Get to Know President D. Todd Christofferson
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With General Conference around the corner, get to know more about today’s apostles from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Discover fun facts about Elder D. Todd Christofferson and learn how to make a puppet in his likeness.
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How well do you know President D. Todd Christofferson?
Impress your family with these fun facts about President Christofferson:
The D stands for David.
President Christofferson served a mission in Argentina.
He participated in the Hill Cumorah Pageant two times as a teen.
When President Christofferson was 13 years old, his mom had cancer and needed significant surgery. While the surgery was successful, it limited her ability to do some household tasks. President Christofferson knew his mom loved homemade bread so he started to make it regularly for his family until he went to college.
While born in Utah, he spent many of his teenage years growing up in New Jersey where he was the only Church member in his high school class.
Elder Richard G. Scott (former apostle) was his mission president.
As a lawyer, he assisted Judge Sirica throughout the Watergate proceedings. He was only supposed to work one year but the Judge appreciated him so much, President Christofferson stayed for two years.
He was also part of the U.S. Army.
As a boy, he helped care for his family’s flock of sheep.
Before becoming an apostle, he was serving in the Presidency of the Seventy.
He meant his wife Kathy with the help of a yearbook. He saw her at BYU one day and remembered her face. Months later, he looked her up in the BYU yearbook and got a mutual friend to introduce him.
Now that you know a little bit about President D. Todd Christofferson, make a puppet of him! Great to play with during General Conference or use it to quote some of President Christofferson’s testimony of Jesus Christ.
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