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Mormon missionary Mason Wells, an American survivor of the attacks in Belgium, answers questions during an interview in a hospital in Ghent before returning to Utah. (Associated Press)

Nearly 200 single adults gather in a large classroom in the Joseph F. Smith building on the BYU campus every Sunday to participate in services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To a visitor in the Provo 99th Ward of the YSA 16th Stake, the white-haired man sitting in the front of the room may seem like an average singles' ward bishop.

President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Mormon Newsroom)

President Madsen and his wife, Diane, began their service in the Oaxaca Mexico Mission in July of 2014. Photo courtesy of the LDS Church.