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A group of 50 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 were hiking in Salina Canyon, Utah, when the unexpected happened. The girls and boys were on a youth trip with their church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, trekking through the mud when a storm rolled in, and lightning struck the…

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It was lost, but now it’s been found. That’s the story regarding a Georgia man’s beloved Bible, which had gone missing for months before a good Samaritan’s persistence changed everything. In January, William Bailey lost his Bible when it fell off his car before he went to church. He told The Courier Herald he prepared…

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After fighting for her life twice, 20-year-old Megan Stuart is using a personal victory as a springboard for giving back to the hospital that saved her. The Minneapolis woman has already faced her share of challenges. Stuart and her twin brother were born eight weeks early. Then, at only 4 months old, she was diagnosed…

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An 85-year-old Georgia woman recently graduated from high school, 67 years after her original would-be graduation date, in front of her family and the community she steadily serves. Shirley Smith of Americus was surprised to find out on her 85tth birthday that she would soon receive an honorary high school diploma thanks to Eric Finch,…

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