Ricks College.” pray about it?” Even his wife’s prompting and the spiritual

12 rebuke he had received hadn’t prepared him for such a surprise. He told Commissioner Maxwell that he would need to pray about it. After all, he knew little about Ricks College. The next morning he met with the First Presidency. Afterward, Commissioner Maxwell told him the job was his if he wanted it. Upon his return to California, Hal continued praying fervently. An answer came, but he almost missed it. “I heard a voice so faint that I hadn’t paid attention to it,” he recalls. “The voice said, ‘It’s Family First my school.’ ” He called Commissioner Maxwell and said, During their years in Rexburg, Eyring family members “I’m coming.” grew closer to each other. By then Hal and Kathleen had four Just like that, Hal gave up the trappings of tenure at sons: Henry J., Stuart, Matthew, and John. Later they would Stanford for life in a single-wide trailer in Rexburg, Idaho. It be blessed with two daughters: Elizabeth and Mary Kathleen. would be several months after his inauguration as president But even in a small, rural farm town, Hal and Kathleen had of Ricks College, on December 10, 1971, that he would move to be vigilant. One of their concerns was the amount and his family into their new home, which he helped build. quality of television programming that their sons watched. “I went to Ricks knowing a couple of things,” he says. Henry J., the oldest son, recalls an experience that made a “One is that I wasn’t as much of a big shot as I thought I significant difference in the spirit of the Eyring home. was in terms of my great position at Stanford. Another is “My brother and I were in front of the TV one Saturday that I knew my wife had received revelation before I did. night around midnight,” says Henry J. “A tawdry comedy Finally, I knew that I was a lucky guy to be there. So instead show that we shouldn’t have been watching was on. The of answering the question ‘How could I give up my career basement room was dark except for the light from the tele- at Stanford?’ I say, ‘Heavenly Father took care of that. It vision. Without warning, Mother walked in. She was wear- never felt like a sacrifice.’ ” ing a white, flowing nightgown and carrying a pair of The six years President Eyring spent in Rexburg proved shears. Making no sound, she reached behind the set, to be a blessing to his family and the college. Wise counsel grabbed the cord, and gathered it into a loop. She then from a humble home teacher helped make those years inserted the shears and cut the cord with a single stroke. memorable. The home teacher, a farmer with great faith, Sparks flew and the set went dead, but not before Mother encouraged President Eyring to get out of his office so had turned and glided out of the room.” he could meet, encourage, and give gratitude to college Unnerved, Henry J. headed to bed. His innovative faculty, staff, and students. brother, however, cut a cord from a broken vacuum and Hal prayed about the matter, felt prompted to follow connected it to the television. Soon the boys had plopped that counsel, and began spending more time with the back down in front of the television, hardly missing any of school’s faithful students and dedicated faculty and staff. their show. With another instructor, he even taught religion classes. “Mother, however, got the last laugh,” Henry J. says. As he worked hard to shape the college’s spiritual and “When we came home from school the next Monday, we academic foundations, he and Kathleen grew to love the found the television set in the middle of the floor with a

LEFT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JED A. BY CLARK AND CHRISTINA SMITH PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT: campus community and the people of Rexburg. huge crack through the thick glass screen. We immediately

ENSIGN JULY 2008 13 suspected Mother. When confronted, she responded with knack for woodcarving, and learned to paint with water- a perfectly straight face: ‘I was dusting under the TV, and color. On occasion he will send a thank-you note or a it slipped.’” watercolor painting as a remembrance. President Eyring honored his wife’s wishes, the children Today the Eyring home is full of paintings, carvings, and honored their mother’s desires, and that was the end of furniture that he has created with the help of skilled men- television in the tors. Many of the pieces reflect moral lessons or spiritual Eyring home. “For impressions. In addition, he makes time to send daily the most part, e-mails, affectionately known as “The Small Plates,” to Mother leads his family, which now includes 25 grandchildren. through quiet “Dad’s family journal, which he sends example,” Henry J. out via e-mail each day with photos and observes. “How- contributions from the children, has ever, she is also inspired and fear- helped us feel as though we were telling less. Mother’s assertiveness has stories around the dinner table each been a great blessing to her night,” says Henry J. children and grandchildren. Both in pivotal moments and in Willing to Serve daily routines, she has forever President Eyring didn’t know it at changed the course of our lives.” the time, but he left secular employ- President Eyring still credits his ment behind him when he accepted the position wife for giving him a desire to do and at Ricks College. His work as college president and simul- be his best, and he’s grateful that she taneous service as a regional representative and member has blessed her children in the same way. He is quick to of the Sunday School general board brought him into credit her for her example and spiritual influence on their increased contact with leaders of the Church, who recog- family. She is equally complimentary, expressing gratitude nized his talents and spiritual gifts. The Lord, meanwhile, for his sensitivity to the Spirit and the effective way he has knew his willingness to serve. taught and lived the gospel in their home. In extending the important callings to President Eyring “There was no question in Hal’s mind who was first in that followed his six years at Ricks College, Church leaders his heart,” she says. “He lived in a very competitive envi- sought inspiration that led them to him. During a period ronment with competent associates at Stanford, but he of preparation for those callings, he was tutored by the always put his family first. At the end of every day, when we Spirit as he worked, sought the will of heaven, listened for were together in the evening, he would ask, ‘Who haven’t answers, and, like his ancestors, acted on the promptings we called?’ Then, guided by the Spirit, he would go to the that followed. When the calls came, he was ready. telephone and touch base with a member of the family In 1977 Jeffrey R. Holland, new CES commissioner, asked who needed to have contact that evening.” President Eyring to serve as deputy commissioner. Three With no television in the home, family members had years later, when Commissioner Holland became president more time for each other and more time to pursue inter- of Brigham Young University, Hal took his place as CES com- ests, develop talents, and engage in sports and other activi- missioner. He served in that position until his call in April ties as a family. Over the years President Eyring has honed 1985 as First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. In his cooking skills (he makes his own bread), discovered a that calling he used his many abilities to make significant

14 the blessings of looking for God’s hand in our lives, he spoke from personal experience. By keeping a daily journal of Heavenly Father’s dealings in his life, he has felt his testi- mony grow and he has be- come “ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers.”4 The key to hearing those Opposite page: A answers and knowing that God printout of the family’s has an interest in our lives, he “Small Plates,” a says, is to develop a listening ear. wood chest carved by “We’ve got to be quiet and listen. President Eyring, and In my life, when I have failed to some of his watercolor receive a clear feeling or have paintings. Above: With missed the voice of the Spirit, his wife, following it is because I was too busy, too general conference, noisy inside, and too full of my October 2007. Left: own world.” The First Presidency— contributions in administration, physical facili- President Eyring has always lived the President Thomas S. ties planning, temple design and construction, precepts of the thirteenth article of faith. Monson (center); and other temporal affairs. In September 1992 Members of the Church are indeed fortu- President Henry B. he was renamed CES commissioner and, a nate to have him serve at the side of Presi- Eyring, First Counselor; month later, was called to the First Quorum dent Thomas S. Monson and President and President Dieter F. of the Seventy. Dieter F. Uchtdorf. A rare combination Uchtdorf, Second On April 1, 1995, Henry B. Eyring was sus- of talents, a heritage of faith, a life of prep- Counselor. tained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. aration, a dedication to service, and a deter- Since then he has sought an increased por- mination to seek God and do His will tion of the Spirit of the Lord as he has blessed uniquely qualify him to serve in the First members of the Church throughout the Presidency. ■ world with his heartfelt sermons, loving NOTES 1. See Henry J. Eyring, Mormon Scientist: The Life and ministration, and powerful testimony of the Faith of Henry Eyring (2007), 127–30. Savior and His gospel. 2. See Henry B. Eyring, “The Power of Teaching Doctrine,” Liahona, July 1999, 87–88; Ensign, May 1999, 74–75. 3. In Gerald N. Lund, “Elder Henry B. Eyring: Molded Uniquely Qualified by ‘Defining Influences,’” Liahona, Apr. 1996, 28; When President Eyring testified during Ensign, Sept. 1995, 12. 4. Henry B. Eyring, “O Remember, Remember,”

LEFT: PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF THE EYRING FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT: the October 2007 general conference of Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2007, 67.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 15 President Dieter F.Uchtdorf A Family Man, a Man of Faith, a Man Foreordained

BY ELDER RUSSELL M. NELSON that had been preserved from Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles destruction through World War II. an you imagine the terror that must have After Dieter and his mother been in the heart of 11-year-old Dieter had walked long hours, Sister CUchtdorf as his family fled Uchtdorf’s knees began to weaken. their home in East Germany1 in Dieter carried their belongings and 1952 to find freedom in the West? helped his mother climb a final hill For political reasons, the life of to freedom. There they stopped to Dieter’s father was in extreme eat a meager meal, only to real- danger. He would have to escape ize, when they saw Russian alone to minimize risks to his wife guards, that they were still shy and children. To avoid suspicion, of the border. The mother and the rest of the family would not son terminated their picnic, be able to travel together. They picked up their packs, and would have to make the attempt separately. climbed even higher before A plan was implemented. Dieter’s two older reaching their goal. brothers, Wolfgang and Karl-Heinz, took a north- Dieter and his mother continued their ern route out of their hometown of Zwickau. Their trek as refugees, hitchhiking and walking to their destina- sister, Christel, traveled with two other girls on a train that tion at a suburb near Frankfurt. After many long and peril- passed briefly through West Germany en route to its desti- ous days of separation, the family was finally reunited. The nation city in East Germany. As the train passed through brothers arrived first; their father followed. Dieter and his West Germany, the girls persuaded the conductor to open mother then arrived, and his sister came last. Their great the door for them, and they jumped out of the train. reunion was joyful. Dieter, age 11—the youngest of the children—and his Of lesser significance was the fact that they had left courageous mother took still another route. They carried behind virtually all of their possessions.

with them only a little food and precious family photographs Seven years earlier, toward the close of World War II, they CRAIG DIMOND; BY PHOTOGRAPH TOP: AS NOTED; EXCEPT COURTESY OF THE UCHTDORF FAMILY, PHOTOGRAPHS KNUDSEN SCOTT REIER AND J. MATTHEW BY PHOTOGRAPHS BACKGROUND:

16 transportation in Frankfurt was relatively inexpensive, but the family could not afford for all to travel to church each week. So they took turns. It is no wonder that President Uchtdorf feels so passion- ately about the sacred institution of the family. With great sincerity he testifies that the family is ordained of God. Family is of utmost importance to him. It was within his fam- ily that the seeds of his powerful faith were sown and nur- tured. There he began to prepare for the fulfillment of his foreordination as a priesthood leader in the Church of God.

A Family Man Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf was born of goodly parents, Karl Albert and Hildegard Else Opelt Uchtdorf, on November 6, 1940, in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czech- oslovakia. The family left Czechoslovakia in 1944 and moved to Zwickau, Germany. From 1949 to Left, from top: President Uchtdorf’s parents, Hildegard and 1990, Zwickau belonged Karl, at the Bern Switzerland Temple. At age 12. At age 2 to East Germany and was (second from right) with his sister, Christel (right), and two a center for the mining of friends. Right, from top: Dieter (right) with friends in front of coal. Because of its strate- the Frankfurt meetinghouse. At a young single adult meeting gic importance during (back row, far left); Harriet, his future wife, is in the front, World War II, it became second from left. With a friend’s car in Frankfurt. a prime target for Allied bombers. Four-year-old had fled from home as foreign forces approached. Now they Dieter was frightened but also fascinated by the lights of air- were refugees again. Once more they owned nothing. Once craft as they flew overhead. He remembers his mother tak- more they had to start over. But they had each other. They ing him to air-raid shelters for safety. Her husband had been had their deep faith in God, and they had drafted into the German army, and Sister Uchtdorf bravely their membership in The Church of Jesus fended for her family as the war Christ of Latter-day Saints, acquired barely in Europe swirled about them. five years earlier. After the war, Dieter’s father The family’s one-room apartment near worked in coal and uranium Frankfurt was small and infested with mines in Zwickau under environ- mice. Young Dieter was intrigued by mental conditions that predis- the rodents running around. Public posed him to the development of

ENSIGN JULY 2008 17 a malignant disease that claimed his life at age 62, in his granddaughter, Crystal, was sealed to her husband, Germany. President Uchtdorf remembers his father as kind Steven, in the Salt Lake Temple by a member of the First and loving, strong and tender. His father cherished his priest- Presidency, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. hood responsibilities as a deacon, teacher, priest, and elder. Harriet and Dieter were sealed on December 14, 1962, His mother, Hildegard, who died in 1991, was not only in the Bern Switzerland Temple. He calls Harriet the sun- courageous, but she was also a true convert and devoted shine in his life. Her support is a continuous source of disciple who served in many callings in the Church. strength. She is the love of his life. Harriet describes her These parents and their children were sealed in the husband as having a big heart. “He is kind. He is a good Swiss Temple in 1956. Since then, his brothers, and compassionate leader. We hear that from many Wolfgang and Karl-Heinz, have passed of his former professional colleagues as well away. His sister, Christel Uchtdorf Ash, as from friends in the Church. He is a who served a mission in Germany, wonderful husband, always looking for presently resides in Texas, in the ways to support me. He is a man of southern United States. great humor and wit. I am very President Uchtdorf met his future blessed to be his wife.” wife, Harriet Reich, as they attended The Uchtdorfs are the parents meetings of the Church’s Mutual Im- of two children. Their daughter, provement Association. Harriet was bap- Antje, is married to David A. Evans. tized when she was nearly 13 years of Antje and David have three sons: age, along with her mother and her sister, 19-year-old twins, Daniel and after missionaries knocked on their door Patrick, and 8-year-old Eric. They and taught them the gospel. Harriet’s father live in Darmstadt, Germany. had died from cancer just eight months earlier. The Uchtdorfs’ son, Her mother and her sister have since passed away. Guido, served in the A remarkable reward came to one of those Washington D.C. missionaries, Elder Gary Jenkins, who South Mission. He had taught and baptized the married Carolyn Reich family. What a joyful day Waldner from Basel, it was for him, decades later, Switzerland. Guido when on February 16, 2008, and Carolyn now live

18 Guido and Antje learned from their par- Opposite page: ents the importance of time together as a Following six years in family. Whether an outing was educational or the German Air Force, near Zürich, Switzerland, where Guido recreational, it helped strengthen family ties. Dieter earned his wings serves as bishop of the Wetzikon Ward of the Parenting and grandparenting at a distance with the U.S. Air Force St. Gallen Switzerland Stake. They are par- are now facilitated for the Uchtdorf family by and received the ents of three children: Jasmin, age seven; the use of modern technology. E-mail and Commander’s Trophy Robin, age five; and Niklas Ivan, age one. telephone calls are augmented by the trans- award. Above: Even Asked about her father and his new call- mission of movie clips and photographs via though his job as a ing, Antje replied, “We are blessed to have the Internet. pilot required long such wonderful parents. When we were But time together is valued. Especially absences from home, younger, I didn’t realize how busy my father meaningful for Guido was being able to both of his children was because he always had time for us. We attend the April 2008 general conference (pictured with their were never a second priority. When we have and to be present as his father stood at the parents) remember that a problem, we seek his advice. And our chil- Conference Center pulpit. their father always dren feel that Opa will know the answer, In counseling with his family, President made spending time whatever the question may be. Now that he Uchtdorf has always stressed fundamental together a priority. is in the First Presidency, we feel an even principles. As Guido explained, “Father greater responsibility to do our very best.” teaches of the blessings that come from Guido’s recollections are quite similar. He prayer, scripture study, obedience to the spoke of an occasion several years ago when commandments, and a positive attitude. he, his sister, mother, and father all took skiing These things are much more important to lessons. That was the beginning of an enjoyable him than to wonder where Kolob is located.” family tradition—skiing together. Guido real- On the occasion of President and Sister ized that his father’s vocation as an airline pilot Uchtdorf’s 40th wedding anniversary, they necessitated his absence from home for lengthy gathered at the Bern Switzerland Temple periods. “But when Dad returned home, we with their children, spouses, and older grand- played, we talked, and we laughed together,” children to perform sacred ordinances to- Guido added. “That was quality time!” gether. That temple is dear to Harriet and

