"Marriage between man and woman is ordained by God"

Duality is Found in Marriage (click here)

"Marriage is yet safe, with all its sweet fulfillment, with all its joy and love. In marriage all of the worthy yearnings of the human soul, all that is physical and emotional and spiritual, can be fulfilled. Marriage is not without trials of many kinds. These tests forge virtue and strength. The tempering that comes in marriage and family life produces men and women who will someday be exalted."

Elder Boyd K. Packer, "Marriage"

"Marriage is the shelter where families are created. That society which puts low value on marriage sows the wind and, in time, will reap the whirlwind—and thereafter, unless they repent, bring upon themselves a holocaust!

Some think that every marriage must expect to end in unhappiness and divorce, with the hopes and dreams predestined to end in a broken, sad wreck of things.

Some marriages do bend, and some will break, but we must not, because of this, lose faith in marriage nor become afraid of it."

Elder Boyd K. Packer, "Marriage"

"Marriage brings greater possibilities for happiness than does any other human relationship. Yet some married couples fall short of their full potential. They let their romance become rusty, take each other for granted, allow other interests or clouds of neglect to obscure the vision of what their marriage really could be. Marriages would be happier if nurtured more carefully."

Elder Russell M. Nelson, "Nurturing Marriage"

"Marriage is the foundry for social order, the fountain of virtue, and the foundation for eternal exaltation. Marriage has been divinely designated as an eternal and everlasting covenant. Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God. “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other.” Children born of that marital union are “an heritage of the Lord.” Marriage is but the beginning bud of family life; parenthood is its flower. And that bouquet becomes even more beautiful when graced with grandchildren. Families may become as eternal as the kingdom of God itself."

Elder Russell M. Nelson, "Nurturing Marriage"

"Marriage—especially temple marriage—and family ties involve covenant relationships. They cannot be regarded casually. With divorce rates escalating throughout the world today, it is apparent that many spouses are failing to endure to the end of their commitments to each other. And some temple marriages fail because a husband forgets that his highest and most important priesthood duty is to honor and sustain his wife. The best thing that a father can do for his children is to “love their mother."

^{Elder Russell M. Nelson, "Endure and Be Lifted Up"}

"While salvation is an individual matter, exaltation is a family matter.  Only those who are married in the temple and whose marriage is sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise will continue as spouses after death  and receive the highest degree of celestial glory, or exaltation. A temple marriage is also called a celestial marriage. Within the celestial glory are three levels. To obtain the highest, a husband and wife must be sealed for time and all eternity and keep their covenants made in a holy temple.  The noblest yearning of the human heart is for a marriage that can endure beyond death. Fidelity to a temple marriage does that. It allows families to be together forever."

Elder Russel M. Nelson, "Celestial Marriage"

Fatherhood is an Eternal Calling

Earthly Father, Heavenly Father (click here)

"Fathers, yours is the eternal calling from which you are never released. Callings in the Church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place. But a father's calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity." Pte. Ezra Taft Benson

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership With God

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership With God (click here)

President David O. McKay declared: “Motherhood is
the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in
human life. The mother’s image is the first that stamps
itself on the unwritten page of the young child’s mind.
It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her
kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and
tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the
world.”

The Family "A Proclamation to the World"

Elder Ballard speaks about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the importance of families. (click here)

Uniting Families "My son's letter testifying about the importance of families"

"I love my family and Im grateful to have an eternal family. I bore testimony to the family that we are marrying that If anything happened to me here in Peru that I would live with my family for all eternity. I love this gospel and I have a firm mind on what I want to do when I get home. Really to leave everything behind and only focus in the work really brings me great joy and to see the faces of people that are truly finding that change inside.

I have noticed a great difference in the mission and I hope to change even more these coming weeks. Like Paul said We have the mind of Christ. This is what I want to have during my mission and also after.

Also this week we have the family we are going to marry and baptize this week. I don't know If I told you this but the Hermana that is going to be baptized lived in California and her mom lives over there. she is coming for the wedding. I cant believe how small the world is. thanks for your support guys.

Love you guys. Talk to you soon.

Nos vemos pronto."

Elder Parra

What Jesus taught about Children

Our Children (click here)

"Some quotes on the importance of FAMILY"

My Family

My family has the highest priority in my life. My son and my husband are the best gift from God. I have received a confirmation from the Spirit that we can live as eternal families one day, the hope to see my family again after this life is my moving force to endure and continue with faith doing the best I can. My love also is extended to my close relative, my mom, my sisters and so on. I want to live with them some day. The promises of being eternal and live with our families forever has given direction in my life and has set priorities in my personal life. When we strengthen our families, we strength our society and our communities. 

