The Relief Society

This statue is in the visitor's center of the Washington DC temple. I asked one of the sister missionaries back when I was first baptized what this statue was supposed to represent. She explained that when the Relief Society was formed, Joseph Smith gave Emma all of the money he had on his person in order to establish it--showing how the Relief Society has been an organiztion for and run by women since the very beginning.

I saw that same sister missionary some time later, and we recognized each other right away. We talked, and she taught me something about service that I will always remember. She was from Brazil, if I remember correctly, and I really hope I will see her again some day.