ENSIGN JULY 2008 19 Prior to his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1996, President Uchtdorf worked for Lufthansa Airlines. Opposite page: The Uchtdorf family in 2006. Standing, from left: Patrick Evans (grandson), Harriet, Dieter, and Daniel Evans (grandson). Dieter because their parents, they, and their many good German Latter-day Saints were Seated: David Evans children were all sealed there. leaving their homeland, the Uchtdorf family (son-in-law), Antje heeded Elder Burton’s counsel to stay in Evans (daughter), Eric A Man of Faith Germany and build up the Church there. Evans (grandson), Robin One cannot study the life of this great man It was Elder Burton who ordained Dieter F. Uchtdorf (grandson), without gaining a sense of his unique and Uchtdorf to the office of elder and gave mem- Carolyn Uchtdorf unshakable faith. He has total faith in God, orable instruction that Dieter heeded pre- (daughter-in-law), faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, faith in the cisely. Sister Harriet Uchtdorf understood Guido Uchtdorf (son), Church, and faith that heavenly help will the importance of Elder Burton’s counsel for and Jasmin Uchtdorf come to him when needed. the Uchtdorf family to remain in Europe to (granddaughter). His parents risked their lives for their free- strengthen the Church there. It became an President and Sister dom and faith. His father honored the priest- imperative for them. Their children have Uchtdorf’s youngest hood that had been entrusted to him. He adhered to that same counsel. Now, in jest, grandson, Niklas Ivan learned from his mother—particularly during the children chide their parents for leaving Uchtdorf, was born their risky escape from East Germany—to for the United States, while they have in 2007. pray and to trust in the Lord. remained in Europe. President Uchtdorf describes his mother Of course, Elder Burton was not the only as brilliant. He explains that she could do leader who had a great influence on President mathematics in her head, and she taught him to do the same. Though their family was penniless twice as refugees of war, they lived the law of tithing. They knew that the Lord would open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings upon those who faithfully obeyed this law.2 President Uchtdorf has special feelings of fondness for the late Elder Theodore M. Burton (1907–89), who served as president

of the West German Mission. At a time when COURTESY OF THE UCHTDORF FAMILY; BORDBUCH, FROM LUFTHANSA PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT: RIGHT: PHOTOGRAPH BY WELDEN C ANDERSEN

20 Uchtdorf. Dieter remembers his branch president at the time His foundation of faith undergirded confidence in his Dieter was set apart as president of the deacons quorum. own ability to achieve. His career started with an education The branch president gave thorough instruction regarding in engineering, followed by six years in the German Air the duties and responsibilities of a new quorum president. Force. Then, thanks to a reciprocal relationship between Dieter remembers the significance of that teaching, which a the German and U.S. governments, he entered pilot train- lesser leader might have slighted simply because there was ing school in Big Spring, Texas, where he won wings with only one other member of the deacons quorum. both the German and the American Air Forces. He won The faith of this family is personified by the faith of the coveted Commander’s Trophy for being the outstand- President Uchtdorf’s grandmother. She was standing in ing student pilot in his class. In 1970, at age 29, Dieter F. line for food following the end of World War II when an Uchtdorf achieved the rank of captain with Lufthansa elderly single sister with no family of her own invited her Airlines. Ultimately he became chief pilot and senior vice to sacrament meeting. His grandmother and his parents president of flight operations for Lufthansa. accepted the invitation. They went to church, felt the In 2004, prior to his call to the Quorum of the Twelve, Spirit, were uplifted by the kindness of the members, and quite by coincidence, Elder Uchtdorf and I traveled and were edified by the hymns of the Restoration.3 In together on a Lufthansa flight to Europe. It is not unusual 1947 Dieter’s parents were baptized in Zwickau; Dieter for airline passengers to recognize and greet General was baptized nearly two years later at the age of eight. Authorities traveling on the same plane. But this time the The family’s commitment to the Church became strong greetings were quite different. Virtually every member of

LEFT: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LUFTHANSA BORDBUCH, COURTESY OF THE UCHTDORF FAMILY; COURTESY OF THE UCHTDORF FAMILY; BORDBUCH, FROM LUFTHANSA PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT: WELDEN C. ANDERSEN BY PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT: and enduring. the Lufthansa crew came eagerly to greet their former

ENSIGN JULY 2008 21 chief pilot. They lined up for the privilege of shaking his Christ to “every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.”4 hand. Their feelings of deserved adoration for him were Elder David A. Bednar was called to the Quorum of very evident to me. They seemed to perceive his great the Twelve Apostles at the same time as Elder Uchtdorf. faith as well as his caring for them. Upon President Uchtdorf’s call to the First Presidency, President Uchtdorf’s faith in the Lord was evident as Elder Bednar said, “Sitting next to, serving with, and he accepted calls to serve in the Church. In 1985 he was learning from President Uchtdorf have been great bless- called to be the president of the Frankfurt Germany Stake. ings in my life. His teachings and engaging, gracious Then, when boundaries were changed, he was called as manner inspire me to labor more diligently and to president of the Mannheim Germany Stake. In 1994 he improve myself. I love and sustain President Uchtdorf was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy, while in his sacred responsibilities.” maintaining his home in Germany and his occupational responsibilities with Lufthansa. In 1996 he became a full- A Man Foreordained time General Authority to serve in the First Quorum of One cannot study the life of this great man without the Seventy. Three years later Elder and Sister Uchtdorf also gaining a sense of his foreordination for the great moved to Utah, which they then regarded as their turn for responsibilities that are now his. This doctrine is taught an “overseas assignment.” by ancient and modern prophets. Alma taught that priest- When Elder Uchtdorf was called to the holy apostle- hood leaders “were ordained—being called and prepared ship in October 2004, some representatives of the media from the foundation of the world according to the fore- hailed him as the “German Apostle.” Then he correctly knowledge of God.”5 taught that he was called to represent the Lord to the President Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) revealed that people, not the other way around. Indeed that is his leaders (such as President Uchtdorf) “were also among the sacred calling. He is to teach and testify of the Lord Jesus noble and great ones who were chosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church of God. “Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men.”6 Wouldn’t it be nice if it were possible to ask President Uchtdorf’s mother if she had any inkling that her youngest son might be called one day to serve in the First Presidency of the Church? What did she sense as she nurtured her young son, enabled his freedom, and saved his life? On one occasion she and the children were in a public auditorium. She was impressed to leave the building immediately. Because of that urgent feeling, she availed herself of a wheeled cart, placed young Dieter in it, and scurried away with her children as quickly as possible. Shortly thereafter, the building was destroyed by an act of war. Most occu- pants of the auditorium were killed. Sister Uchtdorf and her children were spared.

22 As a child growing up after World War II, surviving such a risk-laden life and then being Opposite page: President Uchtdorf remembers playing in called to serve in the First Presidency is most President Uchtdorf and bombed-out houses and discovering guns, unlikely. But the Lord has known and loved Elder David A. Bednar ammunition, and other weapons deserted in this special man from before the world was were both called to the the nearby forest. Through the years, he has formed. Yes, he has been foreordained for Quorum of the Twelve lived with the ever-present consequences of his duties as a leader in The Church of Jesus Apostles in October war and the awareness that his own country Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2004. Above: The had inflicted terrible pain on others. In fact, Now he stands beside President Thomas S. new First Presidency he and his family were also victims of an Monson in his sacred calling. President was announced at a oppressive dictatorship. Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. press conference in Later, he survived an episode while pilot- Uchtdorf are great servants of the Lord, Salt Lake City on ing an airplane when the steering control willing and able to provide counsel to the February 4, 2008. failed to function properly. Uncorrected, this President of the Church. These three pre- condition would cause the plane to continue siding high priests complement each other. to roll and to crash. Numerous attempts Members of the Church will gladly and to release the frozen steering stick failed. gratefully follow their inspired leadership. ■

Repeatedly, his flight instructor issued the NOTES order to bail out. Finally the powerfully 1. Officially designated as the German Democratic Republic. strong pilot, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, overcame 2. See Malachi 3:10; 3 Nephi 24:10. 3. See Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Opportunity to Testify,” the resistance and made a successful emer- Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2004, 74. gency landing. President Uchtdorf acknowl- 4. Mosiah 3:20; see also Revelation 14:6; 1 Nephi 19:17; 2 Nephi 26:13; Mosiah 15:28; 16:1; Alma edges the hand of the Lord in allowing him 37:4; D&C 133:37. 7 5. Alma 13:3. to survive such an ordeal. 6. D&C 138:55–56. The mathematical probability of this 7. See Jeffrey R. Holland, “Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf: On to New Horizons,” Liahona, Mar. 2005, 13; Ensign,

LEFT: PHOTOGRAPH BY WELDEN C. ANDERSEN; RIGHT: PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG DIMOND BY PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT: WELDEN C. ANDERSEN; BY PHOTOGRAPH LEFT: Czechoslovakian-born child of a convert family Mar. 2005, 15.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 23 Faith in His Step...

24 ...and a Song in His Heart

A 40-kilometer walk was not enough to at 3:00 a.m. to make it to church on time. It takes him stop Brazilian member Paulo Tvuarde eight hours.” from faithfully attending church. Quickly converting kilometers to miles, I realized that Brother Tvuarde walked 25 miles to attend church in BY DEIRDRE M. PAULSEN Guarapuava! henever I hear or sing the words “We are sowing, “Why would he do that?” I asked incredulously. daily sowing”1 or “I’ll go where you want me to go, “Because he believes that the Church is true.” Wdear Lord,”2 I can’t help but think of Paulo Tvuarde. I met Paulo on a hot day in southern Brazil. Church meetings had ended, and the meetinghouse was almost empty except for a few members sitting in the hallway. My husband, then serving as president of the Brazil Curitiba Mission, was meeting with Edson Lustoza Araújo, the dis- trict president from Guarapuava, in Paraná. “Sister Paulsen,” said Brother Jason Sousa, who was serving as a counselor to my husband, “did you notice the brother sitting in the hallway with mud on his boots?” Many roads in southern Brazil are made of red dirt, so mud on shoes is common. While plowing his fields in southern Brazil, Paulo Tvuarde “You mean the thin, dark-haired man in his late 20s?” plants gospel seeds by singing Church hymns “at the top of I asked. my voice,” generating interest among his neighbors. “Yes, his name is Paulo Tvuarde. He walks to church almost every Sunday, except when the mud is so thick that “Well, of course,” I said, a little embarrassed at the obvi- he can’t make it. He’s been doing that for 14 years—since ous answer. “What I meant was, why does he have to walk he was 15.” that far?” “How far does he walk?” I asked, unprepared for Brother Sousa explained that Paulo lived in the country, Brother Sousa’s response. taking care of the family farm so that his 74-year-old mother,

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN KENDALL, EXCEPT AS NOTED JOHN KENDALL, EXCEPT BY PHOTOGRAPHS “Oh, 40 kilometers,” he said matter-of-factly. “He leaves who had a heart condition, could live in Guarapuava, where

ENSIGN JULY 2008 25 she received medical attention. President Lustoza was her cardiologist. “Paulo lives by himself, plows the fields, and feeds the few animals that they have,” Brother Sousa said. “There is no electricity or running water. The farm is eight kilometers from the nearest bus stop. Worse than that, the bus doesn’t run on Saturdays or Sundays. So he walks to church.” President Lustoza, who had entered the room with my husband, said Paulo usually attended three out of every four weeks. “He doesn’t miss unless the roads are impassi- ble,” he said. “He stays overnight on Sundays so he can take the bus back on Monday.” If Paulo attended church three out of every four Sundays, then he spent more than 300 hours walking nearly 1,600 kilometers (1,000 mi) each year just to attend church! When he is at home on the farm, Paulo has found a way to share Paulo studies the gospel by lamplight on his farm, located the gospel. “I decided 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the nearest Latter-day Saint that while I was plow- meetinghouse. ing the fields with my plow behind my horse, that resulted in her marriage to Paulo in the São Paulo Paulo and Rita Tvuarde, with I would sing hymns at temple in 2003, Rita joined him on the farm. their son, Saulo. the top of my voice,” She has adjusted to farm life and is thankful for the he said, smiling. “My blessing of a temple marriage. “The hardest part was find- neighbors who are also out in their fields hear me and ask ing a husband,” she said. “The rest I can adapt to.” me what I’m singing. That way I can teach the gospel.” As he plows his farm today, Paulo still tries to plant Walking to church wasn’t the only regular trek Paulo gospel seeds by singing hymns for his neighbors, and he made in exercising his faith. Twice a year he traveled still travels 40 kilometers to church in Guarapuava. But 530 kilometers (330 mi) to attend the São Paulo Brazil now he travels with Rita and their son, Saulo, at his side, Temple. On one of those temple trips he was introduced and rather than leave early Sunday morning, they take the to Rita de Cássia de Oliveira, who worked in the temple. last bus of the week late Friday night. After spending the Odete Lustoza, wife of President Lustoza, had previously weekend associating with the Saints and attending Sunday met Rita at the temple and had encouraged Paulo to meetings, they return by bus to the farm on Monday write to her. morning—happy to have gone where the Lord would Rita was accustomed to life in a big city, and she enjoyed have them go. ■ her friends and the blessings of being a member of a ward NOTES 1. “We Are Sowing,” Hymns, no. 216. with a nearby chapel. But after a long-distance courtship 2. “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go,” Hymns, no. 270. PHOTOGRAPH OF FAMILY BY MARIA ODETE G. ARAÚJO MARIA ODETE G. BY OF FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH 26 The JourneyBy Lisa South They began And rejoiced— Buried tiny bodies in shallow graves, Wept, and began again. They entered the valley With joy— Beat crickets off their vanishing crops, Starved, wept, and began again. They built their homes With gladness— Prepared them for burning against an approaching army, Wept, and began again. They endured to the end. They set the example. Fighting our own crickets and armies, We weep, remember, begin again— by Clay Wagstaff Foreshadowed, by Clay And rejoice.

LESSONS FROM THE n June 2005 Sister Johnson and I Beginning the Journey were preparing to move to a new Before I was introduced to the restored I assignment after having served in the gospel at age 18, my interests centered on Australia/New Zealand Area for six years. family, education, sports, and social activities. BOOK OF MORMON As we were preparing to ship our personal After my baptism I added church attendance belongings, we noticed several photo- to my schedule. I no longer played soccer on graphs of people, events, and scenes from Sundays and I adjusted my social calendar, years gone by. but I really did no more than t church into It was thrilling to see these images of my schedule. There was no “mighty change” family members and friends in former-day ( Alma 5:14 ) in my heart or in my life. I had settings when we were all so happily united experienced impressions of the Spirit, but my in the faith. I then realized that some of those faith was not yet founded on the Savior. My pictured were no longer active in the Church. bonding to the Church came primarily from What had happened during the intervening the sociality of its members. years? Why was I still lled with the re of I once heard Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the faith while they were not? Quorum of the Twelve Apostles observe,

COMING TO KNOW FOR OURSELVES BY ELDER KENNETH JOHNSON We come to know the Of the Seventy truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ not simply by the exercise of intel- lect or the process of logic but by acting on what we learn.

