'You cannot be honest with others unless you are first honest with yourself,' President Faust emphasized. An opposing player was so impressed she talked with the LDS young woman, who later gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon. Honesty: President Faust related the account of an LDS university volleyball player who told the line judges in a championship match that she touched the ball last before it went out of bounds.In exercising faith, we become cheerful and optimistic, charitable and courageous, because faith is the moving cause of all of these virtues.' I promise you sweet young ladies if you will strive to live the commandments your faith will continue to grow. Faith: 'I list the virtue of faith first because it is the most important.The letter emphasizes that, while parents have the primary responsibility, bishoprics, Young Women and Relief Society leaders should work together to strengthen our young adult women in this transition.'Įncouraging young women to 'strengthen the virtues you have already acquired and resolve to develop many others,' President Faust listed and expounded on 10 virtues: In his address, President Faust referred to a March 19, 2003, letter from the First Presidency to priesthood leaders 'encouraging them to help Young Women in their challenging transition to womanhood. (Please see page 4 for highlights of their addresses.) This was the first general meeting for the Young Women general presidency since they were sustained in the October 2002 general conference.

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Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve and Elder Cecil O. Hinckley and his first counselor in the First Presidency, President Thomas S. President Faust was the main speaker during the general meeting, which originated in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City and was broadcast via Church satellite to meetinghouses in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, and to Mexico, Central and South America. 'One commonly understood meaning is to be chaste or morally clean, but virtue in its fuller sense encompasses all of the traits of righteousness that help us form our character.' 'Many people do not fully understand the meaning of virtue,' President Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency, declared during the General Young Women Meeting March 29. Faust offered them '10 virtues that each of you can pursue in your quest for excellence and happiness.' Telling the young women of the Church they are an 'indispensable part of what the Church and the world will be,' President James E.

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