The updates from Mozambique this week are bleak. 90% of the city Beira and its surrounding areas were destroyed in the cyclone. It is the strongest cyclone on record in the Southern Hemisphere. The early estimated death toll was expected to reach over 1,000 people, with an estimated 15,000 people still missing. Reports are coming in that it could be much higher once the floods recede and that many bodies will be taken out to sea or never be found. What can be done to aid the survivors? Find out how you can help.
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Angels in our Midst
Four short video clips, shot over a period of seventeen years tell a haunting story of one woman’s’ courageous struggle against a debilitating disease and of the loving people around her who made her suffering tolerable.
Creating True Healing
In this series of articles, I have tried to teach through stories, principles that we have learned through our work at Rising Star Outreach. Why? Because, in the end, not everyone can go to India to serve the poor. But the principles that work in India to create healing, can also heal if put into practice anywhere in the world.
Understanding the Worth of a Child
It was only a pre-school, but we were unbelievably excited to actually be opening a school for the leprosy-affected in Southern India. We would start with a preschool. The children would have to stay overnight at the school. A boarding school for preschoolers—I had never heard of such a thing and wondered if parents would really be willing to leave their 3-5-year-old children there for months on end.
Helping Malnourished Latter-day Saint Children in Peru
The effects of the el Nino rains left dozens of Peruvians dead and tens of thousands homeless, including a number of Latter-day Saints, heightening an already critical problem with malnutrition. Here's how the Liahona Children's Foundation is helping.
Of Other Babies Born in Humble Circumstances
We know little about the childbirth and delivery practices at that time of Jesus, other than the fact that childbirth is the most basic natural experience for women. It started with Eve and it is ever the same. Our modern medicine and practices have made it infinitely better and safer for many, but not all. There are many women at this very time, in impoverished countries, who do experience childbirth in a way that is similar to Mary’s in Biblical times.
VIDEO: GENTRI Sings About the Power of “One” as they Serve in Leprosy Colony
The LDS "gentleman trio" known as GENTRI have teamed up with Rising Star Outreach to release their powerful new music video, "One."
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Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families: “Behold, Thy King Cometh”, Matthew 21–23; Mark 11; Luke 19–20; John 12
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