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The Church has a lot more presence in China than you think. It's just not publicized. You're right though, big things are and will be happening there.

Sweet, I'll be in touch with you.

Been there. Hence the thread. ;-)

Still nobody knows the citation?

I was listening to LDS Radio today and the show Legacy: History of Media in the Church, part 2 found here: Legacy - Programs - Home. One of the men quoted Arthur Haycock to have said this while he served as secretary to Spencer W. Kimball. "I was flying over South America with President Kimball by my side and he turned to me and he said, 'Arthur, don't you think this is a wonderful airplane.' I said, 'Well, yes President, I do.' And he said, 'Would you like to know why we have aircraft?' And I said, 'Yes President, I would.' And he said, 'The Lord has created and inspired the invention of aircraft so that the servants of the Lord can go to and from in their labors and the missionaries can come back and forth from their field of labor. All other uses of aircraft are extraneous to that.'" Does anybody have a citation for that? I really like the quote.

Thanks for the suggestion. =D I'll contact her.

I live in a branch. The closest branch is 40 minutes away. I'm looking for somebody who's actually active in Family History work.

I need somebody who is passionate about and active in family history who I can talk to. Anybody out there? I'm 20. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm an entrepreneur and student of life. I'm heading out on a mission pretty soon.

Lebanon was just dedicated for the preaching of the gospel. A few weeks ago Cameroon and Rwanda were too.

I could really feel the Spirit when the announced Fortaleza. I'm looking forward to seeing one in Salvador. Brazil is amazing.

The answer to that is in the Bible Dictionary my friend:

I'm pretty sure you didn't say where you served.

No doubt, sounds legit.

Well that is somewhat the case, but it doesn't necessarily explain my call change as there are still other North American missionaries going to Russia. Even same mission, same day.

I just got a new letter signed by the prophet that says my call has been changed. That's pretty much it. New booklet and visa application etc...

They don't tell you those kind of things. If you're talking to President Monson anytime soon ask him for me. ;-)

I don't speak too much, but I have a good base since I heard it a lot. A good vocabulary too. The trick is to figure out the grammar. I'm working on it now though.

Hey, so, my mission call has officially been changed to the Ukraine Kiev Mission. Still Russian speaking and entering the same day.

I don't know the official answer to that, but I understand that there was some sort of notice given by out leaders regarding missionary farewells. I believe people were going overboard in dedicating sacraments meetings to the missionary about to leave with slideshows and all, so that has obviously been discouraged. But in my experience it is still very customary to have the missionary-to-be speak, sometimes along with a family member or 2. I think the key is that the sacrament meeting should not be about the young man, it just features him and is about standard topics. It's never against the rules for members to have a "get together." ;-) There just must be food. With approval from the Bishop or Branch President, there shouldn't be a problem having it in the meeting house either.

Oh yeah, thanks for the congratulations! :-D

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Yeah, I taught English with ILP for 4 months in 2007 in a city called Voronezh about 500 km South of Moscow.

Yeah, it's an interesting place. :-P

Thanks! It was about 6 weeks for me. I'm really grateful to be able to accept this call. I'm so excited to serve. :-) P.S. I really like the quote in your signature.

Hehe, can't believe I forgot to post it here! I received my call on Friday to the Russia Moscow Mission! :-D I report on my birthday, August 26th. Check out my video of me opening the call.