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Relief Society: Strengthening faith through scripture study

As Sister Julie B. Beck, general Relief Society president, has traveled she has observed the homes of Latter-day Saint women. Juliana Afulenu of the Hedzranawoe Branch, Lome Togo District, stands near shelf where she keeps her scriptures and other Church materials. … http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/59061/Relief-Society-Strengthening-faith-through-scripture-study.html

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Elder Sitati’s Talk: Blessings of the Gospel Available to All

2 Comments / Africa, Black, Mormon / Scott Gordon

God’s children on the earth today have the opportunity to understand His plan of happiness for them more fully than at any other time. A few weeks ago Elder Melvin R. Perkins, who is an Area Seventy serving in Alaska, and I stood at the pulpit in front of the congregation of the Vancouver British

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Dedication blesses two African nations

Africa, Black, Mormon / Scott Gordon

During a historic 16-day tour of Africa on Aug. 16-31, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve dedicated Cameroon and Rwanda for the preaching of the gospel. In so doing, he became the first known apostle to ever set foot in either nation. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/gallery/57850/Dedication-blesses-two-African-nations.html

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When Mormon hands helped to keep Lagos clean

Africa, Black, Humanitarian, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

If you have visited the Ikeja General Hospital lately, you would have noticed a blocked drainage that could only have been a breeding place for mosquitoes. This is besides some discarded items at the back of Ayinke ward that left the hospital looking unkempt. Thankfully this unhealthy eyesore has disappeared since a three-hour sanitation exercise

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Joseph W. B. Johnson – Ghana’s Face of Light

1 Comment / Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon / Scott Gordon

Every land has its pioneers, and there is no more remarkable story than Ghana’s Joseph W.B. Johnson who had formed ten congregations of believers long before the missionaries arrived. By Maurine Jensen Proctor http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/090721ghana.html

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Modern Pioneers: An Intimate Visit to the Nungua Ward in Ghana

Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon / Scott Gordon

Our modern pioneers, forging the way in their own countries, are building the kingdom without wagons or handcarts. Join us on a poignant visit to a fledging ward in Ghana. A Photographic Essay by Scot Facer Proctor http://www.ldsmag.com/photoessay/090723nungua.html

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LDS Trumpeter from Atlanta to Philadelphia to Kenya

2 Comments / Africa, Black, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

Please see www.StanfordThompson.com to follow the career of a wonderful LDS Trumpeter. Stanford Thompson is an Eagle Scout from Decatur, Georgia who comes from a talented and faithful musical family. He was the featured soloist with the Atlanta Symphony at Ebenezer Baptist Church for the Black Arts Festival on July 24, 2005 (coincidentally on Mormon Pioneer Day). He continues to be a

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Two Young Men from Ghana & Arizona Serve in Georgia

Africa, Black, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

“… Elder Amesimeku is from Ghana, Africa and has been serving in northeastern Georgia for about a year. Elder Halcomb arrived seven months ago from Gilbert, Arizona. …” http://www.gwinnettcitizen.com/0709/LDS_missionaries.html

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Church Teams With Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital

Africa, Black, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 1 May 2009 A new partnership between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation promises an additional water source for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center, which is located in the capital city of Kinshasa http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-teams-with-biamba-marie-mutombo-hospital

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Church Helps Bring Water to African Community

Africa, Mormon, Service / Scott Gordon

LUPUTA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — 17 April 2009 — Residents of the town of Luputa in Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo are celebrating the arrival of clean, fresh water to a region which has known only scarce water from shallow wells since the 1950’s. See http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/090421water.html

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