28 “Testimony is to know and to feel, conversion is to do and faith blossomed, my gospel knowledge expanded, and to become.”1 I had some knowledge of the gospel, and my my testimony grew. Pamela, a member missionary in the feelings supported my growing testimony, but my conver- branch I attended, and her family were there to answer my sion did not fully come until I wove gospel principles into questions and to model the gospel in their lives. My future the fabric of my life. father-in-law, Thomas George Wilson, requested that I be assigned as his home teaching companion. As we cycled The Path of Conversion from home to home to make our visits, he taught me prin- How does such a transition take place? The inspired ciples of priesthood and Church government. pronouncement of President Gordon B. Hinckley In His day the Savior taught the Jews how to test the (1910–2008) resonates with what I experienced. He truth of His teachings when He challenged them with these declared that every new member of the Church needs words: “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any three things: a friend, a responsibility, and constant nour- man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether ishment “by the good word of God” ( Moroni 6:4 ). 2 it be of God, or whether I speak of myself” ( John 7:16–17 ). Through my association and friendship with Church This assurance of truth does not come by casual accep- members after my baptism, I enjoyed each of these tance or tentative observance; our testimonies are nour-

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CARY HENRIE BY CARY ILLUSTRATIONS means of support and encouragement. As a result, my ished and forti ed as we apply correct principles in every

y conver- sion did Mnot fully come until I wove gospel principles into the fabric of my life.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 29 If our faith is rooted in the sandy soil of reason and logic, it will be swept away by a rising tide driven by the escalating winds of opposition. A faith founded in Jesus Christ and on the rock of revelation will endure through the ercest storms of life.

aspect of our lives. We cannot expect to survive inde - In his inspirational classic, As a Man Thinketh, James nitely on borrowed light from others. It is important that Allen observed, “Whatever your present environment may we “be believing” and that we “come unto the Lord with be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your all [our] heart, and work out [our] own salvation with fear vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your con- and trembling before him” ( Mormon 9:27 ). trolling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.” 3 We come to know the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ With our aspirations tempered by an eternal perspec- not simply by the exercise of intellect or the process of tive, our minds can be illuminated by the light of the ever- logic but by acting on what we learn. Through faith and lasting gospel, enabling us to chart a course to reach our obedience, the validity of gospel doctrine can be etched divine potential. The choice is ours. We can fall back into upon our hearts. the lifestyle of the natural man or yield to the enticings of If our faith is rooted in the sandy soil of reason and the Holy Spirit to become partakers of the divine nature logic, it will be swept away by a rising tide driven by the (see Mosiah 3:19 ; 2 Peter 1:4 ). escalating winds of opposition. A faith founded in Jesus Christ and on the rock of revelation will endure through Trials and Faith the ercest storms of life (see Helaman 5:12 ). As a member of the Church, particularly following my conversion, I encountered people who felt compelled to The Companionship of the Holy Spirit challenge my newfound faith. Some of these challeng- One of the greatest blessings of membership in the ers professed to have no faith; others felt that I was being Church is the opportunity to receive the gift of the Holy deceived by unsound teachings. Many of these encounters Ghost. Through virtuous living we can qualify for this divine followed a pattern. source of guidance, which enables us to see “things as they First the person would challenge my beliefs with a really are, and . . . as they really will be” ( Jacob 4:13 ). doctrinal question. I often answered, “I don’t know, but We then see things clearly; we have a fresh view that is I will nd out what the Church teaches on the subject.” I not limited to the span of our mortal sphere. To know that would then consult with the aforementioned member mis- there is a plan and a purpose to our lives creates a vision sionary, who would research an answer. My role as a go- of possibilities and opportunities of which we were not between—carrying responses to those who challenged my previously aware. beliefs or the truthfulness of the Church—helped me learn

30 the gospel, learn how to research my motor vehicle but also to take answers for myself, and prepare care of all my insurance needs.” for future leadership and teaching One might understandably con- assignments. HELPS FOR HOME EVENING clude that the resulting temporal This process of learning the bene ts of our business association 1. Read the section “The Path of Conversion.” gospel is accelerated and mag- strengthened my faith. In fact, the What three things did President Gordon B. Hinckley ni ed when we apply gospel feelings I had and the con rmation say every member of the Church needs? Ask family principles to our lives. With the I received about my decision were members to share how one of these things has enlightenment of the Spirit we can what had the most profound effect. then develop the capacity to nd strengthened their testimony. Conclude by reading Elder Johnson’s testimony at the end of the article. answers for ourselves. Faith and Testimony To mature spiritually, we must 2. Read the section “The Companionship of the It has become evident through successfully face situations and Holy Spirit.” Discuss the quotation by James Allen. personal experience and scrip- encounter experiences that chal- How might an eternal gospel perspective affect our tural accounts that our faith in the lenge our allegiance to our cov- daily decisions? Read 2 Peter 1:4. Discuss ways to Savior is re ected in our desire to enants. When looking back on escape the world’s corruptive in uences. As a fam- serve Him. Once Enos had dis- these experiences, we recognize ily, choose one of the ways discussed to strengthen covered his faith in Jesus Christ, the impact such moments have on each other in the coming week. he began to feel a desire for our developing faith. the welfare of his brethren (see One such incident occurred after I started a job as an Enos 1:7–9 ). In recounting the story of his repentance, insurance broker, working out of our home. One Sunday Alma the Younger recalled the impact that his father’s morning as we were about to leave for church, a knock prophecies about Jesus Christ had had on him (see Alma came at the door. 36:17–20 ). He told his son Helaman: “From that time “I understand that you sell insurance,” a man asked as I even until now, I have laboured without ceasing, that opened the door. I might bring souls unto repentance; that I might bring “Yes,” I responded. them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; “I have purchased a motor vehicle, and I need insur- that they might also be born of God, and be lled with ance so that I can drive it home.” the Holy Ghost” ( Alma 36:24 ). My income came from selling insurance policies. If I As we looked through our photographs of family and didn’t sell policies, we would have to live off our food friends, we were happy to see that most of our fellow storage. Nevertheless, I explained to the man that because Saints had remained true to the faith. Such knowledge of my religious beliefs, I did not work on Sundays. He lls my soul with joy, and with Alma I declare, “Then do I looked puzzled and pressed me, saying how important it remember what the Lord has done for me” ( Alma 29:10 ). was for him to obtain insurance. I testify that by learning and applying gospel principles He pulled a handful of money from his pocket in notes we can nd the abundant life promised by the Savior to of large denominations and offered them to me. I politely all who seek to become His disciples (see John 10:10 ). I declined, indicating that I would gladly visit his home encourage those seeking heavenly assurance to trust in early the next morning. He then turned away in anger and the Lord and to remember His promise: “If ye continue departed, and I took my family to church. in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye Early the next morning came another knock at our shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” door. Imagine my surprise when I opened the door to nd ( John 8:31–32 ). ■ NOTES that the man had returned. He commenced by apologizing 1. Quoted in Kenneth Johnson, Contemplations of a Convert (2000), 106. for his behavior, saying, “I thought about what you said 2. See “A Perfect Brightness of Hope: To New Members of the Church,” Ensign, Oct. 2006, 4. yesterday, and I realized that I wanted to do business with 3 . I n Inspirational Classics for Latter-day Saints, comp. Jack M. Lyon someone of integrity. Not only would I like you to insure (2000), 20; capitalization modernized.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 31 Waiting a Little Season BY BROOKE ANN SMITH I was surprised to learn that the Lord’s message for Zion’s Camp was also a message for me.

y favorite institute class during college was on “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” As our instructor helped us M understand the principles contained in each line, I gained a strong testimony that marriage “is ordained of God” and that “the family is central to [His] plan.”1 My gratitude for inspired priesthood leadership increased as I began to think of the proclamation as one of the most powerful defenses in the war being waged against the family. That semester I enlisted myself in the con ict, inwardly resolving to promote and defend the family every opportunity I had. A few years later on a warm sum- mer evening, I felt I was losing the battle. Being a wife and mother was the deepest desire of my heart, but it hadn’t yet happened for me. I felt I had done my best to be patient and

trust in the Lord’s timing, but ZION’S CAMP ARRIVES IN MISSOURI PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG DIMOND, POSED MODEL; BACKGROUND: ENGRAVING, that night I was wholly dis- couraged. Frustrated, I knelt in prayer— to ask not nec- essarily for COME TO KNOW HIM a husband but for understanding. “Please, “To be in con- “For behold, I have prepared a great Lord, help me know why I am single and trol of your life, endowment and blessing to be poured what I should be doing with my life.” to be a success out upon them, inasmuch as they are I nished my prayer and opened my regardless of your faithful and continue in humility before scriptures to the Doctrine and Covenants, situation as a single, I recommend m e . . . . where I had been reading the previ- you come to know your Father in “For behold, I do not require at their ous night. I couldn’t concentrate on the Heaven. Come to love Him. Always hands to ght the battles of Zion; for, as section where I’d left off, so I began remember that He loves you and I said in a former commandment, even lea ng through the pages, pausing to will give you guidance and sup- so will I ful ll—I will ght your battles” read text I’d highlighted or annotated port if you will but give Him the ( D&C 105:9–10, 12, 14 ). before. Section 105 caught my eye, and I chance. Include Him in your As I read, the message for me became stopped. Two weeks earlier I had taught decision making. Include Him in strikingly clear: the purposes of the Lord a Relief Society lesson on the spiritual your heartaches and heartbreaks. in disbanding Zion’s Camp can be lik- heritage of members of the Church and Include Him when you take inven- ened to His purposes in directing my life. had spent time reading and marking this tory of your personal worth. ‘For He would have me experience “a little section. As I read that night, however, behold, this life is the time for men season” of waiting before I marry, that I the verses took on new meaning. to prepare to meet God; yea, behold may be prepared to do what is required The winter of 1833–34 was harsh for the day of this life is the day for of me and have experiences that pro- early Latter-day Saints. Driven from their men [and women] to perform their mote learning and growth. homes in Jackson County, Missouri, labors.’ (Alma 34:32.)” Heavenly Father answered my prayer they had taken up residence in aban- Elder Marvin J. Ashton (1915–94) of the that night when, as a discouraged Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Be a doned cabins, crude huts, or tents in Quality Person,” Ensign, Feb. 1993, 66. daughter, I sought direction and com- nearby Clay County. Though the Saints fort. Through the scriptures, I learned petitioned the government for assis- that the Lord is not disregarding the tance in regaining their lands, they were denied help. In miles I’ve traveled with His army but is purposefully build- response to this situation, Joseph Smith received instruc- ing on those efforts so that I can be a stronger defender tion from the Lord to raise an army in Kirtland and march in His kingdom. As I strive to be faithful, humble, and to the aid of the Saints in Missouri. This body came to be patient, I will know more perfectly my duty and the things known as Zion’s Camp. that He requires at my hands. ◼ Approximately 200 men marched in that army. The NOTE 1 . Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102. 900-mile journey was not easy—dissension, disease, and discouragement stalked them, as did hostile mob mem- bers. After being protected from mob attacks by an intense storm at Fishing River, Clay County, the army was dis- banded at the commandment of the Lord, not having ful- lled the mission of redemption. Section 105, where I had paused to read, gives the reasons behind the dismissal: “It is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season for the redemption of Zion— “That they themselves may be prepared, and that my people may be taught more perfectly, and have experi- ence, and know more perfectly concerning their duty, and the things which I require at their hands. . . .

ENSIGN JULY 2008 33 What Parents Have Learned from Family Home Evening

ostering successful holding consis- family home eve- tent family home F nings can be chal- evenings, their girls lenging for families of all were ages four and sizes and ages. Although two. Sherri says that

family home evenings are their “ rst family BY BETH WHITTAKER ILLUSTRATIONS often focused on teach- home evening was ing children, adults can short and to the learn a great deal as well. point, and the Spirit In the following accounts, was very much in members share examples attendance. The of how they have been girls were hooked. blessed from family home Thereafter, it was evening. easy to remem- ber to hold fam- Daddy Time ily home evening Larry and Sherri Baxter because our girls of Mississippi have found wanted to have it two key ingredients to just about every successful family home evenings. The rst is to make the night!” Five years and one more child later, holding age- lessons age appropriate. When the Baxters initially began appropriate lessons still works.

34 The second ingredient in successful family nights for the “Thursday evening we glued annel to the back of Baxters is “Daddy Time.” Larry has a job that requires him the pictures Rick had selected. We also cut out large-letter to travel from Tuesday to Friday each week. Because he is words, formed them into phrases, and put them on annel. gone so much, Monday nights have become “Daddy Time.” Friday evening Rick gulped down dinner to have more Sherri explains: “Larry comes home from work early on time on our lesson preparation. That night we put every- Monday and spends the rest of the evening with the chil- thing in its proper sequence and decided which parts of dren. Along with the lessons, it’s a family home evening of the lesson each of us would present. fun. We even let the children stay up late that night so they “We honed our presentation on Saturday, and on Sun- have a little more time with their father. They clean together, day we invited my dad to our ‘dress rehearsal.’ Dad was play games together, wrestle or snuggle on the couch not a member of the Church, but he loved family home together, pick raspberries together. evening. He was a perfect audience as They’ve even planted sun owers he responded to the lesson questions together. I’m still involved, but the Rick and I took turns asking him. On focus is on spending time with Dad.” Monday, Rick ran all the way home after school to rehearse his role just A Child’s Testimony one more time. Daniel Penrod of North Carolina “The lesson was a big hit, and learned during one family home there was no question that Rick evening that even little children can understood the details of the lesson. feel the Spirit. What set this evening He glowed with justi able satisfac- apart from others was that Daniel tion in what he had accomplished.” offered a speci c prayer “for our two- year-old son to feel the Holy Ghost.” Teaching with Preach My Gospel During the lesson, Daniel taught from Tina Spencer of Delaware writes: 3 Nephi 11 . As he recalls, “The Holy “When my oldest daughter was Ghost came into the room so strongly coming up on her eighth birthday, that all of our hearts burned within I really wanted to help her prepare us.” The two-year-old had a huge for baptism. As a returned mission- smile on his face, and Daniel knew that the Holy Ghost ary, I always thought it would be a great idea to teach had touched his little son’s heart as well. my children the missionary discussions. So after the new Preach My Gospel manual replaced the old discussions, Teaming Up we purchased a copy to study. There is so much in it! Leander Clifford of Oregon discovered that young children Although the actual lessons are only a small portion of the can help teach lessons. He writes: “One week I asked my six- book, every section has terri c topics that would make year-old nephew, Rick, to team up with me in presenting the great family home evenings for all ages. lesson. The idea that Rick could help teach a lesson sparked “One of the helpful things about Preach My Gospel his imagination. We went over the main points of our lesson is that each of the  ve of cial lessons can be taught in and decided to use a annel board. I gave him a pile of old different time lengths. There are 3–5-minute lessons, magazines so that he could cut out pictures that he thought 10–15-minute lessons, and 30–45-minute lessons, so you would emphasize an important point. can really plan according to the ages of your children.

35 When I use the manual to teach my children, I some- A Musical Approach times incorporate visual aids to help keep their attention. Family home evening can be a time to develop and use For instance, to teach the rst lesson about the Restoration, our talents. Tera Duncan from Utah writes that musical we built a model of Christ’s Church using blocks of wood. activity in her family’s home evenings is not con ned to Then we removed a corner block to show what would singing hymns. “Each member of the family plays a variety happen if you remove the foundation of the Church—the of instruments that we like to rotate from song to song. blocks fell down. Next, we rebuilt the model as we talked Dad plays drums, guitar, or harmonica. Mom plays piano, about Joseph Smith and the Restoration. violin, or guitar. The children switch off between violin, “I’ve learned that the Preach My Gospel manual can be a piano, trumpet,  ute, tambourine, or mandolin. We try to great resource for families. I know that when we teach the make sure at least one of us is playing simple doctrines of the gospel in ways that our children can some kind of harmony along with the understand, we will succeed.” melody. The style can be ddle, Celtic, classical, Christmas, Broadway, Bridging the Long-Distance Gap or even patriotic music. While ideally the entire family is Songfests can ll the together for family home evening, whole family with a sense sometimes life makes that impos- of unity and cooperation. sible. Alan Smith of California realized “Though it isn’t easy that his frequent business trips didn’t to play together when the mean his family had to skip family children are all different ages home evening or even hold it without and abilities, it has become him. He writes: “One week I found one of the highlights of family myself away from home for a week- home evening. Over the years, long business trip. Monday night I we’ve grown to appreciate the called my family on the phone and improvement in musical ability, asked that we gather for family home and sometimes we catch the evening. Over speakerphone, we kids practicing without being spent a good portion of an hour hav- asked. We believe that even ing our usual family home evening in some foot stompin’, leg slappin’ a very unusual way. We sang ‘I Am a Child of God’ to open, music can be answered ‘with a blessing upon [our] heads’ our youngest son said the opening prayer, and then I gave a ( D&C 25:12 ) because it brings our family closer together.” lesson from the New Testament on the parable of the talents. “We read from the New Testament and the Doctrine Fun with Grandchildren and Covenants and spent time discussing the talents of Sharlene T. Barber of Tennessee is lucky enough to each family member and how we can use our talents to have three adult daughters and their families living nearby. build the kingdom of God. Our three-year-old daughter Sharlene and her husband, Russ, wanted to share family said the closing prayer while her father, thousands of miles home evening with their grandchildren but also recog- away, helped her when she struggled. nized the need for their daughters to build unity within “Was it ideal? No. Did we feel the Spirit? Yes. Will we do their individual families. They came up with an interest- it again? Absolutely.” ing solution.

36 LESSONS LEARNED IN FAMILY HOME EVENING “I begin with family Sharlene writes: “One Monday night home evening. We and a memory of an evening of learn- each month, my husband and I host cannot afford to ing gospel principles together with their our three daughters and their families at neglect this heaven- cousins, uncles and aunts, and Grandpa our home for family home evening. As inspired program. and Grammy.” with our regular family home evenings, It can bring spiri- we have a prayer, a song, refreshments, tual growth to each Engaging Youth of Disparate Ages and a lesson. However, most of our 12 member of the family, helping him Holding a family home evening that grandchildren who come are under or her to withstand the temptations engages children of a variety of ages eight years of age. To keep everyone which are everywhere. The lessons can be especially challenging. Lisa interested, we keep the lessons simple learned in the home are those that Hackwell of Utah and her husband, and use a annel board, puppets, story last the longest.” Burke, know this well; they have three telling, or hands-on cutting and color- President Thomas S. Monson, “Constant teenagers and three younger children. Truths for Changing Times,” Ensign, ing. Singing is always a big hit too. May 2005, 19. Yet they have found a way to make “Our grandchildren’s favorite activ- it work. Lisa writes: “We hold gospel ity is a treasure hunt that reinforces the lesson. We have discussions rather than give lectures. For example, after little squares of carpet that display each child’s name so I give a short lesson, I let the children ask questions. they have their own spot to sit on while their parents This prompts a discussion. I feel the children learn well sit behind them on the couch and chairs. Right before with this format because they are involved and receive the children go home, we let each grandchild take turns answers to the things that are on their minds.  shing in Grammy and Grandpa’s ‘ sh pond.’ The  sh “Our successful family home evenings also work best pond is stocked with such items as pencils, notebooks, when we try to focus on doing things that bring us closer crayons, and scissors. They each go home with a prize as a family and closer to the Lord.” ◼

37 AWATCH, SOME BUTTONS, AND JOSEPH’S CLOAK

Items from the Museum of Church History and Art give us a glimpse into the every- day life of Joseph Smith and his family.

