Since the Church was given legal recognition in 2018 in Senegal, the country has grown to 257 members. In April, the West African country had its first ever youth conference.
John Dau and his wife, Martha Akech, were among thousands of Sudanese refugees who survived starvation, dehydration, disease and violence. They recently attended the Richmond Virginia Temple open house and dedication.
The Takoradi Ghana Stake Center hosted this year’s Eid Mubarak Festival as other Church members around the world also gathered with their Muslim neighbors.
President and Sister Ballard were mission leaders in Canada from 1974 to 1977. “The maple leaf will live in your hearts the rest of your lives,” he told current missionaries.
A Cambodian hospital that burned down in 2018 has reopened and doctors in another region of the country improved their surgery skills through the Church’s Cambodia Health Improvement Effort.
The core doctrine of Jesus Christ “is more solid and more firm than the Giza pyramids. It is real to us, and we can trust it,” Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf says during ministry in Egypt.
Serving the Egyptian capital of more than 20 million — Africa’s largest metro area — are the Cairo Branch (English) for nearly 50 years and the Nile River Branch (Arabic) for several years.
RootsTech creative director Jonathan Wing and music artist Adassa tell the story behind the RootsTech 2023 theme “Uniting,” the surprise performance and why it was meaningful.
Sister Craig and Sister Wright witnessed humanitarian efforts, while the Church hosted a job fair, donated wheelchairs and gave equipment to a shelter.
Elder K. Brett Nattress, the Church’s Pacific Area president, offered a message and the dedicatory prayer at the April 8 ceremony for the Port Vila Vanuatu Temple.
