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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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