BY SALLY JOHNSON ODEKIRK Church Magazines gold watch, a cloak, rusty farm tools, and slate pencils from a bygone era. These common items A from the 1800s are meaningful because they come from the daily life of Joseph Smith. Because he lived 200 years ago, looking at artifacts from the Prophet’s life helps us understand him better. Makenzie Head, a teen from Cedar Hills, Utah, visited the Museum of Church History and Art to see these items. She wrote that viewing artifacts from the Prophet Joseph’s life “has really given me a better understanding of how he lived and the different things he had during his life that are so different from what we have now. What also amazed me were the many things that were actually used by the Prophet. It definitely strengthened my testimony of him.” Following are some photos of the artifacts that were on display or are stored at the Church museum.

Caption information provided by Mark Staker, museum curator. This article also appeared in the December 2006 Liahona and New Era.

38 Left: A replica of the gold plates that was on display at the museum. Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses, said three silver rings held the plates together so they could open like a book. Below: These buttons and clasps were found during an archaeological investigation at the Smith family’s log home site in Palmyra, New York.

Above: A false shirtfront, made by Lucy Mack Smith for her son Joseph in 1841. This popular men’s clothing element, known as a bosom, was typically worn to hide buttons or seams or to provide decoration. Left: Joseph Smith owned this gold watch but gave it to pay for legal services.

Above: This cradle was made around 1805 and is similar to what Joseph Smith’s family would have used. PHOTOGRAPHS BY WELDEN C. ANDERSEN, EXCEPT AS NOTED; PHOTOGRAPH OF SHIRTFRONT COURTESY THE MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH AS NOTED; EXCEPT WELDEN C. ANDERSEN, BY PHOTOGRAPHS FAMILY SPARKS G. SHOWN COURTESY OF THE LAVORN JED CLARK; WATCH BY BACKGROUND AND ART; CHURCH HISTORY

ENSIGN JULY 2008 39 Right: These nails and oxshoe were found at the Joseph Smith log home site. The round metal piece attached to the handle of a scythe. As a boy Joseph Smith used a scythe to cut grain. Below: A stone fragment from the Nauvoo Temple.

Below: Recovering from leg surgery, Joseph used a crutch like this.

Far left: These slate pencils were likely used as Joseph Smith’s parents taught him to read, write, and solve math problems at home. Above: This first edition Book of Mormon was a gift from Joseph Smith to Martin Harris. It is open to the testimony of the Three Witnesses. Right: The Prophet wore this cloak as lieutenant general of the Nauvoo Legion.

40 These silver ladles belonged to Joseph and Emma Smith. E. HYDE JR.

Right: An earring that belonged to one of the women in the Smith family. Far right: This gold bead belonged to Lucy Mack Smith.

Left: These surgical instruments are similar to the ones used when Joseph Smith was young. He had an infection that killed a portion of his leg bone. A doctor recommended amputating his leg, but young Joseph and his mother refused. CLOAK: GIFT OF VIENNA JACQUES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS: GIFT OF ROLLA BURNS WILLIAMS; LOCK OF HAIR: GIFT OF CLARA W. BEEBE AND A. OF HAIR: GIFT CLARA W. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS: GIFT OF VIENNA JACQUES; GIFT OF ROLLA BURNS WILLIAMS; LOCK CLOAK: PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARRING, BEAD, HAIR, AND SLATE COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF CHURCH HISTORY AND ART; PHOTOGRAPHS OF SURGICAL TOOLS AND CRUTCH BY BY AND CRUTCH COURTESY OF THE OF SURGICAL TOOLS HAIR, AND SLATE BEAD, OF EARRING, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ART; PHOTOGRAPHS MUSEUM OF CHURCH HISTORY CRAIG DIMOND;

Right: This issue of the Nauvoo Neighbor, published after Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred, was printed to share the details of their deaths with a general audience. Below: After the Prophet’s death, locks of his hair were given to some of his friends. It was common in the mid-1800s to share locks of hair as a way to remember loved ones who had died. AND Cancer, Nutrition,THE ONE DOCTOR’S OBSERVATIONS

BY WILLIAM T. STEPHENSON, MD On Tobacco Dr. Stephenson is a physician at Kansas City Cancer Center, “And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the Kansas City, Missouri. He also has a degree in nutrition from belly, and is not good for man” ( D&C 89:8 ). Brigham Young University and currently serves as a bishop. While studying cancer medicine at Indiana University, nowing our health and our spirituality are inter- I was assigned to the oncology clinic at the Veterans related, I would like to offer a few medical insights Administration hospital there. The patients I saw were K into what the scienti c world is learning about almost all heavy current or former smokers. They came in cancer. with lung cancers, bladder cancers, esophageal cancers, Doctrine and Covenants 89 , known commonly as the and other smoking-related malignancies. At the same time, Word of Wisdom, is a remarkable revelation given to the they had emphysema and heart disease made worse by Prophet Joseph Smith almost 175 years ago—long before years of tobacco use, rendering their treatments both more there was any scienti c proof to in uence him on issues of dif cult and less effective. health. Tobacco has now been linked to many types of can- Though at rst reading, Doctrine and Covenants 89 cer, including lung, bladder, esophagus, head and neck, may seem to be simply a list of dos and don’ts about such throat, cervix, stomach, pancreas, and kidney cancers, as nonspiritual topics as tobacco, alcohol, and diet, it is much well as acute myeloid leukemia. 1 Lung cancer, however, is more. The Lord says, “all things unto me are spiritual, and foremost among them. Smoking causes about 90 percent not at any time have I given unto you a law which was of male lung cancer deaths, about 80 percent of female temporal” ( D&C 29:34 ). lung cancer deaths, 2 and a total of approximately 440,000 3

deaths annually. STOKER REIER; INSET PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID BACKGROUND PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHEW

42 Word of Wisdom

which has been linked to disease. While the Word of Wisdom does not speci - cally mention caffeine, it is commonly understood in the medical community that higher doses of caffeine are associ- ated with infertility, Meniere’s disease A 2004 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (a disease affecting balance), insomnia, sudden infant death and Prevention indicates that “compared to nonsmok- syndrome (with maternal consumption in utero), and bro- ers, men who smoke are about 23 times more likely to cystic disease of the breasts. In addition, gastric acid disease develop lung cancer, and women who smoke are about 13 (ulcers of the stomach and duodenum) may also be linked times more likely.” 4 In addition, smoking is a major cause to consumption of both caffeinated and decaffeinated cof- of emphysema, coronary heart disease, stroke, osteoporo- fee, lending credence to the Word of Wisdom’s advice to sis, infertility, dental diseases, and other diseases. 5 avoid “hot drinks.” From the perspective of medical sci- ence, most investigators who have examined the effects of On Hot Drinks and Caffeine caffeine suggest that caffeinated beverages should not be “And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly” consumed in large quantities. 6 ( D&C 89:9 ). The consumption of coffee or tea, whether hot or cold, On Alcohol is recognized by the Church as a violation of the Word of “Inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink Wisdom. Coffee and tea contain substances such as caffeine, among you, behold it is not good. . . . And, again, strong

ENSIGN JULY 2008 43 mention of “wheat for man” in verse 17. “And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man— “Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving. “Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; “And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine. “All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, . . .

drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your ove left: P hotograph b y welden C . andersen stoker; Ab ove left: Background photograph b y david bodies”(D&C 89:5, 7). The Word of Wisdom is clear on this point. Among doctors, as a result of scientific studies, it is commonly accepted that alcohol consumption is associated with can- cers of the esophagus, liver, and pancreas. A relationship between alcohol and the development of breast cancer has been debated for years. The largest study on this subject was presented recently. The Nurses’ Health Study, a study of 121,700 nurses followed over a 20-year period, found that even modest alcohol intake was associated with an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.7

On Dietary Recommendations Although we often consider the verses teaching us to avoid alcohol, tobacco, and hot drinks to be the most impor- tant parts of the Word of Wisdom, the larger portion of this revelation is actually devoted to teaching us what we should consume: wheat, other grains, fruits, and vegetables. Grains are mentioned repeatedly in this revelation, with special

44 “All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of Word of Wisdom, were less likely to have their breast the vine; . . . cancer return after treatment.8 “Nevertheless, wheat for man” (D&C 89:10–14, 16–17). What does medical science teach us about this kind of On Nutrition and Cancer Prevention diet? Certainly all kinds of diets are being recommended It would be impractical to discuss all the data in sup- by one seeming authority or another. The diets in fashion port of the dietary principles promoted by the Word of change from year to year. Consistently over the years, Wisdom, but I would like to review a few examples from however, the evidence favors a diet in keeping with the the cancer literature that I find particularly interesting. recommendations contained in the Word of Wisdom. The Several studies have looked at the ability of vitamin medical community widely accepts that a low-fat diet con- supplements in pill form to prevent cancer. One study sisting mostly of complex carbohydrates found in whole examined male smokers from Finland who took vitamin E grains, fruits, and vegetables, along with limited amounts (alpha-tocopherol) and vitamin A (beta carotene) in tablet of nuts and high-protein foods like low-fat meats, is associ- form. The results were unexpected. The authors found no ated with lower incidences of disease and a longer life. reduction in the incidence of lung cancer among these The benefits of this type of diet are likely related to smokers after five to eight years of dietary supplementa- many different interrelated nutritional factors. For example, tion with alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E); they found an 18 such a diet is naturally low in fat. I recently attended the percent increased risk of lung cancer among those supple- American Society of Clinical Oncology meet- mented with beta carotene (vitamin A).9 ings, where I heard research presented on esearch In several follow-up studies, participants were postmenopausal women who had undergone indicates asked to give dietary histories showing what treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Women that a kinds of foods they R 10 who followed a low-fat diet, which was remark- diet following the commonly ate. ably similar to the foods recommended in the recommendations The results were outlined in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants, consisting primar- ily of grains, fruits, and vegetables, is generally consid- ered the healthiest way to eat.

ensign july 2008 45 onsistently over the Cyears, the evidence favors a diet in keeping with the recommen- dations contained in the Word of Wisdom.

also surprising. Those individuals who had the highest intake of fruits and vegetables had a lower incidence of lung cancer.11 The best results were seen in individuals with diets high in vitamin A–rich foods, such as tomatoes and dark green or dark yellow vegetables indicates that a diet following the recommendations out- henrik als and fruits. A second study, the Beta-Carotene and Retinol lined in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants, consist- Efficacy Trial (CARET) Study, confirmed these results.12 ing primarily of grains, fruits, and vegetables, is generally Other studies have also confirmed the value of eating a considered the healthiest way to eat. diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Additional studies have linked diets high in whole On Cancer Incidence and Longevity grains and rich in fiber to lower incidences of colon and Science has also looked specifically at Latter-day Saints other cancers. Nuts also appear to be important and could to see if our health practices influence our chances of get- logically be included in the Word of Wisdom’s “fruit of the ting cancer. The results are encouraging. vine” (D&C 89:16). When looking at Latter-day Saints living in Utah, one In a modern world we often look for easy ways to study found a 24 percent lower rate of developing cancer. live healthily by substituting fad diets or pills for healthy Looking at just smoking-related cancers, the study found a eating habits. Many fad diets promote the opposite of the 50 percent lower incidence in men and a 60 percent lower Word of Wisdom, including diets high in meat and fat, incidence in women compared to the U.S. rate.13

which may temporarily lower weight. However, research A University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) study P hotograph b y Jan Friis, © stoker; Ab ove right: Background photograph b y david

46 of Latter- NOTES day Saint 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Smoking and high priests in Tobacco Use: Health Effects of California found Cigarette Smoking,” fact sheet, Dec. 2006, 1, http:// www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ they were about data_statistics/ Factsheets/ health_ effects.htm. 50 percent 2. CDC, “The Health Consequences less likely of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General,” 2004, http://www.cdc.gov/ to die from tobacco/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/ cancer and lungs_effects.html. 3. CDC, “Annual Smoking-Attributable 70 percent less likely to Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs—United States, die of tobacco-related cancers 1995–1999,” Morbidity and Mortality than the general population.”14 Weekly Report, Apr. 12, 2002, 300–303, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/ Life expectancy for Latter- mmwrhtml/mm5114a2.htm. 4. CDC, “The Health Consequences of day Saint males living in Utah is Smoking.” 7.3 years longer than their non- 5. CDC, “2004 Surgeon General’s Report—The Health Consequences LDS counterparts. Female Latter- of Smoking,” 407, 498, 541, 601, day Saints appear to live longer 818, http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004. too—an average of 5.8 years.15 6. P. Nawrot and others, “Effects of Caffeine on Human Health,” abstract, Food Additives and Contaminates, Jan. Standards for Temporal Health 2003, 1–30, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih .gov/entrez/query. While the Word of Wisdom does 7. W.Y. Chen and others, “Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Breast not rely on scientific proof, it has Cancer Risk,” abstract, Journal of stood the test of time, and sci- Clinical Oncology, June 23, 2005, supplement, 515, http://www.asco ence is slowly proving the truths it .org/portal/site/ASCO. contains. The Lord revealed and the Prophet Joseph Smith 8. R. T. Chlebowski and others, “Dietary Fat Reduction in Postmenopausal Women with Primary Breast Cancer: Phase III Women’s Intervention taught important standards for temporal health that sci- Nutrition Study (WINS), abstract, Journal of Clinical Oncology, June 23, 2005, supplement, 10, http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCO. ence is now corroborating many decades later. 9. Olli P. Heinonen and others, “The Effect of Vitamin E and Beta Thanks to the recommendations contained in section 89 Carotene on the Incidence of Lung Cancer and Other Cancers in Male Smokers,” New England Journal of Medicine, Apr. 14, 1994, 1029–35, of the Doctrine and Covenants, Latter-day Saints live longer http://content.nejm.org. 10. Margaret E. Wright and others, “Development of a Comprehensive and are less likely to get cancer. Although members of the Dietary Antioxidant Index and Application to Lung Cancer Risk in Church often focus on aspects relating to avoiding smok- a Cohort of Male Smokers,” American Journal of Epidemiology, 160 (2004):68–76, http://aje.oxfordjournals.org. ing, alcohol consumption, coffee, and tea, the Word of 11. Gilbert S. Omenn and others, “Risk Factors for Lung Cancers and for Wisdom provides further direction for blessing Latter-day Intervention Effects in CARET, the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Nov. 6, 1996, 1550–59, Saints. Eating a diet consisting primarily of wheat and grain www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/. 12. Charles H. Hennekens and others, “Lack of Effect of Long-Term products, fruits, and vegetables, as outlined in the revelation, Supplementation with Beta Carotene on the Incidence of Malignant is being shown scientifically to be the best possible way to Neoplasms and Cardiovascular Disease,” New England Journal of Medicine, May 2, 1996, 1145–49, http://content.nejm.org. eat. Since the Lord promises that those who follow these 13. Joseph L. Lyon and others, “Cancer Incidence among Mormons and Non-Mormons in Utah (United States) 1971–85,” Cancer Causes and teachings will have “health in their navel and marrow to their Control, 5 (1994):152. bones” (v. 18) and will “find wisdom and great treasures of 14. James E. Enstrom, “Health Practices and Cancer Mortality among Active California Mormons,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, knowledge, even hidden treasures” (v. 19), I am eager to Dec. 6, 1989, 1813. do all I can to live by the precepts taught in the Word of 15. Roy M. Merrill, “Life Expectancy among LDS and Non-LDS in Utah,” Demographic Research, Mar. 12, 2004, www.demographic-research Wisdom. ◼ .org/volumes/vol10/3.

ensign july 2008 47 LESSON FROM A MILK JUG

NAME WITHHELD I was empty. I was hurt. I was angry. When my husband How could I carry such an awful burden? went to the bishop and the stake president to begin the The insight came in an unexpected way. repentance process, I was embarrassed. And then I became numb. ife was starting to look better. Although the last few As a matter of routine, I continued to read scriptures months had involved severe illness for our newborn with my children and by myself. I continued to have family L baby, a bout with postpartum depression for me, prayer and family home evening and to say my personal and a sudden layoff for my husband, it seemed that our prayers. But they were nothing more than habitual. There family was going to make it through the wave of trials we was nothing left inside me. had encountered. After a while, I became tired of being numb. I wanted to But that soon changed when I returned home from help- feel again. I wanted to be strong for my children. I wanted ing an ill sister in our ward to nd my husband engrossed to love my husband. I wanted to forgive. I just didn’t know in lth on the Internet. I had returned earlier than he had how. All the Relief Society and Sunday School lessons on expected, and he was caught off guard. I learned that this forgiveness had not prepared me for this pain, and I didn’t had been going on for years and that it had been accompa- know how to overcome it. But I was determined that I would. nied by other serious sins. Time went by, and despite my desire to forgive, I was I was devastated. The man I had kept myself clean and still bitter. Then the simplest thing happened. pure for all of my life had not done the same for me. My I was unloading the car after a trip to the grocery heart was broken. store, and our three-year-old daughter was helping.

