Hello again, everyone! Over the last couple of days, several more Church news stories have been reported. This post will pass along the most significant ones. Let's get right into all of those. First of all, some updated stories have been shared regarding President Nelson's first South American leg of his ongoing Worldwide Ministry Tour.
As previously reported, President Nelson dismissed his interpreter during his time in Lima Peru, and spoke to the Saints assembled in that congregation in their native tongues, becoming the first Church president to speak extensively in a language not his own. A posted video shows what happened when President Nelson did so and how the members in that congregation reacted.
In another leg of his journey (where he stopped in Paraguay), his visit had an unforgetable impact on the congregation, and some missionaries traveled 48 hours to be there for his visit to Paraguay. Meanwhile, in other Church news today, it was announced earlier today that the Church had developed a website which is now available for those dealing with the effects of abuse.
In the meantime, another article recently published in the "Living Faith" section of that website, including an explanation of how that website is complying with the reemphasized guidelines about the name of the Church.
In another article covering the opening of the new Deseret Industries in Arizona, the Church News explains how those facilities look at people and products without labels, while a member of the Church News staff provided a look at how accepting President Nelson's challenge to read the Book of Mormon by the end of this year affected her in a positive way..
And finally, at a BYU-Provo Campus Devotional, Stephen W. Owen, who serves as Young Men General President, shared 3 important things each of us can do to draw closer to God. I do continue to monitor any and all reported Church news and temple developments and will, to the best of my ability, keep passing word of those along to you all as I receive it.
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Additional Church News Reported
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Lost the feed due to a glitch on Facebook but I saw part of the devotional in Uruguay that is still going on as I write this, and Wendy Nelson gave some detials of that day and night when President Monson passed, they were not there but here is how it went.
ReplyDeleteEarlier in the day they attended a funeral for someone they knew, the person had lived to be 100. Afterwards, they went to the temple and likely did a session. They then went home, did a few things, then went to bed early.
At 11:01 pm, the phone rang. The call was to inform them that President Monson had just passed. After that they did a couple things, some phone calls were made, and they retired again, but I think it ended up being one of those nights given what just happened.
Interesting to hear that perspective, James Anderson. Thank you for that. I know that the time of prophetic transitions can be tricky for almost everyone that goes through it. I have observed here the difference between President Nelson's haggard appearance at President Monson's funeral in January and his vigor and vitality now. The difference is that now he has both the responsibility and authority to lead the Church, whereas at the time of the funeral, he only had the responsibility without the authority. Nice to hear a first-hand perspective from Sister Nelson. I have heard that process described before in the biographies of previous Church presidents, and we gained some insight into what that process was like for President Nelson through his first General Conference address to the general membership in April of this year. But Sister Nelson was in the unique position of witnessing firsthand and experiencing along with her husband what that was like for them. Great to hear. Thank you. I appreciate you passing that along.
ReplyDeleteHello again, everyone! There has been additional Church news reported. First, in the article below, a Church spokesman gave a status report on the safety of missionaries serving and Church members living in the path of Hurricane Wilma, which is on its' way to strike Mexico. That story can be found at the address below:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2018-10-25/church-reports-status-of-missionaries-in-the-path-of-hurricane-willa-48312
In the meantime, the Church News also shared another report, which covered the recently-held seminar for new temple presidents and matrons. 69 new temple presidencies have or will yet begin their service within the next year or less, and that includes a few couples who started serving last year but were unable to attend that seminar last year when it was held.
The address at which that story can be found follows below. But before posting it here, I did want to note a caution: Insofar as I have been able to ascertain per the sources I have available, there has been no change whatsoever in the general or more specific estimates for the completion of temples last year from what I noted in my last update in that regard. So where the article below notes a rough completion time-frame for other new temples or those undergoing renovation next year, those do not appear to be accurate at all given the information I have. Just wanted to be clear about that. The address where that article can be found follows below. In the December 2018 or January 2019 Ensign, the Church will be releasing a complete list of the new presidents called to serve this year. Just wanted to note that as well, for what it may be worth to any of you.
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2018-10-25/where-60-couples-will-serve-in-temples-around-the-globe-and-how-theyve-been-prepared-for-their-call-48307
My thanks again to you all for your ongoing kind attention to these matters. I continue to welcome your comments on anything I have posted at any time convenient to each of you. Thanks again.