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  • "Conference Story Index," Ensign, May 2008, 126

    The following is a list of selected experiences from general conference addresses for use in personal study, family home evening, and other teaching. Numbers refer to the first page of the talk.

    Speaker

     

    Story

     

    Doctrines or Principles

     

    Elder Ronald A. Rasband

     

    visits faithful members on Lake Titicaca, 11

     

    example, faith

     

    Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

     

    as a seven-year-old, stands up for an older boy with disabilities, 17

     

    kindness

     

    Elder William R. Walker

     

    photo of First Presidency hangs in grandparents' home, 37

     

    presidency

     

    Elder Quentin L. Cook

     

    great-grandfather helps rescue handcart companies, 47

     

    courage, devotion

       

    Thomas S. Monson's Church leadership experience, 47

     

    Church service, ministering

     

    Bishop H. David Burton

     

    accounts of Church humanitarian aid, 51

     

    humanitarian aid, service

     

    Elder John M. Madsen

     

    12-year-old Gordon B. Hinckley attends first stake priesthood meeting, 55

     

    Joseph Smith, testimony

     

    President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

     

    airplane crashes into a mountain, 57

     

    obedience, repentance

     

    President Thomas S. Monson

     

    boy imitates Thomas S. Monson, 65

     

    example

       

    stalwart missionary with cancer, 65

     

    example, faith

     

    President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

     

    Thomas S. Monson visits bedridden member in Germany, 68

     

    compassion, ministering

       

    conversion of Harriet Uchtdorf and family, 68

     

    conversion

     

    Elder Sheldon F. Child

     

    young Sheldon F. Child pays tithing after selling calf, 79

     

    tithing

       

    breadfruit falls from tree in front of family who paid tithing, 79

     

    faith, tithing

       

    West African mother's testimony of tithing, 79

     

    tithing

     

    President Thomas S. Monson

     

    pioneer ancestors' hardships, 87

     

    dedication, faith

     

    Elder David A. Bednar

     

    mother and sick son pray that he will be healed, 94

     

    faith, prayer

       

    parents pray to embrace dying daughter, 94

     

    comfort, prayer

     

    Elder W. Craig Zwick

     

    young man asks if he must lower standards to keep friends, 97

     

    righteousness, standards

     

    Elder Robert R. Steuer

     

    testimony of boy in Recife, Brazil, 99

     

    agency, testimony

     

    Elder Lance B. Wickman

     

    wounded soldier in Vietnam begs to stay with his men, 103

     

    commitment, mortality

     

    Susan W. Tanner

     

    investigator receives testimony of Jesus Christ, 113

     

    missionary work, testimony

       

    youth live gospel standards amid peer pressure, 113

     

    integrity, obedience

       

    less-active woman is asked to teach Young Women, 113

     

    example, reactivation

     

    Elaine S. Dalton

     

    young man stands up for chastity, 116

     

    courage, testimony

       

    runs the Boston Marathon, 116

     

    prayer

     

    Mary N. Cook

     

    young woman learns to be modest, 120

     

    example, standards

       

    two sisters smash a CD that did not have uplifting lyrics, 120

     

    standards

       

    young woman's example helps her family return to Church activity, 120

     

    example, Sabbath

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