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" Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children. "

Russell M. Nelson

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" Clinicians, academicians, and politicians are often put to a test of faith. In pursuit of their goals, will their religion show or will it be hidden? Are they tied back to God or to man? "

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" Imagine the privilege the Lord has given us of sustaining His prophet, whose counsel will be untainted, unvarnished, unmotivated by any personal aspiration, and utterly true! "

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" A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life. "

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