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Should you ask more than once?

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I should probably start this post out by saying I never had to actually ask the Lord, as in Moroni 10:3-5 whether or not the Book of Mormon is true. I was given a witness of the truth of the entire Church without even asking about the Book of Mormon specifically. Since then, I have gained a greater testimony because of all of the truth I have seen in the Church. So I guess I have never actually prayed to ask whether the Book of Mormon is true — I have never had to.

We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight, Sunday, and they said something that I found interesting: they were told in the MTC that one should ask whether the book is true every time you read it. Continue reading →

Will the Church grow in Cuba?

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Some of you may know that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down to become simply a “comrade.”

What you may not know is that a small group of Latter-day Saints has been meeting unofficially in Cuba for many years. This U.S. State Department report points out that a small congregation of Latter-day Saints has been meeting for several years and has generally not been harassed.

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Missionary exercise program

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When I lived in Brazil, the main thing I noticed about missionaries
is that their weight seemed to change dramatically during their
missions. Of the about 50 missionaries I knew during my four years in
Brazil, I would guess that about 40 of them lost weight (in one case,
an elder lost 120 pounds), five of them gained weight and about five of
them stayed the same.

I was thinking about this the other day because the missionaries in
my area of Miami told me their mission president has scheduled a
half-hour of exercise time for them during their normal morning
routines. What a great idea.

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