48 She was carrying in loaves of bread and cartons of eggs “And none of them that my Father hath given me shall and was doing just ne. Then she decided that she was be lost” ( D&C 50:40–42 ). going to carry in a gallon of milk. After some struggle, The signi cance of this is obvious, but the lesson became she pulled it out of the car, and it landed with a thud on even more profound when my daughter’s eyes brightened the driveway. She gripped the handle with both hands and she said, “Mommy, you carry me; then I carry milk.” I and heaved it. It barely budged. I offered to help, and scooped my little messenger up in my arms. I carried her, she snapped at me: “No! I do it myself!” She strained and and leaning the jug against my arm, she carried the milk. grunted but made no progress in lifting the milk. After In tears, I deposited my precious cargo inside. several minutes she looked up at me with tears welling Later, on my knees, I admitted to the Lord that my in her eyes and said, “Too heavy. Can’t do it.” “jug of milk” was too heavy and that I had been proud in As I looked at my sweet, stubborn little girl, I saw in trying to carry it on my own. I asked forgiveness for my an instant what Heavenly Father must see in me—a well- anger, my stubbornness, and my pride. I begged the Lord meaning but stubborn child who wouldn’t accept His help. to carry me. I knew I was the one who needed to forgive, A scripture I had learned in seminary came to my mind: but the burden was too painful and too heavy. If the Lord “Behold, ye are little children and ye cannot bear all things would carry me, though, I could do what I needed to do. now; ye must grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. I begged Him to lift me, and He did. He helped me not “Fear not, little children, for you are mine, and I have over- only carry my burden but also cast it away. come the world, and you are of them that my Father hath Our trials have not all ended, but with Heavenly Father’s

ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIFER TOLMAN ILLUSTRATION given me; help, we will make it. ◼

ENSIGN JULY 2008 49 Hope, Healing, and Dealing with

It’s dif cult to watch your spouse make harmful choices. But hope and peace are available— for both of you. ADDICTION

BY MICHAEL D. GARDNER LDS Family Services

n my work as a therapist, rarely a day passes when love and support, encourage their partners to fully disclose I don’t hear from someone who wonders how he or the extent of their addictive behavior rather than allowing I she can help a spouse overcome an addiction. My information to trickle in over time. Speci c details may not answer often surprises these individuals. First, I state that be necessary; rather, it is more important to disclose the it is not their responsibility to “ x” their spouse’s prob- type of addictive behavior, its duration, and its frequency. lem and that the addiction may be no fault of theirs. I Upon learning of a spouse’s addiction, an individual then explain that while there are many may experience a wide range of emo- things they can do to help a spouse tions, including anger, shame, betrayal, overcome an addiction, they cannot fear, disgust, and humiliation. These control the situation for their spouse. feelings are normal. But how the person At the same time, I emphasize that they deals with these feelings can make a should not be passive in this situation. big difference in the outcome of the Individuals can do much to support their situation. spouses in overcoming addictions while at It is common for those in a crisis to the same time nding their own healing. think in erroneous ways. They should take care not to jump to conclusions, Understanding the Problem “catastrophize” things, overgeneralize, or 1 People who engage in addictive When spouses learn of a partner’s get stuck in all-or-nothing thinking. behavior often live in a world of denial. involvement with an addiction— One should avoid discussing They may tell themselves, “It’s not especially if that addiction dif cult issues when tempers and that bad,” “I’m not hurting anyone but involves pornography—they emotions are at their peak. Physical, myself,” or “I can stop anytime I want.” are likely to have diminished emotional, or verbal attacks will only Similarly, husbands and wives are often feelings of self-worth. make a painful situation worse. A in denial after rst discovering their bishop and a licensed therapist may spouse’s behavior. They may nd it dif cult to accept that be of help when a couple begins to discuss the dam- their spouse would engage in a particular activity, or they age the addictive behavior has caused. may choose to believe it was only an isolated incident. While it may have been a one-time event, more often Control the addiction is a bigger problem than the spouse rst It is dif cult to watch someone you love and care for suspected. make choices that you know will hurt them and others. As Accepting the full scope of the problem is necessary a result, many people try to control their spouse’s addic- for healing to begin. I advise spouses to calmly, and with tion problems by policing, monitoring, and otherwise PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT CASEY, POSED BY MODELS POSED BY MODELS CASEY, PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT ENSIGN JULY 2008 51 addicted individual to take the steps that will lead to over- coming the addiction. As spouses keep the following list in mind, they may be able to avoid making some common mistakes.

Factors Spouses Cannot Control Factors Spouses Can Control Their partner’s behavior Their response to their partner’s behavior Their partner’s desire to Their ability to care for change themselves Their partner’s repentance Their willingness to process forgive Their own spiritual progression

Bishops can provide inspired counsel when one is dealing Trust with a spouse’s addiction. If necessary, licensed therapists Spouses often struggle to forgive their partners for with experience in treating addictions can provide sugges- addictive behaviors. Sometimes they mistakenly assume tions that are specific to the situation. that extending forgiveness also means restoring trust. Yet trust and forgiveness are two separate issues. A person trying to prevent recurrences of the behavior or to catch can repent and be forgiven long before he or she earns them in the act. These efforts are usually not effective and trust again. may lead to more frustration and hopelessness. We cannot Spouses should remember that just as the problem may control another’s behavior; only the offender can make have taken years to develop, it will take time to resolve. I lasting changes. counsel spouses to keep in mind that being patient and My advice to spouses is to focus their attention and understanding does not mean condoning, accepting, or efforts on what they can change, not on what they can’t. enabling their partner’s behavior. It is critical that they They can work on efforts to make their own lives better. establish clear, healthy boundaries and that their husband These changes may not have any effect on their husband or wife understands what kinds of behaviors will not be or wife, but this should not be the goal of the behavior. tolerated. One word of caution here is to maintain balance in life. Reading the scriptures, praying, and going to the temple Effects of Addiction on Others can help build spiritual strength and bring peace in these When spouses learn of a partner’s involvement with situations. However, some people devote so much time an addiction—especially if that addiction involves and energy to these activities that they neglect other pornography—they are likely to have diminished feelings areas of their lives. They may believe that the more time of self-worth. They may feel responsible or guilty, and they they spend doing worthy activities, the more likely it is may feel a deep sense of shame. They may question their that the Lord will soften the heart of their spouse. Yet all ability to meet their partner’s needs, and if the partner strug- things, even spiritual things, should be “done in wisdom gles with pornography, they may believe they are unattract- and order” (Mosiah 4:27). Remember that it is up to the ive. They may ask themselves, “What is wrong with me?”

52 A Great Spiritual Power of Redemption “The suffering you endure from If you find yourself in this situation, resisting or from The gospel ensures us that change keep in mind that the sins of others leaving a life-style of addiction or is possible. But hope is a prerequi- always have a negative effect on those perversion is not a hundredth part site. While spouses cannot control they love, but you did not commit the of that suffered by your parents, their partner’s behavior, they can sin. Your partner’s sin is not necessar- your spouse or your children, if hope for their partner’s healing. More ily about you; it is about your partner’s you give up. Theirs is an innocent important, they can make the choice inability to manage emotions effectively suffering because they love you. To to place their ultimate hope in the or to use appropriate coping skills. keep resisting or to withdraw from Lord, knowing that regardless of their Even though the addiction hurts you such a life-style is an act of genuine partner’s decisions, the Lord can help deeply and feels personal, it is not. As unselfishness, a sacrifice you place them bear their burdens through a spouse, you may have a minor role on the altar of obedience. It will the power of His Atonement. As He to play in the overall scenario, but you bring enormous spiritual rewards. declares in 3 Nephi 9:14: “Behold, did not cause the individual to become “Remember that agency, mine arm of mercy is extended addicted. The addiction was the result that freedom of choice that you towards you, and whosoever will of choices your spouse made. demanded when you forsook your come, him will I receive; and blessed Children are particularly vulnerable covenants? That same agency can are those who come unto me.” when their parents have an addiction, now be drawn upon to exert a great The Lord can give impressions and yet their needs are often overlooked. spiritual power of redemption.” guidance as to what paths to take, and The nonaddicted spouse may need President Boyd K. Packer, President of He can assure a couple of His love for the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, to set aside his or her own hurt and “Covenants,” Ensign, Nov. 1990, 86. both of them. He is the Master Healer pain at times to help meet the needs of and can change the hearts of all who children in these situations. Children are sufficiently willing and humble to need love, assurance, and a sense of security. They need follow Him. The words of Alma, speaking to the people of to know that even though their parents may be in a tense Zarahemla, may be applied here: situation, things will be OK. Parents may want to ensure “Have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the that their children get counsel or support from their captivity of your fathers? Yea, and have you sufficiently bishop and perhaps a licensed therapist. retained in remembrance his mercy and long-suffering If a parent is violent or abusive, the spouse should get towards them? And moreover, have ye sufficiently help immediately. It is important not to remain silent. If retained in remembrance that he has delivered their physical abuse is occurring, the spouse should call an souls from hell? emergency telephone number immediately and then call “Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened the bishop. Families, friends, and shelters for women and them out of a deep sleep, and they awoke unto God” children can also be resources during a crisis. (Alma 5:6–7). ◼ The Church has an Addiction Recovery Program (ARP), sponsored by LDS Family Services, to help Church members who desire to recover The Lord Will Help from addiction as well as to help family members and friends. For These suggestions are not all-inclusive. Bishops can more information, visit www.ldsfamilyservices.org or contact the LDS provide inspired counsel when one is dealing with a Family Services office nearest you. The manual Addiction Recovery Program: A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing (36764) is spouse’s addiction. If necessary, licensed therapists with available at Church distribution centers or at www.ldscatalog.com. experience in treating addictions can provide suggestions NOTE 1. For more information on thinking errors, the book Feeling Good: The that are specific to the situation. New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns, M.D., (1980) may be helpful.

ensign july 2008 53 LESSONS FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON Change AND THE VIRTUE OF THE WORD

BY ELDER KEITH R. EDWARDS fast unto” the word (1 Nephi 15:24), and to Of the Seventy “live by . . . every word of God” (Luke 4:4). As ecause of “the power of the word of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of God” (2 Nephi 1:26), the scriptures Latter-day Saints, we, like Jacob in the Book of Bteach us to “feast upon the words of Mormon, are to “teach . . . the word of God Christ” (2 Nephi 32:3), to “experiment” on the with all diligence” (Jacob 1:19).

word (Alma 32:27), to “hold In 1963 my missionary companion and MANN PAUL BY ILLUSTRATIONS

Change comes from within as we are moved upon by the Holy Ghost.

54 I taught a young family of five in Albany, Georgia. After the tendency to lead the people to do that which was just— third or fourth discussion, the wife told us that since we yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds of had started teaching them, she and her husband were the people than the sword, or anything else, which had closer and he was treating her better than at any other happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was time in their marriage. As we concluded the next discus- expedient that they should try the virtue of the word of sion, the husband shared an experience. God” (Alma 31:5). “Today the people I work with wanted to know what The doctrine of the restored gospel reminds us of the has happened to me,” he related. “When I asked them same principle. President Boyd K. Packer, President of the what they meant, they said, ‘You don’t use the same lan- Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, has taught: “True doc- guage you used to use when you get angry, and you’re trine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The more patient. You seem happier.’ ” study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior The Book of Mormon helps us understand what Alma quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”1 calls “the virtue of the word”and its power to help us As a bishop a number of years ago, I witnessed a dra- change. When apostate practices had crept into the reli- matic change as the virtue of the word of God came into gious ceremonies of the Zoramites, they needed correc- the life of a young man. Sometime during his early teens tion. “And now, as the preaching of the word had a great he had drifted from the Church. A friend from high school,

ENSIGN JULY 2008 55 s a bishop, serving a mission thousands of miles away, I witnessed wrote to his former classmate, bore testi- A a dramatic mony of the power and influence of the change as the virtue gospel in his life, shared some missionary of the word of God experiences, and encouraged his friend to came into the life reclaim the peace and joy of the gospel. That of a young man. testimony, reinforced by the Spirit and good He manifested the memories of living the gospel when he was virtues of change young, touched the young man. Another let- by his desire to ter from his friend served as a second wit- repent and serve ness. Within a short time the young man a mission. was in his bishop’s office. He was eager to develop the traits that his friend had devel- oped and to follow him into the mission field. taught. The virtues of change came to the The family we taught in the mission field father as he developed a greater love and and the young man who had strayed each devotion for his wife and family and as he experienced the virtue of the word. In indi- disciplined his tongue. The young man mani- vidual ways they felt what the father of King fested the virtues of change by his desire to Lamoni felt when he prayed, “O God, Aaron repent and serve a mission. hath told me that there is a God; and if Many years of Church service have taught there is a God, and if thou art God, wilt thou me that no person has the power to change make thyself known unto me, and I will give another. Change comes from within as we are away all my sins to know thee” (Alma 22:18). moved upon by the Holy Ghost. Others may Nephi explained that the word, or the motivate us to change, but the determination message of the gospel, goes directly to the to change is generated by personal desire as heart: “When a man speaketh by the power we yield “to the enticings of the Holy Spirit” of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy (Mosiah 3:19). Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the chil- Change does not always come dramati- dren of men” (2 Nephi 33:1). cally. For most of us, progress comes “line When Alma spoke of going to preach to upon line” (D&C 98:12) in a process that the Zoramites, he mentioned the “powerful seems almost imperceptible. My mother effect” of the word and concluded by saying made the following observation years ago: that he and his brethren would “try the virtue “You haven’t always been the way you are,” of the word” (Alma 31:5). The strength and she told me. “I like what you have become.” power of the word of the gospel is demon- The virtue and power of the word can have strated by the virtues it helps us develop. In a profound influence on each of us as we the lives of the people I’ve mentioned, the study, pray, exercise faith, repent, and work influence of the word was evident in their “to do that which [is] just” (Alma 31:5). ■ humility, submissiveness, gentleness, and NOTE willingness to act on the things they had been 1. “Do Not Fear,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2004, 79.

