Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be.

Love is the very essence of the gospel.

Permissiveness, immorality, pornography, drugs, the power of peer pressure-all these and more-cause many to be tossed about on a sea of sin and crushed on the jagged reefs of lost opportunities, forfeited blessings, and shattered dreams.

I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children.

It’s not enough to wish, it’s not enough to dream, it’s not enough to promise. We must do.

May you constantly nourish your testimonies of the gospel that they will be a protection to you against the buffetings of the adversary.

Glance backward, look heavenward, reach outward, press onward