I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.

Currently he is the sixth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church. He did anyway and incurred a huge loss "without doubt the darkest period" of his business career. As a young man he served as a missionary in England from 1948 to 1950.

Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. He was called to serve in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1985.