While Latter-day Saints are united by shared faith and goals, we also come from a wide range of backgrounds. Ultimately, our different perspectives can be a source of strength, but first we have to learn to work together despite different experiences and assumptions.
Dutch Church members after World War II planted potatoes together to help heal spiritual wounds and restore unity. The project took on new meaning when they were asked to send their harvest to Germany.
On June 14, 1989, the government of Ghana announced a ban on all meetings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Meetinghouses were locked, and foreign missionaries were given one week to leave the country. The “freeze,” as this ban came to be called, tested the resolve of Latter-day Saints in Ghana.
Olivas Aoy’s Christlike service for the underprivileged children of El Paso exemplifies the Lord’s admonition to Latter-day Saints, that they “should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness.”
In this video, family members and friends of Sister Mavimbela describe how tragedy earlier in her life set her on a course toward service and spiritual healing later in life.
Elizabeth McCune and the First Sister Missionaries
Elizabeth McCune traveled to Europe in 1897 with her family. Her willingness to share her testimony prompted the mission presidency to ask for sister missionaries.
In June 1989, the government of Ghana banned LDS Church meetings. Members in Ghana were authorized to hold sacrament meetings in their homes, but they knew they needed the fellowship and support of other members to keep their faith strong.
In June 1989, the government of Ghana banned LDS Church meetings. As long as the ban lasted, Church members had to observe the Sabbath without meeting as wards and branches.
