As you know the Winter Olympics are coming to Salt Lake City in 2002. We shall have no trouble in offering capable translators and interpreters for the many languages that will be represented. All of them have learned these languages while serving as missionaries. And as they have learned the language of the land in which they have served, they have had companions in missionary service who are natives of those lands and who in turn have learned English from them. This cross-fertilization of languages and cultures is a tremendous thing.
Enmity grows out of ignorance and suspicion.
As we learn to know and appreciate those of various cultures, we come to love them. The cause of peace is strengthened in a very real sense, by this tremendous missionary program. We now have 331 missions across the world. Each becomes a bridge to better understanding among people, to greater appreciation for other cultures. For a long time we have tried to take care of our own who find themselves in distress.