Samoan Mormons remain resilient
Recently, Pacific Area President Tad R. Callister toured tsunami-weary Samoa, visiting the homes of several members who had been affected by the Sept. 29 disaster.
At each home he was welcomed by a Mormon bishop or stake president who was there providing spiritual and sometimes temporal support to the troubled families. For Elder Callister, such loving shepherding served as a reassuring symbol that needs were being cared for and that prayers were being answered. The physical and emotional scars left by the catastrophe will forever remain. There is much pain — but there is also hope and healing as people work and worship together.
Read the full story via MormonTimes.com.
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MoJules | Oct. 31, 2009 at 11:46 a.m.
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