I was deeply moved by the eulogies spoken at Elder Robert D. Hales funeral yesterday. It is touching to see the great love the Brethren have for each other.
Some tidbits from this week:
Between sessions of General Conference on Sunday, they
showed a short, 5-minute video that tells about the preservation of records in
Sierra Leone. Once these records are filmed they are sent to the Church Office
Building, and some missionaries in our zone process them so that the data can be
available for others. (One brother in our zone worked on some Sierra Leone records this week.)
If you haven’t already seen it, you might find this
interesting:
We
also had a sister tell us that in some places where our camera capture
operators are, government officials are literally taking the paper records away
as soon as they’re captured and burning them! The officials are constantly
going to those camera operators and saying “Are you finished with this stack?
We need to burn them.” So, there’s not even an opportunity to redo something if
it isn’t in focus – it’s all they can do to keep ahead of the people trying to
get rid of the records! It’s hard to imagine!
On another note, one couple who spoke at our Monday Mission
Devotional told us that this is their fourth mission. Then, they said they were
the most surprised when they got
their very first mission call letter. In that letter, they were told they were
going to prison! Their calling was to serve in a men’s prison. Amazing! Kudos to them!!
We’re
enjoying some beautiful fall weather and yesterday after work we explored a fun
little shopping village in West Jordan called Gardner Village.
1 comment:
Such interesting stories about the preservation of records in Sierra Leone, and government officials taking stacks of documents away almost faster than they can be properly photographed. Wowsers! My nephew's wife and her little girls were at Gardner Village the same time you were. Twinners! Have a great week!
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