56 VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “We ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE CREATED should come to ‘know . . . the only IN THE IMAGE OF GOD true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent’ (John 17:3). ‘. . . To know God is to think what he thinks, Teach the scriptures to feel what he feels, to have the and statements that power he possesses, to comprehend meet the needs of the the truths he understands, and to do sisters you visit. Bear what he does. Those who know God testimony of the doctrine. Invite those become like him, and have his kind you teach to share what they have of life, which is eternal life.’ . . . He felt and learned. instructed his Nephite disciples: ‘What manner of men ought ye to be? What Do We Know about Being Verily I say unto you, even as I am’ “Created in the Image of God”? (3 Ne. 27:27)” (“Our Lord and Savior,” Moses 2:27: “I, God, created man Ensign, Nov. 1993, 7). in mine own image, in the image of Susan W. Tanner, recently released mine Only Begotten created I him; Young Women general president: male and female created I them.” living. We are his children made in his “[Did] your mother or father ever President Gordon B. Hinckley image. We look like him and he looks [remind you] to ‘remember . . . that (1910–2008): “Our bodies are sacred. like us” (“I Know That My Redeemer you are a child of God and must act They were created in the image of Lives,” Tambuli, Apr. 1988, 6; Ensign, accordingly’[?] Missionaries wear a God. They are marvelous, the crown- Apr. 1990, 6). badge as a constant reminder . . . to ing creation of Deity. No camera has dress modestly and comely, to treat ever matched the wonder of the How Does Knowing I Am Created people with politeness, and to strive human eye. No pump was ever built in God’s Image Make a Difference to have Christ’s image in their counte- that could run so long and carry such in My Life? nances. . . . By covenant, we too have heavy duty as the human heart. The Elder LeGrand Richards (1886– all taken upon ourselves Christ’s

BY HARRY ANDERSON HARRY BY ear and the brain constitute a miracle. 1983) of the Quorum of the Twelve name. His name should be engraven . . . These, with others of our parts and Apostles: “There are many who think inwardly upon our hearts. Likewise, organs, represent the divine, omnipo- their bodies are their own and that we are expected to act as worthy chil- tent genius of God” (“Be Ye Clean,” they can do with them what they will, dren of Heavenly Father, who, at least Ensign, May 1996, 48). but Paul makes it plain that they are figuratively, has sent us to earth with President Thomas S. Monson: “God not their own, for they are bought with the admonition ‘Remember who our Father has ears with which to a price, and that ‘If any man defile the you are!’” (“Daughters of Heavenly hear our prayers. He has eyes with temple of God, him shall God destroy; Father,” Liahona and Ensign, May which to see our actions. He has a for the temple of God is holy, which 2007, 107). mouth with which to speak to us. He temple ye are’ [1 Corinthians 3:17]” For additional study, see Job 7:17; has a heart with which to feel com- (A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, D&C 110:2–3; Joseph Smith—History passion and love. He is real. He is rev. ed. [1966], 380). 1:17. ■ PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANILO SOLETA; BORDER: DETAIL FROM JESUS CHRIST, BORDER: DETAIL SOLETA; DANILO BY ILLUSTRATION PHOTO ENSIGN JULY 2008 57 58 the Internet Using ospel G Sharing the tion about the Church. the ongoingconversa- the Lord byjoining the further work of youcan cal tools, With newtechnologi- I handhelds andpodcasts. social networks, messagingandblogs, text capture video, videoandmusicdownloads, the world ofcyberspace, cellphonesthat are you readthemontheInternet. Oursis of you, ifyou readnewspapers, thechances get news was throughnewspapers andradio. in 1948, themostcommonway for people to changes. When IbeganmymissioninEngland A ChangingWorld assure you we arevery muchaware. to know what’s goingon inyour world. Letme Of theQuorumofTwelve Apostles BY ELDERM.RUSSELLBALLARD How different the world is today. For many In the span of nearly 80 years, I’ve seen many think someoftheBrethrenmay betooold think someoftheBrethrenmay betooold makes meprettyold. Actually,makes meprettyold. Actually, somefolks somefolks am inmy80thyear. Bysomeaccountsthat that “the penismightier thanthesword.” in the world. There is truth in the old adage powerful force for goodintheChurchand theworkyou usethemtofurther oftheLord? velous inventions? Moretothepoint, how will they have inmine. How willyou usethesemar- undreamed ofthatwillcomeinyour lifetime as you use them to further theworkyou usethemtofurther oftheLord? velous inventions? Moretothepoint, how will they have inmine. How willyou usethesemar- undreamed ofthatwillcomeinyour lifetime as the spreading ofthegospel.the The Churchhas inspiring people to invent tools that facilitate in Lord, over thecenturies,hand hashada the restored gospel throughout the world. The of theprintedword tospreadthemessageof Christ ofLatter-day Saintshasusedthepower those words thatIwant totalkyou. to do. And it’s principally about ways to share accomplish thegreatthingsthatyou setout In manycasesitiswithwords thatyou will This istheworld ofthefuture, withinventions You have tobea agreatopportunity Fromitsbeginnings, The Church of Jesus TheChurchofJesus

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY CARY HENRIE 59 Do not be afraid to share with others your experiences as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Telling those stories can help demystify the Church.

adopted and embraced those tools, including print, broad- cast media, and the Internet. There are perhaps few inventions that have had a greater impact on the world than the printing press, invented by the inspired Johannes Gutenberg around 1436. The printing press enabled knowledge, including that contained in the Holy Bible, to be shared more widely than ever before.

The Internet: A Modern Printing Press Today we have a modern equivalent of the printing press in the Internet. The Internet allows everyone to be a pub- lisher, to have his or her voice heard, and it is revolutionizing society. Before the Internet there were great barriers to print- ing. It took money, power, in uence, and a great amount of time to publish. But today, because of the emergence of what some call “new media,” made possible by the Internet, many of those barriers have been removed. New media con- sists of tools on the Internet that make it possible for nearly anyone to publish or broadcast to either a large or a niche audience. I have mentioned some of these tools already. The emergence of new media is facilitating a worldwide conver- sation on almost every subject, including religion, and nearly everyone can participate. This modern equivalent of the printing press is not reserved only for the elite. Now some of these tools—like any tool in an unpracticed or undisciplined hand—can be dangerous. The Internet can be used to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and can just as easily be used to market the  lth and sleaze of pornog- raphy. Computer applications like iTunes can be used to download uplifting and stirring music or the worst kind of antisocial lyrics full of profanity. Social networks on the Web can be used to expand healthy friendships as easily as they can be used by predators trying to trap the unwary. That is no different from how people choose to use television or movies or even a library. Satan is always quick to exploit the negative power of new inventions, to spoil and degrade, and to neutralize any effect for good. Make sure that the choices you make in the use of new media are choices that expand your mind, increase your opportunities, and feed your soul.

60 HELPS FOR HOME EVENING 1. As a family, watch the video clip of Elder M. Russell As you know, the new media Ballard’s call for Latter-day Saints to share the message These tools allow orga- has already profoundly impacted of the Restoration with others using the Internet. See nizations and individuals the old world of newspapers and www.youtube.com/LDSPublicAffairs. Discuss ways you to completely bypass the other traditional media. Once can share your testimony of the gospel with others using news media and publish or upon a time, as a Church leader the Internet. broadcast their messages in I might give a newspaper inter- 2. Fill a large bowl or bathtub with water. Drop a bar of their entirety to the intended view, then wait a day or two for soap into the water, noticing the ripple effect of tiny waves audiences. For instance, last it to appear somewhere deep generated from the soap falling into the water. Compare the year the Church Public Affairs inside the newspaper. Then that waves to using the Internet to promote good, clean conver- Department conducted an newspaper was thrown away, and sations about the Church. As a family, send an e-mail to a interview with Elder Dallin H. whatever impact it might have friend, telling something you love about the gospel. Oaks of the Quorum of the had dissipated rather quickly. Twelve Apostles and Elder Now, as I am leaving one appointment to go to the Lance B. Wickman of the Seventy regarding the Church’s next, the report of my visit or interview begins almost position on same-gender attraction. In the old days, to immediately to appear on the newspaper’s Web site or communicate our message to the public on an issue like on blogs, where it can be copied and distributed all over this we would have had to rely on the news media. But the Web. You can see how important the right words are this probing interview was conducted by Church Public today. Words recorded on the Internet do not disappear. Affairs staff and posted in its entirety on the Church’s Web Any Google or Yahoo! search is going to nd one’s words, site, un ltered by the news media. probably for a very long time. A case in point: In 2007, NBC television came to Salt Joining the Conversation Lake for an interview with me as part of a piece they were There are conversations going on about the Church producing on the Church. Reporter Ron Allen and I spent an constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or hour together in the chapel in the Joseph Smith Memorial not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot stand Building. We discussed the Church at length. A few days on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt later the story appeared, and in the four-minute segment that to de ne what the Church teaches. While some conversa- aired, there was one short quote of about six seconds from tions have audiences in the thousands or even millions, the one-hour interview. That was just enough time for me most are much, much smaller. But all conversations have to testify of our faith in Jesus Christ as the center of all we an impact on those who participate in them. Perceptions believe. I repeat, just six seconds were used from a 60-min- of the Church are established one conversation at a time. ute interview. Those six seconds are quite typical, actually, The challenge is that there are too many people partici- for members of the traditional TV media, who think and air pating in conversations about the Church for our Church in sound bites. The big difference from the old days to today personnel to converse with and respond to individually. is that the reporter also ran 15 minutes of our interview on We cannot answer every question, satisfy every inquiry, the NBC Nightly News Web site. And those 15 minutes are and respond to every inaccuracy that exists. We need to still there. What we say is no longer on and off the screen in remember that there is a difference between interest and a  ash, but it remains as part of a permanent archive and can mere curiosity. Sometimes people just want to know what appear on other sites that reuse the content. People using the Church is. And some who seek answers want them to Internet search engines to hunt for topics about the Church come directly from a member of the Church. They appre- will come across that interview and many others. ciate one-on-one conversation.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 61 All of you know that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are reminded and encouraged con- tinually to share the gospel with others. The Church is always looking for the most effective ways to declare its message. Preaching the gospel of the Restoration has always been special to me. I loved being a missionary in England. I loved being a mission president in Canada. And I love my present You too can calling, which allows me opportunities to share the message of share your story. the Restoration of the gospel to the world and to testify that Talk honestly and God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to the sincerely about the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1820. Through Joseph, the gospel impact the gospel has that Jesus established in New Testament times was brought had in your life. back. It had been lost with the deaths of the Apostles of old. I can share with the world the knowledge that priest- hood authority, the doctrine, and the ordinances of the New Testament Church are once again on the earth. This is the most important work that we can participate in. Now, may I ask that you join the conversation by partici- pating on the Internet to share the gospel and to explain in simple and clear terms the message of the Restoration. Most of you already know that if you have access to the Internet you can start a blog in minutes and begin sharing what you know to be true. You can download videos from Church and other appropriate sites, including newsroom.lds.org, and send them to your friends. You can write to media sites on the Internet that report on the Church and voice your views as to the accuracy of the reports. This, of course, requires that you understand the basic principles of the gospel. It is essential that you are able to offer a clear and correct witness of gospel truths. It is also important that you and the people to whom you testify understand that you do not speak for the Church as a whole. You speak as one member—but you testify of the truths you have come to know. Far too many people have a poor understanding of the Church because most of the information they hear about us is from news media reports that are often driven by controversies. Too much attention to controversy has a negative impact on peoples’ perceptions of what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really is.

62 Recently a columnist writing in a major U.S. newspaper Christ. We all have interesting stories that have in uenced our was irresponsibly inaccurate in his description of the Church identity. Sharing those stories is a nonthreatening way to talk and our beliefs and practices. Dozens, perhaps even hundreds, to others. Telling those stories can help demystify the Church. of Church members and others who understand our beliefs You could help overcome misperceptions through your own commented on the newspaper’s Web site, correcting the mis- sphere of in uence, which ought to include the Internet. conceptions he was spreading and calling for accuracy. Things to Avoid Examples of What You Can Do Every disciple of Christ will be most effective and do the Let me give you a few other examples of how Church most good by adopting a demeanor worthy of a follower members are using the new media. of the Savior. Discussions focused on questioning, debat- A Church member living in the Midwest of the United States ing, and doubting gospel principles do little to build the makes a concerted effort to share the gospel every day, in per- kingdom of God. The Apostle Paul has admonished us to son. He then writes a blog about his daily endeavors to share not be “ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power the teachings of the Book of Mormon and to give pass-along of God unto salvation” ( Romans 1:16 ). Let us all stand rmly cards to all he meets. His effort to share the gospel so diligently and speak with faith in sharing our message with the world. is admirable, and his further effort to write about it no doubt Many of you are returned missionaries and can carry on a inspires many others to do the same. meaningful conversation in the language you learned on Others have recorded and posted their testimonies of the your mission. Your outreach can be international. Restoration, the teachings of the Book of Mormon, and other As you participate in this conversation and utilize the tools gospel subjects on popular video-sharing sites. You too can of new media, remember who you are—Latter-day Saints. tell your story to nonmembers in this way. Use stories and Remember, as the proverb states, that “a soft answer turneth words that they will understand. Talk honestly and sincerely away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs about the impact the gospel has had in your life, about how 15:1 ). And remember that contention is of the devil (see it has helped you overcome weaknesses or challenges and 3 Nephi 11:29). There is no need to argue or contend with helped de ne your values. The audiences for these others regarding our beliefs. There is no need to become and other new media tools may often be small, but defensive or belligerent. Our position is solid; the Church is the cumulative effect of thousands of such stories true. We simply need to have a conversation, as friends in can be great. The combined effort is certainly the same room would have, always guided by the prompt- worth the outcome if but a few are in u- ing of the Spirit and constantly remembering the Atonement enced by your words of faith and love of the Lord Jesus Christ, which reminds us of how precious of God and His Son, Jesus Christ. are the children of our Father in Heaven. The Restoration of the gospel May the Lord bless each of you that you will have a power- of Jesus Christ has no doubt had ful in uence on those you come in contact with. As I said in a powerful impact on your life. the beginning, the power of words is incredible. Let your voice It has, in part, shaped who you be heard in this great cause of the gospel of Jesus Christ. ◼ are and what your future will Adapted from a commencement address given at Brigham Young be. Do not be afraid to share University–Hawaii on December 15, 2007. with others your experiences NOTE 1. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu (1839), act 2, scene 2; in John as a follower of the Lord Jesus Bartlett, comp., Familiar Quotations, 14th ed. (1968), 601.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 63 One year before the Liahona issue date: Ten months before the issue date: articles written by staff editors, planning is completed. Articles are selected auxiliary presidencies, or General Authorities are edited. Readers’ or written. submissions are edited at this time as well.

ave you ever wondered how MAKING your Church magazine came H to be? When you look at the magazine you are holding in your hands, do you wonder just who put it together and how it was done? Come along for an editor’s tour of Church the Church magazines, to show how these publications are put together. As you read this magazine, planning has already begun The managing editors of the Liahona for the magazine that is one year away. In preparing it, and Ensign discuss an article to be used in an upcoming issue. magazine editors will follow direction from several members of the Seventy, who share counsel from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency on topics that need to be covered to help strengthen members. Based on the Brethren’s counsel, articles are chosen or created.

An editor for the Church magazines typically has a university degree, most often in journalism or English, and several years’ experience in writing, editing, or publishing.

64 Nine months before the issue date: Eight months before the issue date: articles are assigned positions in articles are reviewed by an assigned the magazine. (Similar deadlines for the Friend, New Era, and Ensign committee and by General Authorities. follow two to three months later.) Magazines

Four Main Sources for Magazine Articles

Talks or writings of the Members of the Seventy and Church magazine editors You, the readers, write prophet and other General auxiliary presidencies write write articles after doing articles. Your submissions Authorities or Church articles in support of Church research on a topic or allow the voices of Latter- leaders may be turned courses of study. visiting Latter-day Saints day Saints from around into articles. in a particular place. the world to be heard in

PHOTOGRAPHS BY WELDEN C. ANDERSEN BY PHOTOGRAPHS the magazines.

Planning an Issue Planning always begins with the Liahona, Church leaders have asked that as which is published in up to 51 languages. nearly as possible the content used in It is published monthly in 21 languages. In the Liahona match the content that is languages with lower numbers of subscribers, printed in the Church’s English-only readers may receive the Liahona four or magazines: the Ensign, New Era, and six times a year. Those languages with the Friend. In planning monthly issues of fewest subscribers receive a magazine one, the Liahona, editors prayerfully try to two, or three times a year. judge which articles are most needed The Liahona includes articles for adults, by members worldwide. The choices youth, and children, a local section includ- of articles are reviewed by the General ing, in part, news for members in their par- Authorities who are advisers to the ticular area of the Church. Curriculum Department.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 65 Seven to eight months before the issue date: graphic designers conceptualize and lay out articles; illustrators and photographers are contracted to produce assigned artwork or photography.

KNOWING Graphic Design and Production OUR AUDIENCE taff members who write Sand edit the articles for adults, for youth, and for children must keep in mind the basic differences among our readers. Those who produce articles for children know that between the ages of 6 and 12, children make great changes in their Editors of the Liahona and Designers choose a format As graphic designers create intellectual ability and their Ensign discuss placement and art or photographs to the layouts of articles, they emotional growth. Editors of articles within an help teach the spiritual commission illustrations or understand that this is also upcoming issue. principles covered in articles. photography, as needed, happening as teenage Here, the art director of the from professional artists readers mature. Those who Liahona shows proposed and photographers. layouts to staff editors produce articles for adults try and designers. to keep in mind that readers differ in ages, stages of life, and marital status. Add to this the complexity Putting It All Together of addressing the needs of On any given day of the year, magazine staff the approved text goes to staff graphic readers all over the world, members will be preparing several different designers, who design page layouts. They and the task can seem issues for coming months. These will be at dif- may choose existing photography and art or daunting. While it is ferent stages, from early planning to proof- may commission new photography and art. impossible to meet the reading to on-the-presses for next month’s Because pages for the Liahona must accom- needs of all readers in one issue. (The Church’s printing center in Salt modate expansion of the translated text in issue, we make an effort Lake City, Utah, prints the English-only maga- various languages, extra space is designed through the issues of each zines and most editions of the Liahona.) into each article. When the design is fin- year to provide useful, Writing and editing of articles are completed ished, the pages are reviewed by members inspiring material for all of our readers at different about eight months before the publication of the Seventy and one or more stages of life or within an date for each issue of the magazine. However, members of the Quorum of the age group. if something develops in the next three or four Twelve Apostles. months that must be covered in the Church The magazine production magazines, editors may pull out a scheduled process includes about a month article and replace it with a new one. for translation of Liahona arti- All of the Church magazines undergo cles. Translators are Church review of their contents at more than one members who live all over the stage. After articles are edited, they are read world. They exchange Liahona by assigned reviewers, including a few mem- articles electronically with Church bers of the Seventy. Following this review headquarters.

