Tonga · United States
Kalani Sitake’s NFL Dream Ended. God Had Other Plans for the BYU Coach.
One simple hug changed the life of a nine-year-old Tongan boy who would someday become BYU’s head football coach.
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Niue
How the Restored Gospel came to Niue
In 1952, the restored gospel began taking root on the tiny Pacific island of Niue. Despite intense opposition, early missionaries continued teaching,…
Japan
Japanese Prince Asks Latter-day Saints About Jesus Christ
In 1970, more than 6.6 million people visited the Mormon Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Osaka, Japan, where The Church of…
Tonga
Missionaries Risked Their Lives in the Tonga Tsunami
When a devastating tsunami struck Tonga in January 2022, four Latter-day Saint missionaries immediately obeyed their mission president’s warning to seek higher…
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Temple Had to Be Built Before 1997
Land was expensive, suitable sites were scarce, and time was running out to build a temple before Hong Kong’s 1997 transfer to…
Mexico
The Mormon Hymn Written in a Mexican Jail
In 1910, Andrés Carlos González Rodríguez became the first Mexican Latter-day Saint to serve a full-time mission.
Cape Verde
Her Mom Said No to Baptism. She Did It Anyway
At 15 years old, Elisângela Monteiro discovered The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints almost by accident on the island of…
United States
Mormon Pioneers Rescued 60 People With Just 75 Cents
In 1846, Luman Andros Shurtliff joined a rescue effort to help Latter-day Saints who had been driven from Nauvoo and were sick…
Christ invites ALL to come unto Him.
Other Book of Mormon teachings contradict the erroneous assertion that the grace of God saves only a chosen few.
Spain
He Was Arrested and Beaten for Being Mormon
Under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, Juan Subirats Ventura had to leave Spain just to be baptized. When he later hosted a sacrament meeting…
Canada
A Mother and Her Children Were Found Underwater
A mother and her two young children were found blue and unresponsive at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool in Dawson…
Ghana · Kenya
He Dreamed of an LDS Temple 15 Years Before It Was Built
Kelvin Turay grew up Muslim in Sierra Leone before joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1991 and later…
Samoa
3 Mormon Missionaries Sailed Straight Into a Hurricane
In March 1889, Latter-day Saint missionary Joseph H. Dean and his companions Edward Wood and Adelbert Beesley set out on a 70-mile…
Mongolia
She Fought for Religious Freedom Before Becoming a Latter-day Saint
Before she ever became a Latter-day Saint, Oyun Altangerel risked her livelihood and went on a hunger strike for freedom in Mongolia.
United States
President Dallin H. Oaks speaks out on religious freedom at Washington national Cathedral
Today, President Dallin H. Oaks spoke at Washington National Cathedral on the eve of Constitution Day, addressing religious freedom, the United States…
Canada
5 Strangers Fasted to Save a Mormon Missionary
Years before Thomas S. Monson became President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served as a mission president…
Namibia
When Church Leaders Fall Short: A Story from Namibia
What do you do when you feel like Church leaders aren’t doing enough? After moving to Swakopmund, Namibia, Marcell and Dorothy Noble…
Spain · United States
Mormon Missionaries Formed a Rock Band Under a Dictator
In 1972, while Spain was still under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, a group of young Latter-day Saint missionaries, including Patrick Shaha,…
South Africa
After a Near Death Experience, Mormon Missionaries Knocked On His Door
At 18 years old, Tony Pretorius was searching for truth in South Africa, visiting different churches every Sunday and praying that God…
Angola · United States
They Prayed to Find Her… Then She Sat Beside Them | LDS History
Two Church History missionaries had exhausted their research trying to discover who helped The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gain…
New Zealand
He Walked Away From the All Blacks to Serve a Mission
At 19 years old, Sidney “Sid” Going was on the verge of a dream. The rising New Zealand rugby star was expected…
Afghanistan
He Survived Afghanistan, Then Asked: Does Jesus Even Care?
After surviving a combat deployment to Afghanistan, Travis Erickson came home wounded and watched the future he had planned disappear. First his…
Tonga
The Tonga Miracle: A Child Returns to Life
While serving as missionaries in their native Tonga, Elder ‘Iohani Wolfgramm and his wife experienced an unimaginable tragedy when their three year…
United States
A Mormon Bishop Surrounded by 300 Native Americans in Utah
In 1867, tensions between Mormon settlers and the Timpanogos tribe in Utah’s Heber Valley had reached a dangerous point.
