On September 22, 2013, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited the Salt Lake City Utah University Campus Institute, located on the University of Utah campus. He reminded students that service helps us come to know and sense the reality that our Father in Heaven is there and hears our prayers.
Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, “I have [learned] that the adjustment associated with leaving the mission field and returning to the world you left behind is sometimes difficult. Perhaps it is hard to keep alive the spirit of missionary work when you are no longer serving as a full-time missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Seminary students around the world have been invited to elevate their learning experience by reading and studying the entire book of scripture as assigned for the current course of study. The results have benefitted students with greater spiritual strength and deeper testimonies.