From Deseret News archives:

Iranian shares story of LDS conversion

She faced political unrest, violence in native country

Published: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:34 p.m. MDT
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After her baptism, Hogan traveled to the United States to visit Salt Lake City and the temple. When she arrived, she met with LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball and other church leaders who asked her to help translate mission materials and train future missionaries.

Despite being one semester away from graduating in Tehran, Hogan agreed and stayed in Utah. She enrolled as a freshman at BYU and began to work with church leaders. An initial batch of missionaries was sent to Iran but were redirected to England when riots broke out again in 1978.

Although there is no current LDS mission in Iran, Hogan said there are congregations of Iranian members in Switzerland, Italy, Ecuador and Japan — something she didn't think possible 30 years ago.

To hear Hogan's complete speech visit kennedy.byu.edu/events/lecture_archives.php.


E-mail: sisraelsen@desnews.com

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I would like to thank her for her efforts and I wonder, does anyone...

Anonymous | Oct. 8, 2007 at 2:03 p.m.

very interesting story,thank you very much.
i am also another LDS...

Amir | Sept. 8, 2007 at 9:19 p.m.

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