This Pioneer Day Celebration is a collaboration of Green Valley, Anthem, and Warm Springs Stakes.

Continue Reading »

by Krista Ralston Oakes
As recorded in Doctrine & Covenants Section 122, the Lord responded to the prophet Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail by describing many awful possibilities, then saying: “know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.” When I was a young Seminary student, inexperienced with adversity, I wondered how all these things could possibly “give thee experience” and “be for thy good.”

Continue Reading »

By Brandy Simper\
You need fruits and vegetables in your storage.
If you’re used to eating fruits and vegetables, you’ll find real quickly that you still want them. Include canned fruits and vegetables in your storage, including baby food. Have dried fruits, such as cranberries and raisins. Dried carrots, celery, and onions have been invaluable to us for making soups.

Continue Reading »

By Lu Ann Staheli
Husbands are commanded: “… love your wives, even as Christ also loveth the church, and gave himself for it.” (Ephesians 5:25) Perhaps because we were older when we married, or maybe because my husband had good parents, or simply because of the man my husband grew to be from his life experiences; but when it comes to loving husbands, I am truly blessed. I have one of those husbands who gives freely of himself to ensure that I know how much he cares for me.

Continue Reading »

by Annette Lyon
Dear Son,

You’re my firstborn, my only son, and the only brother your little sisters will ever know.
You entered my life when I was twenty-one—barely a woman myself. As I held you for the first time, I was equal parts terrified and excited to be a mother.

Continue Reading »