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In honor of Father's Day this coming Sunday, I am posting this article from LDS Living.  It shows what wonderful fathers and husbands our General Authorities are!  I will also post some things about my own dear husband, Wayne D Eckman, who passed away on February 21, 2016, in the next few days. What the Wives of the 12 Apostles Have Said About Their Husbands by Aubrey Zalewski and Lucy Stevenson  | Jun. 12, 2018 Fun Mormon Life Comments President Russell M. Nelson President Nelson met Dantzel White in 1942 when they were both cast as members of the play  Hayfoot, Strawfoot  at the University of Utah. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple three years later. President Nelson and his wife, Dantzel White Nelson. Image from  lds.org . An excerpt from President Nelson's biography,  Russell M. Nelson: Father, Surgeon, Apostle , gives us insight into President Nelson's character...

This is a fascinating story about how prayers saved the Manilla Temple from rebel forces who planned to destroy it. Viewpoint: God of miracles Published Friday June 12, 2015  From  Summary On Friday Dec. 1, 1989, rebel forces in Manila, Philippines, attempted to overthrow Philippine President Corazon Aquino. During a week of skirmishes between government and rebel forces in Manila, the LDS temple there came under attack. Church News On Friday Dec. 1, 1989, rebel forces in Manila, Philippines, attempted to overthrow Philippine President Corazon Aquino. During a week of skirmishes between government and rebel forces in Manila, the LDS temple there came under attack. In an article published in the  Ensign  of June 2001, Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles addressed the topic of miracles by sharing a personal story of the miraculous protection of the Manila Philippines Temple. At about 3 p.m. on Saturday, D...

This is an amazing true story!  From LDS Church News. Son shares story of miraculous reunion with mother after 12 years of separation By Lila Bringhurst For the LDS Church News Published: Thursday, May 28 2015 1:40 p.m. MDT Elder Chun Chen speaks to other missionaries at the baptism of a recent convert. He serves in the California San Jose Mission. Because of Chun Chen's interest in the message of the gospel, he was miraculously reunited with the family he had been separated from many years before. Elder Chen now serves as a missionary in the California San Jose Mission. LDS Church New Chun Chen was just a little boy, not yet four years old, when his parents took him to a playground. He wandered off and found an arcade where people put coins in machines and played video games. He was mesmerized, but suddenly he realized his parents had disappeared. His tears brought people who tried to help him, offering him food and comfort. They as...