When New Caledonia was dedicated for Missionary Work
Opening new areas to missionary work, is exciting for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On October 6, 1967 the First Presidency authorized missionaries to serve in New Calendonia. New Caledonia, a French territory 3,000 miles from Tahiti was ready to have the land dedicated for missionary work. Thomas S. Monson […]
President Thomas S. Monson
Thomas S. Monson is the sixteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Thomas was born in Salt Lake City Utah to Spencer and Gladys Monson on August 21, 1927. Thomas spent most of July and August every year at Vivian Park up Provo Canyon. From this time in the canyon he […]
Prophet George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was born in 1870 to John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith in Salt Lake City Utah. George Albert Smith was the fourth generation of his family to serve as a General Authority! He and his father, John Henry Smith, served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the same time! […]
Who is Samuel Smith?
Samuel Smith is the younger brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was born on March 13, 1808 in Tunbridge, Vermont. When Samuel was 19 years old in 1827, he was six feet tall, and endowed with “great strength, far exceeding that of ordinary men, enabl[ing] him to do an unusual amount of work.” Samuel […]
Apostolic Prophecy Fulfilled with Kyiv, Ukraine Temple
In 1991, Elder Boyd K Packer from the quorum of the twelve apostles, Dallin H. Oaks and others went to dedicated the country of Ukraine for Missionary work. Elder Packer, Dallin H. Oaks and 41 other people gathered at the top of a hill looking down on the city of Kyiv Ukraine early one morning. […]