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 Elder Carl B. CookBy Elder Carl Cook
It is exciting to be with you in the Africa Southeast Area. Sister Cook and I began our service here in August, and we are grateful to be with you. Thank you for your faith and dedication to the gospel. Thank you for your many hours of service, for your tireless efforts in building the kingdom, and for your unselfishness in caring for the poor. We are humbled to serve with you.
It is a sacred privilege to be part of the historic events that are unfolding in this part of the world. The Church is well established in some our areas, but it is in its infancy compared to the growth yet to come. Each of us is blessed to witness the powerful hand of the Lord moving across this land. As covenant members of His Church, we must do all in our power to further the work. We must establish centres of strength from which the Church can expand, so that all of God’s children might enjoy the full blessings of the gospel. We create centres of strength by establishing the Lord’s kingdom in our personal lives, our families, branches, and wards. As we do this, the Lord’s work will progress, and each of us will be richly blessed, as will future generations to come.
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During the final leg of a trip to the African continent, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited Kenya on October 29 and 30, where he spoke at a public affairs event, a meeting with missionaries, and a priesthood leadership meeting and stake conference of the Kenya Nairobi Stake.
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Continuing his trip to the African continent and Madagascar, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at a Church area office devotional in Johannesburg, South Africa, teaching the Saints of the importance of country dedications, the responsibility of record-keeping, and the power of sacred ordinances. He also spoke to local officials and to missionaries in separate gatherings.
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 Source: LDS.orgSource: LDS.org
“Of all the people on the earth, members of this Church should know more about Jesus Christ than anyone else,” Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told Latter-day Saints in Africa as he fulfilled an assignment to meet with members, missionaries, and leaders in Madagascar and Malawi.
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Elder Nelson in South Africa and Kenya
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“We teach throughout the world that if our families will follow the example and the teachings of the Savior of the world, they are more likely to be happy, successful, and people of integrity,” Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told local community leaders at a gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, during one of many activities and meetings while he fulfilled assignments that began in Madagascar and Malawi and ended in South Africa and Kenya.
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 Courtesy of the Africa Southeast AreaProgram allows faithful members to visit temple
By Jason Swensen
Church News staff writer
Published: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011
Source: LDSChurchNews.com
In the recent semiannual general conference, President Thomas S. Monson spoke of the thousands of faithful Latter-day Saints whose lives were being blessed thanks to the Church's General Temple Patron Fund. The fund helps faithful members with limited financial resources and who live far from a temple to visit the temple for the first time. (Please see Church News, Oct. 8, p. 3; Oct. 15, p. 5.)
Although the Church has enjoyed a historic period of temple building over the past 15 years, many living in areas where the Church is relatively young still find themselves far from the nearest temple. The General Temple Patron Assistance Fund is assisting many such members realize their lifelong dream to enter the temple and be sealed to families for eternity.
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 Photo courtesy Africa Southeast Area Church and communities unite for continent-wide day of service
By Elder Kevin Page, Sister Pam Page and Susan Martineau
Church News contributors
Published: Friday, Sept. 30, 2011
Source: LDSChurchNews.com
"Strengthening families, building communities" was the theme for the Fifth Annual All Africa Mormon Helping Hands event held Saturday, Aug. 20. Latter-day Saints joined hands with neighbors and community members, donning yellow vests and performing service across the continent. Under the direction of the area presidencies, projects in the Africa Southeast Area and Africa West Area were planned to clean up and improve communities throughout the continent.
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 Photo from News.LDS.org28 October 2011Source: News.LDS.org
Arriving on Friday, October 21, 2011, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spent four days in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where he met with members, missionaries, priesthood leaders, and local officials. He then traveled to Malawi, where he dedicated the land for the preaching of the gospel. Click for full story and video |
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