"The Church has established two special times for families to be together. The first is centered around the proper observance of the Sabbath day. This is the time we are to attend our regular meetings together, study the life and teachings of the Savior and of the prophets. “Other appropriate Sunday activities include (1) writing personal and family journals, (2) holding family councils, (3) establishing and maintaining family organizations for the immediate and extended family, (4) personal interviews between parents and children, (5) writing to relatives and missionaries, (6) genealogy, (7) visiting relatives and those who are ill or lonely, (8) missionary work (9) reading stories to children, and (10) singing Church hymns. The second time is Monday night. We are to teach our children in a well-organized, regular family home evening. No other activities should involve our family members on Monday night. This designated time is to be with our families." 
Elder M. Russell Ballard, "What Matters Most Is What Last Longest"


"Because of the importance of the family to the eternal plan of happiness, Satan makes a major effort to destroy the sanctity of the family, demean the importance of the role of men and women, encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity, and to discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities. So fundamental is the family unit to the plan of salvation that God has declared a warning that those “individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God [their maker]. … The disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets”.
Elder Robert D. Hales "The Eternal Family"


"The home is where we are nurtured and where we prepare ourselves for living in mortality. It is also where we prepare ourselves for death and for immortality because of our belief and understanding that there is life after death, not only for the individual but also for the family. Some of the greatest lessons of gospel principles about the eternal nature of the family are learned as we observe how members of the Church, when faced with adversity, apply gospel principles in their lives and in their homes. In the past year I have witnessed the blessings of joy which come to those who honor and revere the gospel teaching of the eternal family during times of adversity in their lives".
Elder Robert D. Hales "The Eternal Family"


"One of the great messages of the gospel is the doctrine of the eternal nature of the family unit. We declare to the world the value and importance of family life, but much of the confusion and difficulty we find existing in the world today is being traced to the deterioration of the family. Home experiences where children are taught and trained by loving parents are diminishing. Family life, where children and parents communicate together in study, play, and work, has been replaced by a quick, individual, microwaved dinner and an evening in front of the TV set. In 1991 the National Association of Counties, meeting in Salt Lake City, thought that the lack of home influence had reached such a point of becoming a crisis in our nation and spent time in their meetings discussing their concerns. They identified five basic concepts that could increase every family’s chances for success".
Elder L. Tom Perry, "Therefore I Was Taught"


"That old enemy of all mankind has found as many devices as he can think of to scatter tares far and wide. He has found ways to have them penetrate even the sanctity of our own homes. The wicked and worldly ways have become so widespread there seems to be no real way of weeding them out. They come by wire and through the air into the very devices we have developed to educate and entertain us. The wheat and the tare shave grown close together. A steward managing the field must, with all his or her power, nourish that which is good and make it so strong and beautiful the tares will have no appeal either to the eye or the ear. How blessed are we as members of the Lord’s Church to have the precious gospel of our Lord and Savior as a foundation on which we can build our lives".

Elder Tom L. Perry, "The Importance of the Family,"



“Even so, everyone has gifts; everyone has talents; everyone can contribute to the unfolding of the divine plan in each generation. Much that is good, much that is essential—even sometimes all that is necessary for now—can be achieved in less than ideal circumstances. So many of you are doing your very best. And when you who bear the heaviest burdens of mortality stand up in defense of God’s plan to exalt His children, we are all ready to march. With confidence we testify that the Atonement of Jesus Christ has anticipated and, in the end, will compensate all deprivation and loss for those who turn to Him. No one is predestined to receive less than all that the Father has for His children.”
Elder Todd D. Christofferson, "Why Marriage, Why Family"


"In the Church, our belief in the overriding importance of families is rooted in restored doctrine. We know of the sanctity of families in both directions of our eternal existence. We know that before this life we lived with our Heavenly Father as part of His family, and we know that family relationships can endure beyond death. If we live and act upon this knowledge, we will attract the world to us. Parents who place a high priority on their families will gravitate to the Church because it offers the family structure, values, doctrine, and eternal perspective that they seek and cannot find elsewhere. Our family-centered perspective should make Latter-day Saints strive to be the best parents in the world. It should give us enormous respect for our children, who truly are our spiritual siblings, and it should cause us to devote whatever time is necessary to strengthen our families. Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happiness—both our own and that of our children—than how well we love and support one another within the family".
Elder L. Tom Perry, "Finding Lasting Peace and Building Eternal Families"


"Many in our worried society understand that the disintegration of the family will bring only sorrow and hopelessness into a troubled world. As members of the Church, we have the responsibility to preserve and protect the family as the basic unit of society and eternity. The prophets have warned and fore warned about the inevitable and destructive consequence of a deterioration of family values".
Elder L. Tom Perry, "Why Marriage and Family Matter Everywhere in the World"

"A family built on the marriage of a man and woman supplies the best setting for God’s plan to thrive—the setting for the birth of children, who come in purity and innocence from God, and the environment for the learning and preparation they will need for a successful mortal life and eternal life in the world to come. A critical mass of families built on such marriages is vital for societies to survive and flourish. That is why communities and nations generally have encouraged and protected marriage and the family as privileged institutions. It has never been just about the love and happiness of adults."

Elder Todd D. Christofferson, "Why Marriage, Why Family"

Ideas of wholesome recreational activities

Wholesome Recreation video (click here)

Moments that Matter Most (click here)