Hemidakota Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 EXCERPT: It was the first official visit to the stake by an apostle in 26 years, the last time being in 1983 when Elder Boyd K. Packer first organized the stake.Elder Holland and his wife, Patricia, and Elder Gerald Causse of the Seventy and his wife, Valerie, spent 10 days traversing the Manama Bahrain Stake, which covers several of the Arabian Gulf States and includes 16 units from the region such as those in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Bahrain.Combining the 636 who attended the stake conference's final general session in Dubai with the other sessions conducted earlier in the various cities, the total attendance was 1,500 for a stake of 1,950 members.ARTICLE LINK: LDS Church News - Middle East stake: 10 cities in 10 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Those are amazing numbers considering the location. It didn't say in the article, but I wonder how many of these members converted from Islam. I'm very impressed. Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithLBrown Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting to see the Church growth in this area of the world. I was stationed in Bahrain for about a year while I was in the Navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks Hemi for sharing that......awesome stuff....:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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