No man in this church can obtain the highest degree of Celestial Glory without a worthy woman who is sealed to him. This temple ordinance enables eventual Exaltation for both of them.

-Elder Russell M. Nelson

“The conditions of of peoples and nations change due to progress in the world; nevertheless,in many such places, be it in the frosty mountain heights, in the warm valleys, at the rivers’ edges, or in the desert places, wherever member of our church are found, there will always be those who live these basic principles, and by so doing they bless the rest of the people”

-Elder Eduardo Ayala of the Seventy explained that the blessings of the gospel are now available wherever faithful members live.

(in Conference Report,Apr.1995,39; or Ensign, May 1995,30)