Directions From Heaven

I’ve been enjoying your letters, and somehow they’ve brought back memories for me of traveling Oregon in a “chase truck” for fueling the helicopter.

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Feed My Sheep

Since recently returning from a three-year Church assignment in Africa and becoming reacquainted with our twenty-three grandchildren,

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One in A Million Chance

“(Russ) Taylor, who is currently the department chairman of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at the BYU library, helps oversee a vast collection of rare books, films and artifacts.

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Charity

One of my favorite examples of (charity) is the subject of a forthcoming Hollywood movie called The Little Red Wagon.

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I Have to Get Out

On the night of January 30, 1945, Latter-day Saints Margarete Hellwig and her daughter Gudrun fought their way through the crowds that thronged the piers of the Baltic Sea port and secured passage on the Wilhelm Gustloff.

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Recommend For A Dollar

President (John) Taylor was standing by the east pulpit on the morning of (the Logan Temple) dedication, watching the hundreds of people filing into the assembly hall through the four doorways in the corners of the building

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Preaching to The Dead

President Marriner W. Merrill, the first president of Logan Temple, was a very spiritual man and took good care of affairs at the temple.

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An Interesting Visitor

President (Marriner Wood) Merrill was sitting in his office one morning (in the Logan Temple) in the early 1890’s when he heard a commotion outside. Stepping to the window

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The Fire

During (the) busy summer of 1871, a Portland minister called at Mr. Condon’s home accompanied by a representative of one of the great eastern colleges who wished to purchase the Geological Cabinet;

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Geared to The Tread of Oxen-II

You have asked me to write the story of that branch of the McCornack family which came west in pioneer days and include some personal reminiscences, either first or second hand.

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Balancing The Budget

Let’s play a little game: Let’s pretend that you readers are our elected federal leaders and you wish to do something about the deficit.

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Pinned To The Ground

Marriner Wood Merrill was working alone in North Mill Creek Canyon east of Salt Lake City in January 1856 hauling five large logs for houses.

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