Ministry of the First Presidency

In a social media message posted on February 14, 2024, President Russell M. Nelson invited all to use Valentine’s Day as a reminder to recommit to loving their neighbor. President Nelson said the day is one when people all over the world celebrate love. While love can at times be about flowers, chocolate, and gifts, “the second great commandment teaches of a different kind of love—that of actively loving our neighbor.”

On February 15, President Nelson and his counselors welcomed Navajo Nation president Dr. Buu Nygren and his wife, First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, to Temple Square. Dr. Nygren is committed to bringing basic necessities such as water, power, and good roads to every Navajo home. In recent years, the Church of Jesus Christ has helped bring some of those things to the Navajo Nation.

During the Friend to Friend broadcast on March 9, President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, and his wife, Kristen, spoke with seven of their great-grandchildren who are of Primary age about how to hear the Holy Ghost and what the Holy Ghost does—warns, comforts, testifies, guides, teaches, and more.

“Disciples of Jesus Christ listen to Jesus Christ,” President Oaks said. “Sometimes He gives us a feeling, sometimes a thought. Sometimes we hear His voice. President Nelson, our prophet, has asked us to listen to our Savior and hear Him.”

After 61 years of marriage, President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, bid a temporary farewell to his wife, Kathleen, who passed away on October 15, 2023. President Eyring has said, “Kathleen has always been a person that made me want to be the very best that I can be.”

On March 24, President Eyring dedicated the Red Cliffs Utah Temple in St. George, Utah, USA. “You will find a joy in your service here that is available in no other way,” he said during the dedicatory services.