Labor Missionary Builds School, Legacy: “For Sione Feinga, a native of Ha’alaufuli, Tonga, the half-decade he served as a labor missionary hardly seemed to be a sacrifice, even though he served a three-year mission in Tonga and was then called to serve another two-year mission to Hawaii. What he couldn’t have anticipated, however, was the legacy that he would build in the years that followed.
For oyster clan, just another disaster in a series: “As survival stories go, the Voisins have a gem: It goes back more than 200 years ago when the first members of their family to set foot on Louisiana soil weathered a monster storm in spectacular fashion, clinging to their porch while others were washed away.”
Voisin, 34, is part salesman, part student of history (he spices his conversation with references to Teddy Roosevelt and abolitionist Frederick Douglass). He’s part spiritual seeker (he was a Mormon missionary in Bordeaux, France) and part pragmatic politician (he’s on Houma’s parish council). And Voisin is a full-time Cajun who lives, breathes, loves, eats and talks oysters — he’s lectured about them on five continents.
Martins Cove land well-used, well-loved Deseret News ‘We call it the flagship operation — these are the places where it all happened,’ said Elder Richard Bretzing, supervisor of the LDS missionary couples …
Ron Wilson, manager of Internet and marketing for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks about the features of the new Mormon.org. Read about the launch of the new Mormon.org at www.newsroom.lds.org
Scott Swofford, director of media for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks about the expectations of the new Mormon.org. Read about the launch of the new Mormon.org at www.newsroom.lds.org
Stephen B. Allen, managing director of the Missionary Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks about the socialized features of the new Mormon.org. Read about the launch of the new Mormon.org at www.newsroom.lds.org
New Mormon.org Brings Mormons to the Forefront: “Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are known the world over for knocking on people’s doors to share the gospel. Now people interested in the faith can figuratively knock on Mormons’ doors on the Internet to better understand their beliefs.
Mormon teacher provides playgrounds for underprivileged Mormon Times To complete the projects in India and Ghana, Banks partnered with a fellow schoolteacher, Amber Callister and a former LDS missionary in Ghana to obtain …