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Church responds to Hurricane Florence, Typhoon Mangkhut

September 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Hurricane Florence made landfall Sept. 14 with 90 mph winds. (weather.com vis Mormon Newsroom)
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Latter-day Saint missionaries to receive mission calls online

September 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Billy Elliott, 17, poses with his parents as he holds his iPad, which displays his mission call to the Peru Chiclayo Mission. Elliott was one of the potential missionaries chosen to pilot a new program to view mission calls online. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints anticipates the initiative to expand to the rest of the world with reliable internet by the end of 2018. (mormonnewsroom.org)
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LDS Church to implement safety procedures for missionaries

May 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Missionaries in the Church's Alabama Birmingham Mission. In June 2017, the church issued a survey to evaluate the safety conditions of its missionaries. (Mormon Newsroom)
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Four Mormon missionaries involved in Idaho car crash

April 26, 2018 12:00 AM
Four Mormon missionaries were involved in a car crash the afternoon of April 25 on Highway 91 near Preston, Idaho.
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LDS missionaries temporarily transferred from Madagascar

October 19, 2017 12:00 AM
Missionaries serving on the island of Madagascar are being relocated or reassigned due to an outbreak of plague. (Mormon Newsroom)
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Art

LDS missionaries share faith through graffiti

October 06, 2017 12:00 AM
Elder Scott McIntyre (left) and Elder Jacob Burgoyne (right) spent two days painting a mural of the resurrected Christ. The missionaries participated in Paint Louis, an event where select graffiti artists can legally paint on a 1.9-mile flood wall in St. Louis. (Matthew Franck)
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UPDATE: Injured Sierra Leone Freetown missionaries recovering

September 08, 2016 12:00 AM
The LDS Church announced Saturday that four missionaries and one member from the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission were injured in a car accident Wednesday, August 24. (LDS Church)
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Sierra Leone Mormon missionaries injured in car accident

August 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Four LDS Church missionaries serving in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission and a church member were injured in a car accident on Wednesday, August 24, announced LDS Church spokesman Eric Hawkins on Saturday.
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Education Week: Healthy missionaries prepare before the call

August 20, 2015 12:00 AM
Missionaries sing during an introductory meeting at the MTC. Missionaries who prepare for grueling demands of missionary work are more able to teach effectively.
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Education Week: Becoming a social media missionary

August 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Social media can be challenging, but there are diverse ways of doing missionary work via social media.
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It's all foreign to them

January 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Despite spending the first 19-21 years of life surrounded by food, hunger can become the new norm for a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who spend 18-24 months serving as a missionary abroad.
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