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On the desk in my office, I have a bronze sculpture of a young woman whose name is Kristina. The original life-sized sculpture of Kristina stands on a pier in Copenhagen, Denmark, positioned so that she is looking out over the sea toward Zion. Her decision to join the Church and leave her home was not an easy one, and you can see that the opposing winds are blowing fiercely against her. She is standing firm, doing a very hard thing but one she knows to be right. Her descendants placed this sculpture there on that pier as a tribute to Kristina, for her decision that day had eternal significance for generations. For me this sculpture of Kristina represents each one of you. Like Kristina, you are standing on the edge of many important decisions and making choices daily, some of them difficult, that will shape not only your future but the destiny of generations. You too are facing gale-force winds of opposition, adversity, peer pressure, and moral pollution. And yet you are standing immovable and living the gospel in the face of these raging storms in our society. Like Kristina, you are led by the Holy Ghost. You are making correct decisions. You are loyal, and you are royal. I can think of no more important counsel from a loving Heavenly Father than His admonition for each of you to "stand ... in holy places, and be not moved." He is saying: Stand firm. Be steadfast. "Stand for truth and righteousness." Stand as a witness. Be a standard to the world. Stand in holy places. And so my message to each of you is a simple one: Be not moved.

Stand in Holy Places and Be Not Moved

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Sister Elaine Dalton relates the story of Kristina, a young woman who joined the Church in Denmark, and encourages youth today to stand in holy places and be not moved.
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