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Service
- To Build a House in Ecuador
- Ricardo was a man who hated the Church. After an earthquake destroyed his home, he exhausted all resources to rebuild. As a last resort, he turned to a Church member. As a result, ward members in his area combined resources and built Ricardo a new home.
- The Warmth of Love
- After graduating from law school, JoAnn Shields moved into the inner city hoping to serve others. There she helped the Marshall family--a mother with 5 children--who lived in an unheated, tiny apartment.
- Bitter Integrity
- Melvin Bitter overcomes many obstacles to travel from Kaysville, Utah to the Welfare Square Bishops' Storehouse each day where he volunteers, doing quality testing on dozens of products.
- A Moving Experience
- After three 26-foot moving vans were all packed, a family moving to Canada discovered they were missing documents needed to cross the border. The next morning, neighbors spent all day helping them unpack until the documents were found. They then helped repack the vans.
- The Tip of the Iceberg
- In 193, after retiring as the secretary to Spencer W. Kimball, Jayne Hartman began volunteering at the employment center and area finance office at Welfare Square. She continues to serve there today.
- Rare Pearls
- Ralph and Molly Taylor have been volunteering at Welfare Square every week for 65 years, when it first began. Now, at age 90, Ralph leads the music and Molly plays the piano for the weekly devotional.
- The Mormons Are Here!
- LDS Church volunteers in their "Mormon Helping Hands" t-shirts assisted with clean-up and repairs to homes following devastation caused hurricanes in the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
- Why Do You Do This?
- Brother Ingram and a group of Latter-day Saints travel to Florida to assist victims of hurricanes. One man they assist asks "Why do you do this?" Brother Ingram compares the experience to his mission, where he greeted people as a representative of the Church and asked how he could help.
- A Harvest in Idaho
- When farmers finish their harvest, they travel with their own eqipment to the Rupert Idaho Welfare Farm. There they harvest the Lord's sugar beets in a completely volunteer effort. Then they look to their neighbors to see what more assistance they can offer.
- The World Has Need of Willing Men
- Ed Erickson has been volunteering for seven years. Despite his poor eyesight and other challenges, he has worked hard all of his life. Now he sweeps the sidewalks in front of the Bishops' Storehouse and says he will continue to do so for the remainder of his life.
- And They Cleansed the Chambers
- Vandals break in and do extensive damage to a bishops' storehouse. Members, some driving from two hours away, gather to help clean up the mess. By the following Tuesday the storehouse is again issuing food orders.
- The Deseret Shall Rejoice and Blossom as the Rose
- Brother Heber Taylor is 82-years-old, has had three hip operations, walks haltingly with a cane, but still volunteers on the Church farm in Nephi. He says it makes him feel good to think he might be doing some good for someone else.
- The Easiest Thing
- A young boy wonders why his Dad insists on helping at the welfare farm. He comes to an understanding several years later when, after his car breaks down, his parents drive all night to help him and his family.
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