66 Six months before the issue date: several Six months before the issue date: electronic versions of English Liahona pages General Authorities review page layouts for begin going to prepress personnel for preparation for printing. Versions in Liahona articles. Articles are sent to translators. other languages follow as they are translated and laid out.

Far right: Working via e-mail, production artists communicate with translators all over the world. Right: Magazine production in as many as 51 languages requires creating page layouts on the computer and reviewing proofs in each language.

Graphic designers create page layouts electronically for each article in English. Production artists will later reproduce those layouts with translated text.

A designer for the Church magazines typically has a university degree, several years’ experience in a design studio, and skill with several computer design and production programs. Two months before the issue date: printing begins. The Friend, One to two months before the issue date: a few language New Era, and Ensign will follow the Liahona on the presses editions of the Liahona are printed in their countries at the Church’s printing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. of distribution.

The web press at the The web press prints on 2,800-pound (1,270-kg) rolls of paper that Church’s printing center contain about 80,000 feet (24,380 m), or 15 miles (24 km), of paper. in Salt Lake City can print Printing the June 2008 Ensign required 105 rolls of paper—about from 8 to 64 pages on 1,590 miles (2,560 km). The paper shown below is running both sides of the paper, through a dryer as it exits the press. then cut and fold the The paper appears blurred because printed pages into it is moving so quickly. “signatures” (large multiple-page printed sheets that fold, forming the individual pages). The web press averages 30,000 impressions per hour. It operates 24 hours a day Monday through Saturday, with four- person crews working on rotating shifts.

A press operator at the Church’s printing center will have at least five This press operator has years’ experience and unfolded a 16-page will have completed a signature and is Graphic Arts Training inspecting it for proper Foundation course that “registration” (ensuring lasts from six months to that the printing plates a year. are properly aligned) and color match. The press prints all the colors seen in the magazines by combining only four colors: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

Liahona Languages (2008)

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ENSIGN JULY 2008 69 he brother explained Tthat as SAMARITAN WITH he prepared for A SCREWDRIVER Sunday services, he experienced what By Heidi Bartle seemed like an odd prompting to bring was busy gathering my things a screwdriver to after teaching a Mia Maid lesson, church. I and my husband, Garry, stood in the back of the room holding our one- year-old boy. Our three-year-old son, Zach, slipped past us into the crowded hall and followed someone toward the meetinghouse doors. Because my hus- band and I each thought the other had Zach, it took us a few minutes to real- ize he was missing. As the bishop and a gratitude. Heavenly Father was Just as we realized he was gone, couple in the ward fran- watching over my three-year-old boy Zach appeared at the end of the tically tried to figure out and prompted a good brother to hall. But something was wrong. how they could release respond. ■ His cheeks were red, he had Zach’s fingers, a brother tears streaming down his face, from another ward that met and he was clutching his right in our building saw what was IN THE SHADOW hand. Our bishop, who was happening. He took a screw- ushering him toward us, driver from his pocket and inserted OF HIS WINGS looked concerned. A pit of it into the space between the door By Paul B. Hatch guilt settled in my stomach. and its frame. Then, using the screw- My son had gotten hurt, and I driver as a lever, he widened the gap aving recently completed hadn’t been there to help him. enough to release Zach. basic flying instruction in The bishop had heard Zach’s Amid sighs of relief, the brother HPhoenix, Arizona, I had certi- urgent cries and had hurried to his explained that as he prepared for fied after a few hours of solo flying to aid. Zach’s predicament was immedi- Sunday services that morning, he take my first solo flight across the ately clear, but the solution was not. experienced what seemed like an odd state. This would entail a two-hour His fingers had become wedged prompting to bring a screwdriver to route from Phoenix to Tucson and between the heavy outer door and church. The impression was so strong back to Phoenix. its frame. Opening or closing the and clear that he slipped the tool into Excited by the anticipation of fly- door only exacerbated the injury; the the pocket of his dress pants. ing by myself 10,000 feet (3,000 m) swing of the door further pinched his This kind act of service resulting above the earth and viewing the fingers and pulled his hand, causing from heavenly inspiration touched beauty of the clouds, mountains,

significant pain. me deeply and filled my heart with valleys, and desert, I thought little DOUG FAKKEL BY ILLUSTRATIONS

70 LATTER-DAY SAINT VOICES

of my inexperience and any possible from Tucson for Phoenix late in the guidance, it was now. Almost despair- dangers that might await me. afternoon. However, after I was barely ing, I uttered a silent prayer. The I checked the weather, filed my airborne, I unexpectedly experienced Spirit immediately whispered to me, flight plan, and gathered a radio, strong wind currents that made it “Rely on your radio, your compass, compass, and basic flight instruments. difficult to control the altitude of my and your instrument panel, and drop As is common at this stage of flight plane. A dust storm suddenly engulfed your altitude.” instruction, I still lacked training in me, and I could no longer see. Tossed I quickly descended several hun- the use of advanced instruments. side to side, I lost control and became dred feet. Visibility was still poor, but But the older plane I would be flying frantically disoriented and afraid, real- below me I could make out a high- had none of the sophisticated instru- izing that I was dangerously close to way and railroad tracks. By using my ments that would allow a pilot to fly the Catalina mountain range. instruments and following visual without visual cues. In a panic I thought of my life. I landmarks, I was able to finally land at I was a little nervous taking off was engaged to be married the fol- the airport in Phoenix after a harrow- by myself in my small yellow single- lowing month in the Mesa Arizona ing two-hour experience. engine monoplane, but the flight Temple. I had served an honorable I will always be grateful for the from Phoenix to Tucson went well. I full-time mission. I had always tried promptings of the Holy Ghost and was thrilled with my new aerial skills. to obey the commandments and the promise in Psalms: “In the Elated and confident and with only listen to the promptings of the shadow of thy wings will I make 120 miles (190 km) to go, I took off Holy Ghost. If I ever needed divine my refuge” (Psalm 57:1). ■

he Spirit immediately T whispered to me, “Rely on your radio, your compass, and your instrument panel, and drop your altitude.” the Book of Mormon and attending church, they had questions that we needed to answer. “Sister,” said Cristian, “at church and in the Book of Mormon, every- one talks about fasting. What does fasting mean?” We taught and testified of the importance of fasting and then silently prayed that the family would no flooring or running accept this commandment. water, and the walls Cristian later shared his testimony consisted of boards loosely with us: “The other day, my mom hammered together. Their only gave me some money to buy candy. source of heat was a small single- While walking to the store, I remem- THE burner stove. bered your lesson on fasting, and I However poor the family’s circum- wanted to try it. But I only had 20 MUCHACHO’S stances, they were rich in a desire to centavos. I decided to fast anyway and MITE learn more about God. Narda loved use those 20 centavos as my offering.” By Natalie Ross and studied the Bible and wanted her Narda discouraged Cristian from children to have a similar foundation. contributing such a small sum, but he y missionary companion Twelve-year-old Cristian especially was determined. He wanted to live and I were deciding where enjoyed listening to the mis- all of God’s command- Mto tract when we spotted a sionary lessons. After we henever ments and give what he woman entering a home. We were left a copy of the Book of I think could. A few weeks later sure she was arriving home to pre- Mormon with the family, he W that I he and two of his siblings pare lunch because the suburbs of eagerly read the first few can’t afford to were baptized. His par- Buenos Aires, Argentina, were already books. Narda’s husband was give fast offerings, ents joined the Church shutting down for siesta. Before I also interested, but he was I remember the following year. realized it, my companion was teach- shy and listened from the Cristian and his Now whenever I ing her a gospel principle, and I was bedroom. faithfulness, and think that I can’t afford testifying of its truthfulness. Narda Because of their finan- I realize I have to give fast offerings, I enjoyed our message and invited us cial situation, we hesitated more than enough remember Cristian and to return the following week. to teach them about fast to give. his faithfulness, and I When we arrived at Narda’s offerings and tithing. We realize that I have more home, her five children were sitting wanted them to have a than enough to give. around the table waiting for us. solid testimony of Jesus His offering reminds Neither parent had full-time employ- Christ and the Restoration before me of the widow’s mite (see Mark ment, and our hearts ached as we we introduced principles that would 12:42–44). It may have been small, realized that they had barely enough require more faith. But because the but Cristian gave because he truly to survive. Their humble home had older children had begun reading loved God and wanted to obey. ■

72 DID JESUS REALLY VISIT THE AMERICAS? By Carlos René Romero

n 1960 I met a young man at a party who told me that Jesus IChrist had visited the Americas after His Resurrection. I found the idea incredible and wanted to know more, so I began searching in libraries and inquiring of the various religious denominations in my hometown of San Miguel, El Salvador. here because of this book, the Book One night I knelt alone and I searched for almost three years of Mormon.” opened my heart to God. I told but found nothing. When I men- What the missionaries taught me Him that I needed to know if He tioned to various religious leaders during that first discussion troubled had really manifested Himself to that I had heard of Christ’s coming me, and I doubted the account of Joseph Smith. If He had, I prom- to the Americas, they told me I had the Prophet Joseph Smith’s vision ised Him I would be baptized been deceived. Because my search of the Father and the Son. However, into the Church and serve Him turned up no information, I eventu- the Book of Mormon intrigued me, all my life. ally came to believe they were right. and the missionaries kept teaching When I arose early the next One day two missionaries from me the lessons. morning, the answer came to me The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- One afternoon, the elders asked through the Holy Ghost. My mind day Saints came to my home and me, “Have you prayed to find out if cleared, and my heart filled with said they had an important message what we are teaching you is true?” peace. From that moment on, I for my family. I immediately remem- I told them I had done so but had have had no doubts whatsoever that bered my previous inquiries and not obtained an answer. Joseph Smith truly was a prophet of asked them, “Do you know if Jesus “You must pray with real intent,” God, that the Book of Mormon is Christ came to the Americas?” they said. another testament of Jesus Christ, One of the young men said, “We I had been reading the Book and that Jesus Christ is our Savior bear witness of that.” of Mormon for several nights and and Redeemer. At that moment I felt a great had read about and believed in I know that Christ came to the excitement in my mind and heart, and Jesus Christ’s appearance to the Americas after His Resurrection. My I asked, “How do you know that?” Nephites, but I still could not soul delights in this marvelous knowl- He took a book out of his bag accept Joseph Smith’s vision. My edge, taught to me with certainty by and said, “We know Christ came internal struggle was terrible. the power of the Holy Ghost. ■

ENSIGN JULY 2008 73 RANDOM SAMPLER

• Understand the importance of My happiest time in the nursery was DO’S FOR your calling. A child’s rst Church months after I was told I would be NURSERY experience away from parents often released—and wasn’t. I decided to LEADERS takes place in the nursery. How enjoy the “now” instead of anticipat- children feel about the nursery can ing the “when.” fter serving in the nursery greatly in uence how they feel about • Always recognize a child—in or several times, I came to realize going to church. out of the nursery. Greet the children A how important that calling • Be enthusiastic. The children will each by name and mention some- was. My nursery experience was sense how you feel and react accord- thing fun about them or about what challenging but also rewarding as I ingly. I have found that, just like some they’re doing. followed some important missionaries, when I anticipate a • Create a reverent atmosphere. do’s for the nursery: release date, I become less focused. Your purpose is to help the children develop an understanding of and love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Provide quiet toys and gentle music. If a child cries and refuses to be consoled, take him or her to a par- ent. While you are doing this, talk about the things you will be doing in nursery My name is and encourage the Sally child to come back.

74 FAMILY HOME EVENING HELPS

each member in our several months. Writing large family needs? We them on a calendar is an hold a family council at easy way to organize and • Keep the nursery tidy and orga- the dining room table to remind family members nized. This will help the children be brainstorm ideas. After of what we’ll be discuss- more motivated to put the toys away Planning Your Family beginning with prayer, we ing and when. When that when they are nished playing. Home Evening each write down a list of schedule is nished, we • Be prepared. Carefully and o have purposeful things we think our family simply gather for another prayerfully read and re-read the les- T family home eve- could improve upon. After family council. This way son manual’s guidelines. Prepare the nings, we have learned to considering everyone’s we all help to plan family lesson carefully with the children focus on what is impor- ideas, we schedule topics home evening. Melinda Hunter, Utah in mind. Offer a variety of activities, tant to all of our family for each Monday night for and keep the lesson brief. You may members. But how do need to give it in short segments. For we know what instance, we often talk about the les- son during snack time. • Be there. Make every effort to be in the nursery every week. When you must be away, carefully consider your substitute, since young children have a hard time feeling comfortable with someone they don’t know. Victoria T. Draper, Idaho

EMERGENCY

FOOD FOR • Include them in lunch boxes. I have a cookie?” you could DINNER? • Carry some in your purse, brief- respond, “Yes, but let’s put them case, car, or diaper bag for a quick on a pretty plate and serve them ince many of the food supplies meal or snack. for dessert so it won’t spoil your in emergency kits are common Miriam Blackham Een, Nevada appetite now.” Saying things in a S pantry items, you should use more positive way will increase them before they expire. The “use by” the significance of no when you T RY TO SAY YES dates on these items are projected have to say it. for maximum vitamin and mineral n responding to children’s day- Mary King, Ontario, Canada potency. You may still be able to use to-day requests, try to say yes. some items for a period after the date I Then add a conditional indicated, but you may not get the clause if maximum nutritional value. needed. For So what are some easy ways to instance, rotate your emergency foods? when • Use them for a quick meal at home. asked,

LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT: ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOE FLORES; TOP RIGHT: ILLUSTRATION BY BETH WHITTAKER BY BETH WHITTAKER ILLUSTRATION BY JOE FLORES; TOP RIGHT: ILLUSTRATIONS LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT: Better yet, have a picnic or campout. “Mom, can

ENSIGN JULY 2008 75 response is typically a clear Protecting Family Finances sign of fraud. Someone trying to sell an opportunity may try by Avoiding Fraud to persuade by saying it’s the chance of a lifetime or only a By Karianne Salisbury, Church Magazines certain number can partici- pate, but the need for a quick Editor’s note: In later used a bank loan to buy University with a research decision means there is little February 2008 the First more bags. specialty in fraud, said cases or no time to think about Presidency issued a letter Unfortunately, the value of of fraud are becoming more the commitment or to check warning against becoming the coins stopped going up common and are a concern the background of the entangled in fraudulent and started going down. In for everyone, including investment. investments. The following addition to getting into debt, Church members. Elder M. Russell Ballard of article explores some of the Brother Romney discovered “Today investment fraud the Quorum of the Twelve common warning signs of the company he invested in comes in all shapes and sizes, Apostles emphasized the fraud. had disappeared. They had but many share similar char- importance of carefully evalu- s a young college grad- exploited their customers by acteristics that should raise ating financial decisions in a uate, Marshall Romney selling nonexistent bags of suspicion,” he said. 1987 general conference Aknew very little about gold, which they conveniently While any investment address. investing when he became in- offered to store in their holds some level of risk, “There are no shortcuts terested in the money market. secure warehouse. Brother schemes designed to deceive to financial security,” Elder After talking with co-workers Romney was a victim of fraud. will often demonstrate a Ballard said. “Do not trust who were making a profit Like many profiting from sense of urgency, propose a your money to others with- through gold and silver invest- investment schemes, this guaranteed profit with little out a thorough evaluation ments, Brother Romney de- company had capitalized on risk, or persuade by using of any proposed investment. cided this was the investment what was a very hot market at well-known referrals. Our people have lost far too for him. He bought a bag of the time. But swindlers won’t much money by trusting their coins, arranged to store the stop there. Sense of Urgency assets to others. In my judg- coins with the company he Brother Romney, now a An opportunity that ment, we will never have bal- purchased them from, and professor at Brigham Young requires an immediate ance in our lives unless our finances are securely under control” (“Keeping Life’s Demands in Balance,” Ensign, May 1987, 13). Fraudsters will try to cre- ate a sense of urgency to encourage investors to jump in before various concerns or anxieties can settle. It is important to take the time to carefully consider each aspect of the decision. A quality investment opportunity will be around long enough to allow the time needed to fully contemplate the options.

