Wednesday, December 10, the HR Department of Church Headquarters held their annual Christmas luncheon and program in the Social Room of the ...
The Thanksgiving and Christmas season are continually full of food, music, spiritual stirrings, family and friends, all meant to enrich our ...
November 5, 2008--last day of our official full-time mission. We began serving November 5, 2007, called to the Missionary Training Center, ...
This was not just 'another' Saturday evening session of Stake Conference. Words were spoken and hearts touched by the message and s...
Four months ago, Steve and I were transferred to the Church-service Missionary Department of Church Headquarters, 155 WW of the Church Offic...
As I was reading and reflecting today, Sunday, October 19, 2008, in Jacob 6-7, Book of Mormon, the overwhelming impression seared my soul wi...
I can't believe that I haven't written a word on our blog in over two months! Hectic would be an understatment but "full of joy...
Sister Sun, twenty-five year-old sister from Chungdu, China, after 9 weeks at the MTC is on her way to Adelaine, Autralia to preach and teac...
What a glorious Sabbath as we basked in the Spirit at Mission Conference at the MTC. The last and principle speaker was President Richard B...
Elder David Bednar was introduced as '"the youngest of the Twelve but like Nephi of old, has wisdom and maturity beyond his years...
Overcome and overwhelmed with emotion, Elder Cook and myself literally sat at the feet of the prophets on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, in the M...
Elaine Dalton, General President of Young Women; Julie Beck, General President of Relief Society; Cheryl Lant, General President of Primar...
More for my remembrance than for anyone else, I have recorded a few spiritual notes and stirrings as Elder Cook and myself "sat at the...
Dear Connie and Bob, I love hear of your missionary musings and experiences. Congratulations! There is nothing so satisfying and rewarding...
Fireside, Sunday, June 15, 2008 "I can't remember one missionary who wasn't a successful missionary who didn't have 1 hour...
Of personal importance, I felt it vital to relate a recent incident. Two weeks ago, Steve and I were hurrying from Provo to the Jordan Rive...
June 3, 2007 What a glorious day to meet and greet two more beautiful mainland Chinese sister missionaries who arrived yesterday, June 2, at...
Who Am I, Really? Here follows a few random but heartfelt thoughts I gave this morning in our weekly prayer meeting at the MTC, Wednesday, J...
Please forgive my hurriedness as I recorded my thoughts and events of the past couple of weeks earlier today. Evidently, after publishing m...
What a glorious, memorable experience for international missionaries (and coordinators who act as tour guides) each Friday as they have th...
From time to time, we are asked, "How are you enjoying your missionary service at the MTC ?" Although often fatigue, long hours, ...
Elder Richard Maynes of the First Quorum of the Seventy spoke at the MTC Devotional on Tuesday, May 20, along with his wife. She preceded h...
Such were the words of Bruce Hafen of the First Quorum of Seventy. The Lord's pay is a TESTIMONY! How does one receive a testimony of th...
May 18, 2008, marked the date of Steven Matthew Cook's ordination as Bishop of the Burley 11th Ward, Burley West Stake. President Sager...
Each Tuesday and Wednesday as our International Office meets and greets the newly-arrived missionaries who enter our doors from the four cor...