Gems - To Build an Eternal Family

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"The mission statement for mortality might be 'to build an eternal family.' Here on this earth we strive to become part of extended families with the ability to create and form our own part of those families. That is one of the reasons our Heavenly Father sent us here. Not everyone will find a companion and have a family in mortality, but everyone, regardless of individual circumstances, is a precious member of God's family."

(M. Russell Ballard, "What Matters Most Is What Lasts Longest," Ensign, Nov. 2005, 41)