Saturday, October 03, 2026

General Authorities Trivia

When Dieter F. Uchtdorf was a young boy, he delivered laundry on his bicycle for his family's business.

David A. Bednar was a quarterback on his high school team.

Quentin L. Cook's great-great-grandpa was an ASpostle named Heber C. Kimball, who served with Joseph Smith.

Growing up, Neil L. Andersen rode a horse to herd cattle on his family's dairy farm.

When he was 12, Ronald A. Rasband had a job driving a tractor that picked up golf balls!

Before becoming an Apostle, Gary E. Stevenson helped start an exercise equipment company.

Elder Dale G. Renlund received his testimony of the Book of Mormon while praying when he was 11 years old in Goteborg, Sweden.

 Gerrit W. Gong has been all over the world, including Antarctica!  He liked seeing the penguins.

Ulisses Soares's family first attended church above a bakery.  He loved going to church and smelling fresh-baked bread.

Patrick Kearon lived in the Arabian Peninsula.  Once, he got stung by a scorpion!

Gerald Causse - when he was just six months old, his parents were baptized into the Church in a collapsible swimming pool in France.

Clark G. Gilbert - before becoming an Apostle, Elder Gilbert helped start BYU-Pathway Worldwide, which helps people throughout the world meet their education goals.


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