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I posted this a year ago today, first on June 7, 2015.  It is just as appropriate today as it was a year ago.  I hope it helps some young prospective missionary! 432. Great article for prospective missionaries! 23 Things I Wish I Would've Known Before My Mission. From LDSdaily.com. 23 Things I Wish I Would’ve Known Before My Mission Posted by:  Brandon Young   June 4, 2015   in ldsdaily.com My mission was different from what I thought it would be. I imagined I would knock on a door, the father of a family of six would answer, and the entire family would be baptized the following Saturday. Throngs of investigators would gather around the baptismal font and feel the Spirit and they would all be baptized the following week. I imagined sending home weekly pictures of me with my investigators dressed in white ready to become members of the Lord’s true church. To be completely honest, my first few weeks in the Spain Ma...

I love stories like this from lds.net!  These true stories show us how much compassion and kindness is being shown in this world, and it spreads love for people of all countries! Those LDS Mozambique Orphans: The Real Story by  Gabriella Loosle  - Jun 4, 2016 Afonso and Kelvin playing together at the beach in Beira, Mozambique Alphonso and Kevin, best friends in the orphanage. Neither family had been planning to adopt a child when they traveled separately to Mozambique, but it was the spirit of two young boys, best friends, that led to the surprising circumstances that brought the two families together. … It was on her first trip to Mozambique in 2003 that LaCinda Lewis met 5-year-old Kelvin in a cramped Mozambican adoption facility. At four years old, little Kelvin had spent his days in search of food and his nights in search of a safe place to call home. He was found wandering the streets of Mozambique by Annie Pa...

This is another fascinating look into Church History. What Heber C. Kimball Saw  the Night Joseph Smith Received the Book of Mormon Plates by History of the Saints (Sponsored)  | Jun. 04, 2015 Makes You Think Late one fall evening after Heber and Vilate Kimball had retired to their bed, they were awakened suddenly by a urgent knocking at their door. A neighbor, John Greene, who lived just 100 steps away, stood at the door and bade them come out and behold the scenery in the heavens.” They did so, and it was a beautiful starlit night, so exceptionally clear and brilliant that Heber said he could “see to pick up a pin.” As the little group watched, a white smoke formed on the eastern horizon, and slowly began to rise upward. As it did so, it formed itself into a belt spreading across the sky toward the southwest, and it was accompanied by the sound of a rushing mighty wind. Gradually, that belt flattened out and broadened across int...

This is so inspiring!  Gentri are truly an up and coming Gentleman's trio!         Check out entry #640, a few days ago. New GENTRI Music Video Shows What True Eternal Love Looks Like by LDS Living  | May. 27, 2016 Videos Famous Mormons Fun Mormon Life "When you truly love someone, forever is not enough," GENTRI shares with their new stunning music video that shows how, through the busyness, chaos, and struggles of life, our families can carry us through and how love endures, no matter what. For more from GENTRI, check out their recently released album,  Rise . Or, check out their debut album,  GENTRI .

This is a very interesting article, about Kolob, and the universe!  I learned some new things I had never heard. 3 Fascinating Things Every Mormon Should Know About Kolob by Jannalee Rosner  | May. 27, 2016 Makes You Think Kolob. We sing about it in one of our favorite hymns. We’ve named canyons and mountains and wards and stakes after it. But do we really know what Kolob is and what it’s like? Generally defined as “the place nearest where God dwells,” most of what we know about this briefly-mentioned governing star comes from a heavenly astronomy lesson found in the book of Abraham. And while it’s not a part of core Church doctrine, learning about Kolob is a wonderful way to begin to understand each of our places in the universe and comprehend the significance of the Creation. Here are just a few interesting things we know for sure about Kolob: 1. Kolob is the star that governs all the others. We first learn about Kolob in  Abra...