2011 May | Mormon Women

May 25th, 2011 by admin

The Satisfaction of Looking Back

Sherry Young

Sherry Young raised five highly educated and successful children (including Hall of Fame football quarterback Steve Young). Now she’s reveling her own opportunities to have a newspaper column and look back on a life full of life lessons. Among other words of wisdom, Sherry reflects on the hard work of marriage, the importance of friends and the realities of parenting a famous child.

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Posted in: 71+, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, United States - Tags: education, family, LDS culture, LDS woman, Mormon women, motherhood, New York, Utah, writing

May 18th, 2011 by admin

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To Smile and Talk Again

Agnes Twagiramariya

Agnes is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. Although a witness to devastating horrors, Agnes has embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ taught by the first missionaries in Rwanda, Brother and Sister Andrus, and is working to forgive those who killed her family. Agnes recently graduated from university and works as an accountant in a hotel in Kigali.

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Posted in: 20 - 30 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Rwanda, Single, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: Africa, atonement, conversion, convert, depression, faith, forgiveness, LDS woman, mission, single

May 11th, 2011 by admin

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Six In The City

Lorinda Goff Belnap

Lorinda Belnap has lived in Manhattan for the past 20 years with her husband, Brent, and their six children in a three-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side. In addition to mothering six children in a small space, Lorinda has been a mother figure to countless New Yorkers as the wife of the stake president there for ten years.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: atonement, family, LDS woman, New York

May 4th, 2011 by admin

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A Savior To Her Family

Susan Anneveldt

Susan Anneveldt knows that, even though she is the only member of her family to join the Church in this life, her passion for family history work has led her deceased extended family members to the gospel through temple work. As a single woman caring for aging parents and living far away from her local branch in the Netherlands, Susan combats the plague of loneliness with her understanding of the gospel’s worldwide community and the assurance of eternal families.

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