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FamilySearch – African Records and Family Histories

Africa, Black, Family History, Genealogy / Scott Gordon

By The LDS Newsroom SALT LAKE CITY—This month, millions of individuals of African descent are celebrating Black History Month by exploring their family history roots. In the U.S., FamilySearch volunteers have been busy helping digitize historic documents and create free, searchable indexes to them online. Throughout Africa, from Accra to Zimbabwe, where irreplaceable family information […]

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Traditions in Uganda

Africa, Mormon, Religion / Scott Gordon

Monday, February 07 2011 The Tales that Bind: How an African Oral tradition Resonates with the Gospel By Johnell DeWitt Our first Sunday in Uganda I watched Brother Onyango Odongo, the uncle of our soon to be Patriarch, reverently sit as he was confirmed a member of our little branch, now a ward. His beautiful

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Missionaries bring water to a thirsty Africa

Africa, Humanitarian, Service / Scott Gordon

“Within the tropical forests of southern Uganda, Lincoln Barlow looks over a community wash basin that he and his wife helped build as part of a $250,000 humanitarian effort by the LDS Church to bring cleaner water and better sanitation to Africa.” See: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/50983387-78/uganda-church-lds-nearby.html.csp

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Burundi Pioneers

Africa, Black, Mormon / Scott Gordon

To most members of the Church, partaking of the sacrament is a special weekly experience but, at times, might be taken for granted. For the Malabi family of Bujumbura, Burundi, the service held last Aug. 15 was an opportunity that brought them to tears and rejoicing as they partook of the sacrament for the first

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Mariama Kallon flees Sierra Leone

Africa, Black, Humanitarian, Mormon / Scott Gordon

When Mariama Kallon was fleeing the rebels in Sierra Leone, she grabbed her scriptures and the plastic bag with her hygiene kit in it. She still has parts of the kit. “It blessed the lives of over 25 women in three weeks,” Kallon said of their time in the refugee camp. The women would line

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Ghana reunion more than just a meeting of returned missionaries

Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon, Religion / Scott Gordon

See this article on Ghana reunion of returned missionaries in Mormon Times, October 1, 2010 http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17499/Ghana-reunion-more-than-just-a-meeting-of-returned-missionaries WEST JORDAN, Utah — If you happen to meet someone from Ghana, ask them about the handshake. “You go like this, and then you go like this, and then you go like this, and then you slide down, and

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Utah pediatrician shares his talents in humanitarian work

Africa, Humanitarian, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

See this story in Mormon Times, Sept 16, 2010 AMERICAN FORK, Utah — Most of the people in Ryan Wilcox’s life already knew he is a devoted father and caring pediatrician. What they didn’t know about is his work as a humanitarian missionary for the LDS Church. …

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African youth unite for memorable performance

Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon, Religion / Scott Gordon

See this article in The Church News Sept 18, 2010 A Mighty Change ACCRA, GHANA More than 10,000 young men and women, ages 12 to 18, from seven countries in western Africa, representing seven stakes and 32 districts, came together to celebrate the 180th anniversary of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and

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David Ameyaw – Ghana Dental School Graduate

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The first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to graduate from the University of Ghana Dental School / Korlebu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, is David Ameyaw, age 33. He received his diploma on March 27, 2010 and was inducted into the dental profession by the Medical – Dental Council of

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LDS Church’s ‘front door’ policy pays off in Africa

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PROVO — An LDS chapel and institute of religion are the only buildings left on a street in Abuja, Nigeria. Other churches and businesses once occupied the area, but were razed over a four-year span for not complying with zoning laws. The land is now mostly a national park, but the two Mormon structures remain.

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