Statement by Elder Russell M. Nelson in the October 2017 General Conference

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Grandson Mitchel D. Ferguson was ordained a Deacon today.

Title Page of The Book of Mormon

Ken's grandfather, William Mae Lynch (in suit), and grandmother, Myrtle E. Harris Lynch (holding Gilbert Lynch)

This photo was taken c. 1913

An excerpt from my memoir Volume 2, The Military Years

"We reached Yokosuka, Japan in late September of 1965.  This would be our home base for the time we were in the Western Pacific.  We participated in operations with surface ships for a few weeks.  In late November, we went down to the South China Sea and patrolled there for a couple of weeks off the coast of Vietnam. Our assignment was Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations.  The U.S. had started bombing North Vietnam in March in an operation known as Rolling Thunder.  We were there to pick up any pilots who may have been hit by anti-aircraft fire and were able to bail out over the water.  As it turned out, we did not have the opportunity to retrieve any downed pilots but were there in case we were needed.  At one point, we moved up into the Gulf of Tonkin and went in very close to the mouth of Haiphong Harbor.  Our skipper said he could see Russian ships moving in and out of the harbor through the periscope."

Looking North from Hells Canyon Dam

In Hells Canyon with Bill and Zelda Ayotte

Hells Canyon is on the Idaho-Oregon border.

Smith Family minus a few

Taken in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1981

This happens sometimes when you're going through old photos