October 2021 general conference talks8/27/2023 ![]() They had to rely on the kindness of acquaintances until they eventually bought another home somehow. told of a family who sold their home so they could afford to travel 1000 miles to the temple to be sealed. I appreciated how this story lacked a Correlated ending, with a miraculous healing and doctors and nurses converted to boot. Nielson told the story of how his family rallied around his father when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but in the end, he died in just a few months. Instead, they chose to make their discipleship of Jesus Christ their primary consideration.” He concluded, “The Finns were no less Finnish the Russians were no less Russian neither group abandoned their culture, history, or experiences to banish enmity. Renlund told of how when a temple was built in Finland, the temple committee, made up entirely of Finns, decided to allow visiting Russians to perform the first ordinances in the temple, in spite of the fact that the Russians and Finns have historically been enemies. ![]() I love this story because the women helped the refugees, and in particular because they helped them in a way that showed them taking the recipients’ religion seriously. The LDS women then sewed head coverings for the Afghan women.
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