"I have no ancestors among the nineteenth-century pioneers. However, since the first days of my Church membership, I have felt a close kinship to those early pioneers who crossed the plains. They are my spiritual ancestry, as they are for each and every member of the Church, regardless of nationality, language, or culture. …
"As the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is now being embraced around the world, we are all pioneers in our own sphere and circumstance."
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, "Heeding the Voice of the Prophets," Ensign, July 2008, 5.