The Rasolo family of Madagascar are pioneers in their remote community.

Insights

What if I don’t have pioneer ancestors?

“I love and honor the faith and courage of those early pioneers of the Church. My own ancestors were living an ocean away at the time. None were among those who lived in Nauvoo or Winter Quarters, and none made the journey across the plains. But as a member of the Church, I claim with gratitude and pride this pioneer legacy as my own.

“With the same joy, I claim the legacies of today’s modern-day Church pioneers who live in every nation and whose own stories of perseverance, faith, and sacrifice add glorious new verses to the great chorus of the latter-day anthem of the kingdom of God.”

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, “Faith of Our Father,” Liahona, May 2008, 70.