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BYU reflects on missionary age change, five years later

October 05, 2017 12:00 AM
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson announces a change in missionary service during the Saturday morning session of General Conference on Oct. 6, 2012. Men can now serve missions at 18, and women can serve at age 19. (Sarah Hill)
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Teen raises awareness by longboarding

June 15, 2012 12:00 AM
On the eve of his entering the Missionary Training Center to serve an LDS mission for two years, 19-year-old Gates Hunsaker broke his neck in a snowboarding accident and became paralyzed from the chest down.
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