West Jordan, Utah, residents John and Sandy England who is blind know the importance of faith and patience and the blessings that come from serving the Lord.
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Sister Belynn Borg, a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stands in front of The St.-Paulus-Dom in Munster, Germany. Because of the pandemic, her journey to Germany included multiple reassignments, setbacks and quarantines. (Sister Belynn Borg)
A limited number of missionaries are returning to their original foreign assignments a year after the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the world and sent thousands of missionaries home.
The Provo, Utah and Preston, England Missionary Training Centers shut down March 16, 2020 and since then, all missionaries are being trained virtually.
During March and April 2020, almost all missionaries serving outside their own country were sent home, except for a few countries in Europe and Asia. At the same time, many missionaries whose service would end on or before Sept. 1, 2020, were released from missionary service early.
Ross Hugues, who serves as president of the Pocatello Idaho Tyhee Stake, and other church volunteers distribute food boxes to Native Americans representing various tribes who live on the Fort Hall Reservation and in surrounding communities in southeastern Idaho on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
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A truck delivered 40,000 pounds of food to a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse on the Fort Hall Reservation in southeastern Idaho this week.
It was the third of three deliveries to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, made possible through the partnership of the United States Department of Agriculture and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the COVID-19 pandemic.