Words of the President 2014
Ang Tinig President’s Letter December 29, 2014 Sisters & Elders: I hear missionaries speak much of the trials of life; especially the trials of missionary life. I worry that such talk has become the focus (for some even the purpose) of their missionary lives. It seems that the severity and extent of personal trials (both perceived and real) has become a “badge of honor” for some missionaries to put on display in their private conversations and public speaking. I wish to offer some perspective on the trials of life. Trials are a necessary and real part of this mortality. We each have personalized and purposeful trials we must go through to achieve real growth in this life. President John Taylor once commented: " I heard the Prophet Joseph say, in speaking to the Twelve: 'You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary for you to be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God, and (said he) God will feel after y