Boyd K. Packer had a debilitating childhood disease. Which was it?
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At 5 years old he got polio, but it was misdiagnosed as pneumonia for many years.
Polio
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How many siblings did Boyd K. Packer have?
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Boyd K. Packer was the 10th of 11 children in his family.
10
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As a teenager, Boyd K. Packer went on a triple date. What did he do on the way home?
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When the officer asked Boyd where the siren was he replied, "We just took her home."
His friend made such a convincing siren sound that the police followed them home
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Boyd K. Packer loved sketching and carving an animal. Which one?
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President Packer began drawing birds as a boy, being taught by his mother.
Birds
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Boyd K. packer also raised a variety of birds. What odd job did he use them for?
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As a result of his work, the election results were completed an entire day earlier than they had been before.
Used homing pigeons to collect election returns
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Boyd K. Packer served during WWII. In what position did he serve?
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President Packer was enlisted in the Army Air force and served in the Pacific theater.
Bomber Pilot
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While Boyd K. Packer did not serve a full-time mission as a young man, he did get to baptize a new convert while in the military. In what country were they baptized?
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Boyd had asked to be released from the military after WWII, but was denied. Later that year, while on leave, he baptized Chio Sato in Japan.
Japan
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What was Boyd K. Packer doing when his wife Donna first thought to marry him?
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Boyd felt prompted to speak on obedience, and while listening Donna remembers thinking, “Now, this is the type of man I would wish to marry.”
Giving a Sacrament meeting talk
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Later in his life Boyd K. Packer got to serve as a mission president. Where did he serve?
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As a mission president, President Packer left two missionaries waving to him in the freezing cold. He had an impression that those foolish Elders were the priesthood of God, and they could preside just fine over that area of the mission.
New England
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Which President of the Church called Boyd K. Packer as an apostle?
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Boyd K. Packer was the only apostle called by Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith
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