By Allie Schulte


Whether at employment centers in Canada or orphanages in Vietnam, Welfare Services missionaries are making a huge difference and finding unexpected blessings.

Heeding the Savior's call to "succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees" (D&C 81:5), Welfare Services missionaries foster self-reliance through humanitarian projects, employment workshops, addiction recovery programs, and more. In the following vignettes, Welfare Services missionaries share the challenges they faced in heeding the call to serve and testify of the blessings that they witnessed in their lives and the lives of others as they served with faith.