As he spoke at the conclusion of April 2026 general conference, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Dallin H. Oaks, testified of the gospel truths taught over the previous two days. Among the topics he mentioned was the family.
Sunday morning, when speaking about the Savior’s Resurrection, President Oaks said that belief in resurrection “encourages us to fulfill our family responsibilities in mortality. It helps us live together in love in this life in anticipation of joyful reunions and associations in the next.”
Also speaking at the conference was Elder Thierry K. Mutombo, General Authority Seventy. He recounted that after four children died early in their marriage, he and his wife, Sister Nathalie Mutombo, were told by their extended family in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that tradition required that they should separate. After praying for strength, Elder Mutombo told those gathered that the Savior would help him and Sister Mutombo build an eternal family together.