Guaranteed Profit, Little Risk Who could turn down an investment opportunity Church leaders have warned members to be wise in their investments. with virtually no risk and

76 guaranteed profit? It almost said. “It is one of the great not even know the depth of consumer debt; second, seems too good to be true, afflictions of these latter days. what they are involved in. before investing, seek advice and according to Brian It creates greed and resent- “Ask yourself if you are from a qualified and licensed Sudweeks, an associate pro- ment. Often it leads to interested solely because financial advisor; and third, fessor of finance at Brigham bondage, heartbreak, and you know someone else be wise.” Young University, it probably crushing, grinding debt” involved,” Brother Romney Resources exploring the is. (“Earthly Debts, Heavenly said. “If this is the case, per- basics of family finances are “No one can promise a Debts,” Liahona, May 2004, haps take a step back and available on the Church’s Web consistently high specific rate 40). really look into the back- site, ProvidentLiving.org. The of return, and there are no ground of the investment. site features an online finan- ‘get rich quick’ schemes that Well-Known Referrals No matter how trustworthy cial course, references to talks work on a consistent basis,” Most individuals are more the source seems, potential from Church leaders, lesson Brother Sudweeks said. likely to participate in an investors should never make materials, and access to addi- “Guaranteed high returns are investment opportunity if a decision based solely on the tional resource material. ■ never guaranteed or high.” they know their sister, home advice of others.” But promoters will often pro- teacher, neighbor, or co- pose such ideas, appealing to worker is also participating. Avoiding Fraud New Mission the desire to see a fast return Promoters will often use As investment fraud and immediate profit. these examples to appeal to becomes increasingly com- Presidents Brother Sudweeks encour- and build some level of trust. mon, Church leaders have ages potential investors to While it may or may not be offered counsel to avoid Now in Place apply two important princi- true that these friends and unwise investments and stay ples to any investment acquaintances are involved, out of debt. ccepting assignments decision. investors cannot responsibly “We again urge our people from the First “First, know what you respond to this elevated form to avoid unnecessary debt, to APresidency, 124 new invest in and whom you of peer pressure. be modest in the financial mission presidents began invest with,” he said. “A lot of people don’t obligations which they under- serving on or around July 1, “Second, invest only with understand the proper princi- take, to set aside some cash 2008. The missions and their high-quality individuals and ples of investments and don’t against an emergency,” said respective new presidents are: institutions.” want to take the time to President Gordon B. Hinckley Often a scheme continues research and investigate (1910–2008) in a general con- Mission New President to operate simply because something,” Brother Romney ference address in 2003. “We Alaska Anchorage Alan Roy Dance investors don’t know what said. “Instead they rely on the warn our people against ‘get Albania Tirana John Martin Neil they are investing in, only fact that someone else has rich’ schemes and other Argentina Buenos Aires West that they see a return. As new investigated it. When they entanglements which are Evrett Wade Benton investors contribute money, hear the names of people nearly always designed to trap Argentina Mendoza those funds go to pay previ- they know, they automatically the gullible” (“The Condition James Blaine Lindahl ous investors, creating a assume the research has been of the Church,” Liahona, May Argentina Resistencia never-ending shuffling of done.” 2003, 4). Jorge Luis del Castillo money that eventually With a countless number In February 2008 the First Argentina Rosario collapses. of fraud schemes come just Presidency issued a letter to Jorge Marcial Villalba Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin as many types of fraudsters. general and local leaders in Argentina Salta Dan Northcutt of the Quorum of the Twelve While terms such as swindler the United States and Canada Arizona Phoenix Paul Sherman Beck Apostles explained in a gen- or scammer may bring a with a message to be prudent Arizona Tucson Wesley Paul Walker eral conference address in stereotypical image to mind, in managing financial affairs. Arkansas Little Rock 2004 that members some- there are no set characteris- They offered concern about Robert Wyman Drewes times get caught in notions of tics of someone promoting individuals who may use rela- Baltic Douglas Leon Dance greed or selfishness that can fraudulent investments. In tionships of trust to promote Bolivia Cochabamba lead to unwise and foolish fact, they may be typical risky schemes and shared Miguel Angel Tenorio Dominguez financial practices. acquaintances from work or sound financial principles to Brazil Brasilia Gelson Pizzirani “Brothers and sisters, church, family members, or manage risk: “First, avoid Brazil Florianopolis beware of covetousness,” he close friends, and they may unnecessary debt, especially Walter Guedes Queiroz Jr.

ENSIGN JULY 2008 77 Brazil Fortaleza Alan Charles Batt Dominican Republic Santo Ghana Accra Byron Lindsey Smith Ohio Columbus Robert Forrest Jensen Brazil Maceió Gary Ray Beynon Domingo East Ghana Cape Coast Oregon Eugene Brazil Manaus Guillermo Arturo Antivilo Rojas Melvin Burns Sabey Thomas William Macdonald David Woodward Jayme Dominican Republic Santo Guatemala Guatemala City Oregon Portland Brazil Recife Mário Hélio Emerick Domingo West Central Richard Allen Baldwin Jr. Timothy John Dyches Brazil Ribeirão Preto Ricardo Vieira Juan Evangelista Almonte Guatemala Guatemala City Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Brazil Rio de Janeiro Ecuador Guayaquil North North David Jaime Torres Rodriguez Lane Alma Summerhays Antonio Kaulle Machado Bezerra Jose Wilson Gamboa Galvez Guatemala Guatemala City Peru Lima East Brazil Rio de Janeiro North Ecuador Quito Timothy Quinn Sloan South Juan Augusto Leyva Ponce Scott Warren Pickett El Salvador San Salvador East Herbert Edgardo Alvarado Renderos Philippines Angeles Rudy Burt Puzey Brazil Salvador Carlos Roberto Toledo Alex Moroni Perez Ulin Guatemala Quetzaltenango Philippines Cebu Darrel Parke Hansen Brazil São Paulo Interlagos El Salvador San Salvador Ramón Darío Lorenzana Reyes Philippines Davao Jairus Cinco Perez Christopher George Jackson West/Belize Alejandro Lopez Mota Honduras Tegucigalpa Philippines Manila Brazil São Paulo North England Manchester Luis Gerardo Chaverri Madrigal Mark James Howard Jeffry Lynn Cooley David John Bullock Japan Hiroshima Yoshiaki Isa Philippines Olongapo Brazil São Paulo South Fiji Suva William Orval Ostler Japan Kobe Dave Advincula Aquino Stephen Darrow Richardson Finland Helsinki David Blaine Brown William Arthur McIntyre Jr. Philippines San Pablo California Anaheim Florida Fort Lauderdale Japan Sapporo Lee Alford Daniels Richard Edwin Anderson Steven Bennett Watrous J. Nathan Hale Japan Sendai Reid Tateoka Philippines Tacloban California Arcadia Oscar Arthur Pike France Paris Don Hansen Staheli Kentucky Louisville Edwin Valencia Malit California Fresno France Toulouse Steven George Glende România Bucharest John Arthur Gonzalez Michel Joseph Jules Carter Korea Busan James Scott Lundberg California Riverside Georgia Atlanta North Kenneth Wayne Jennings Jr. Russia St Petersburg Melvyn Kemp Reeves Steven Douglas King Louisiana Baton Rouge Gennady Nikolaevich Podvodov California Roseville Georgia Macon Mark Oliver Bowman William George Woods Samoa Apia Otto Vincent Haleck Jr. Mark James Pendelton Germany Frankfurt Kevin John Ninow México México City North Slovenia/Croatia David Henry Hill California Sacramento Germany Munich/Austria Daryl Nancollas South Africa Cape Town James Stuart Jardine Robert Gideon Condie México Oaxaca Randall K Probst California San Diego Leobardo De La Cruz Rosales South Africa Johannesburg Lee Leonard Donaldson México Puebla Steven Glen Rex David Edward Poulsen California San Jose México Tijuana Robert Hernan Heyn South Carolina Columbia Eric Michael Jackson México Torreón Bruce Richard Clark Stephen Lowell McConkie California Ventura Wayne Dale Murri México Tuxtla Gutiérrez Sweden Stockholm Canada Toronto East Guillermo Velasco Coronado Larry Ernest Anderson Chris Allan Eyre México Veracruz Jay Peter Hansen Tahiti Papeete Canada Vancouver Michigan Lansing Matthew Artell Smith Kent Kruger Nelson Marc Ducloux Jones Tennessee Knoxville Cape Verde Praia Minnesota Minneapolis James Ermon Griffin Joselito Medina Costa Neves Mark Douglas Howell Tennessee Nashville Chile Concepción South Missouri Independence Gary Lynn Hutchings Joe Neil Swenson George Johan William Van Komen Texas Dallas Barry Morgan Smith Chile Osorno Kenneth David Lovell Nevada Las Vegas Texas Houston Todd Bailey Hansen Chile Santiago North Peter Kevin Christensen Texas Houston East Michael Edward May New Jersey Morristown A. Lee Bahr Dan Edward Moldenhauer Colombia Cali New Zealand Auckland Texas Lubbock John Lee Robison Edgar Nain Bolivar Forero Benson Lee Porter Ukraine Donetsk Timothy Lee Fry Colorado Colorado Springs New Zealand Wellington Ukraine Kyiv Lane Orin Steinagel Brian Loyal Pfile Clive Richard Jolliffe Venezuela Caracas Colorado Denver North Nigeria Enugu Jerry Reid Boggess Freddy Valentin Herrera Molina Gary Gail Ely Nigeria Lagos East Washington Tacoma Connecticut Hartford Missionaries in 124 missions Spencer Bennion Jones Harvey Kent Bowen Hugh Gary Pehrson received new mission Nigeria Lagos West West Virginia Charleston Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan Yapo Ayekoue presidents. Gary Leslie Neuder Michael William Thornock ■

78 AROUND THE CHURCH Saints in Spain Celebrate Church History Church Responds hurch members in the community through failed because of restrictive Spain will hold an ex- open houses and service laws. By 1975, 17 branches to Myanmar Ctended celebration projects. operated in Spain. The from October 2008 through On May 20, 1969, Elder Madrid Spain Stake was Disaster May 2009 to commemorate Marion G. Romney dedicated formed in 1982, followed by the official recognition of the Spain for the preaching of the eight additional stakes and ith death toll esti- Church in October 1968 and gospel. A month later, the the 1999 dedication of the mates reaching the dedication of Spain for first missionaries in more Madrid Spain Temple. More W100,000 in the preaching of the gospel. than 30 years arrived—mis- than 41,000 members reside Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta Organizers intend to involve sionary attempts in 1932 in the country. ■ region, the Church responded quickly to the disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis on May 2 Québec Saints Celebrate City’s Birthday and 3, 2008. Partnering with Atlanta- atter-day Saints in as Etienne Provost (1785– of Ogden City—helped based CARE International, a Québec City, the capi- 1850), namesake of Provo prepare the way for the nongovernmental organiza- Ltal city of Canada’s City, and Peter Skene Ogden Mormon exodus to the tion, the Church’s initial Québec province, will join in (1794–1854), namesake Rocky Mountains. ■ response included a large the celebration of the city’s donation for purchasing 400th birthday in July and clean drinking water, tarps, plan to welcome visitors to blankets, basic food items, a handful of their own com- and medical equipment. memorative events, includ- The items were purchased ing a performance by a dance by CARE International in company from Brigham Myanmar or in nearby coun- Young University–Idaho. tries for distribution to Established as a fur-trading victims. post in 1608, Québec City A week later, the Church helped produce explorers sent 142,000 pounds of emer- influential in the exploration gency relief supplies by plane. of North America, including Some 13,000 first-aid kits, parts of Utah. The journals along with hygiene kits, tarps, and reports of explorers from The hotel Château Frontenac dominates the skyline of blankets, food, and medical the St. Lawrence Valley—such 400-year-old Québec City. equipment were sent to Bangkok, Thailand, where performing artists,” said CARE made arrangements Osmonds to Be Honored Mack Wilberg, director of to deliver the supplies to at Pioneer Day Concert the choir. Myanmar hospitals and The concerts on July 25 clinics. uly’s Pioneer Day con- the Mormon Tabernacle and 26, 2008, will pay tribute LDS Philanthropies will con- cert in the Conference Choir and Orchestra at to the Osmonds’ 50-year tinue to accept donations at JCenter will feature not Temple Square. legacy, which includes 142 www.LDSPhilanthropies.org. only “America’s Choir,” but “The members of this albums with more than 100 Donations not sent to also America’s favorite family. wonderful musical family are million copies sold and 51 gold Myanmar will be held for The Osmond family—includ- true pioneers, not only as and platinum recordings. The quick distribution in the ing the Osmond Brothers, Latter-day Saints in the enter- concert will also feature tradi- event of a new catastrophe Donny and Marie, and tainment business, but also tional favorites. Go to www.lds elsewhere around the Jimmy—will perform with as landmark recording and .org/events for information. ■ world. ■

ENSIGN JULY 2008 79 FAMILY HISTORY NEWS supplements the Church links from Serving in the Genealogy Guides history Web site to provide Handbook of Instructions, is Church, to Family History, Aid in Research online access to records of now available in 19 languages. and then to Priesthood FamilySearch.org has deceased British soldiers and These resources can be Leadership of Family added England and Scotland seamen dating as far back as found at LDS.org by following History. ■ to its online collection of the eighteenth century. Finding Records of Your Findmypast.com and Ancestors genealogy guides. FamilySearch received Comment The free, downloadable work- licenses to digitize the Chelsea books explain each step of Pensioners retired soldiers’ Inspiring Prophetic Messages “true keeper.” It is, I believe, the research process and records from 1760 to 1914. I have been traveling for a both refreshing and important include important Web sites, Anther project will make avail- long time. As a result, many to see our leaders in such a search tips, and information able British merchant seamen’s aspects of my life have not natural situation. Thank you on how to find and use differ- records from 1835 to 1941. been constant. Then I arrived so much for all your efforts ent records. Many of the twentieth-century at a friend’s home in the on behalf of the Church and The series includes records will include photo- United States who is a member the work. Denmark, Finland, France, graphs of sailors and personal of the Church. There was a Richard L. Godfrey, Utah Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, details of naval voyages. copy of the Ensign there. I and Sweden guides. The picked it up and read the mes- Journal Keeping guides are currently available U.S. Civil War Records, sage from President Thomas S. I enjoyed reading the in English; the Mexico guide 1860 Census Online Monson. article in the April 2008 is also available in Spanish. Footnote.com has granted This message changed my Ensign titled “My Journal, My There is also a guide for those permission for FamilySearch heart. I have shared it with Testimony,” by Salli Hollenzer. searching for African-American to publish Civil War pension many others, and it has I have kept a journal since I ancestors. Access these and indexes and the 1860 U.S. touched their hearts as well. turned 12 in 1977. My very other helps at FamilySearch Census, which includes some It is light and inspiration to first journal was a notebook .org. Click the Search tab, slave ownership information. me and for our time. that I received at a Young then Research Helps. The files usually include a sol- Maria Hessenauer, England Women New Beginnings night dier’s full name, rank, and at church. At first I didn’t keep FamilySearch Web Site company. Though the war Sacred Words up with my writing—in fact, I Enhanced by FamilyLink ended in 1865, the pension I just wanted to thank you misplaced my journal and A partnership with index extends to veterans who for publishing the wonderful couldn’t find it for three FamilyLink.com will improve served between 1861 and story, “Sacred Words,” by months. But after that I was navigation on FamilySearch 1917. Users will be able to Edwin Smith in the April 2008 determined to write in it as .org, reduce research time, search segments of the collec- Ensign. I was so touched to often as I could. and allow major search tions as they are uploaded to read it. I, too, had a micro- I don’t have as many jour- engines to comb the Church’s pilot.familysearch.org/ preemie, born at the same ges- nals as Salli has, but I too have Family History Library Catalog. recordssearch. tation and close to the same come to value deeply my jour- The new Web elements weight as Annie. It has not nals and all that is in them. I provided by FamilyLink.com Resources for Family History been an easy road. There are can go back to any day of the will allow users to link Leaders Available Online not a lot of these babies who year and see what I was think- directly to other sources, post New training resources for survive, so it was heartwarm- ing about and doing and say- comments, and make contri- priesthood leaders who over- ing. Thank you! ing, and what other people butions such as adding miss- see temple and family history Kristy Christopherson, California were doing and saying, and ing information to a source. work are now available on remember some of the impor- Some of the enhancements LDS.org. First Presidency Cover tant events in my life. will be implemented in 2008. These resources include During a home teaching Thank you very much. interactive lessons designed visit last evening we all agreed Keep up the wonderful stories British Soldiers, Seamen to help leaders direct family that the photograph of the that you share with us, your Records on FamilySearch history efforts. Additionally, First Presidency on the cover readers. FamilySearch is teaming the Administrative Guide of the April 2008 Ensign is a Genevieve Berthiaume, Oregon with a United Kingdom family for Family History, which

80 Bronze statue of Samuel H. Smith, by Dee Jay Bawden Samuel H. Smith, faithful brother of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, was among the earliest Church missionaries. From the spring of 1830 through December 1833, Samuel walked more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km), distributing copies of the Book of Mormon from his knapsack. March 13, 2008, marked the 200th anniversary of Samuel’s birth. clear terms the message of the teaches. . . . May I ask that you join the conversation “There conversations going on about the Church constantly. are or not we choose Those conversations will continue whether to participate in them. But we cannot stand on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt to define what the Church participatingby Internet on the to share the gospel and to explain in simple and “Sharing the Gospel Ballard, See Elder M. Russell Restoration.” Using the Internet,” p. 58.

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