Posts Tagged ‘family’
“I Swore I’d Never Marry a Farmer”
April 18th, 2013 by admin
The Love of Her Parents
Growing up in a Mormon family, Jamie is a second-generation Church member in Hong Kong. In her teenage years, she struggled with her testimony of the gospel and distanced herself from the Church, despite her parents both having high-profile callings. But her parents and friends continued to love and support Jamie. She eventually returned to the Church and developed a strong testimony, which led her to happiness and helped shape her future life.e.
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March 27th, 2013 by admin
“How Far Can I Soar?”
Having suffered religious persecution and losing a parent at a young age, Seraphine Kapsandoy Jones has had her fair share of trials. But the 35-year-old native of Kenya says she doesn’t worry about things she can’t control. She focuses on her faith, goals, and opportunities to serve. Now, the doctoral student at the University of Utah helps inspire, empower, and motivate women to soar high.
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February 6th, 2013 by admin
A Champion for Diversity
As the founder of a consultancy that prepares and promotes women and minorities in politics, Sui Lang Panoke is trained to find opportunities for organizations to improve their representations of these groups. She sees her love of the Church as complementary, not in contradiction, to her professional training. As a single mother and Relief Society president in her Washington D.C. ward, Sui Lang shares her testimony of the Church’s divine organization and the opportunities the gospel gives each member to grow in her own relationship with the Lord.
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October 21st, 2012 by admin
An American Education
June 20th, 2012 by admin
Understanding Who She Is
Currently the president of Brigham Young University’s Understanding Same Gender Attraction club, Bridey Jensen has spent her college years coming to terms with the fact that she is gay. Although she’s suffered through years of struggle and depression, Bridey now feels more confident and loved by God than she ever has before.
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June 14th, 2012 by admin
Away From Polygamy, Towards A Deeper Understanding
April 4th, 2012 by admin
Believing In All Good
March 27th, 2012 by admin
Holly on the Hill
February 22nd, 2012 by admin
“Just Go For A Year and See”
February 1st, 2012 by admin
A Conscious Focus
Families with trans-racial adopted children are becoming more common, both within the LDS community and without. But what is it like to grow up as that child in a family that doesn’t look like you? This anonymous perspective, from an Asian woman adopted into a white family as a baby, shares the pain and joy of being adopted into a trans-racial family.
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October 19th, 2011 by admin
The Song of the Heart
Bonnie Winterton had distinguished careers as a conductor and as a professor at the University of Utah, all while raising six children. She feels God guided her musical and personal paths so that she could serve the church as a musician. Although she is eighty-one years old, she continues to teach twenty students, and her goal is to have at least one student when she is one hundred. More important than her accomplishments is her commitment to serving the Lord and to sharing the gift of music with others.
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September 21st, 2011 by admin
Unconventional Miracles
August 5th, 2011 by admin
Keeping His Promise
May 25th, 2011 by admin
The Satisfaction of Looking Back
May 11th, 2011 by admin
Six In The City
May 4th, 2011 by admin
A Savior To Her Family
April 13th, 2011 by admin
Daughter of a King
April 6th, 2011 by admin
A Pillar of Faith in New Delhi
March 17th, 2011 by admin
The Many Lessons of Multiple Sclerosis
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May 16th, 2013 by admin
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