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Elder D. Todd Christofferson named new apostle; other leaders called

Hurrah for Israel!

Sending our support for the First Presidency and the Twelve from Georgia. Thanks to God for his tender guidance and notice of us. May we all be guided by his Spirit daily, yield to no temptation, and return home one day.
SNE, AKEM, JPR, KCS, MAM, SJCM, CJEM, EDNM

I had the privilege of working with Elder Christofferson very closely several years ago when I worked as a Director of Public Affairs on a regional level in the South for many, many years. He was my regional representative for three years, and we talked on the phone on Sunday nights for those three years. He is a wonderful, kind, intelligent, spiritual and delightful man, and I have been thinking for some time that he would be called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I wholeheartedly support this wonderful man in this new calling and will keep him and his family in my prayers as they begin this new chapter in their lives.

What about Natan E. Tanner, Was he Canadian? Please somebody enlighten me. Thank You!

How powerfully spiritually uplifting that was to particpate in the Solemn Assembly and feel the power of the Lord being present. To stand with my fellow quorum members and sustain our prophet and apostles was wonderful.

I sustain!

WOW

Awesome!!! The Church is so amazing.

Great choice.

Elder Christofferson is truly a great man. I've known him since we attended BYU together. His contribution as an Apostle will be one of significance for the future of the Gospel.
Hap

The story observed that "President Uchtdorf is the first non-American in the First Presidency in nearly a century," to which Tuxtleco replied, "What about Natan (sic) E. Tanner, Was he Canadian? Please somebody enlighten me." Yes, N. Eldon Tanner was from Canada. Last time I checked, Canada was in North America. Thus, he was an American ... just as are all people born in North America, Central America and South America. We in the United States would do well to cease thinking of ourselves as the only people who can be called "Americans."

Huzzah for Zion.

i knew elder Christofferson in my mission, in brazil .
i like then.
i am so gratefull for this

N. Eldon Tanner was born in Salt Lake then his family moved to Utah.

It was so nice to see my kids sustaining the new prophets. What a privilege!

Kind regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Is there a list of those who were released as Area Seventies. I can only find the ones who were sustained.

That solemn assembly was awesome. The church is so true!

LafayetteLDS---oops! You MUST mean that N. Eldon Tanner was born in SLC and then his family moved to Canada. (Just looked it up on Wikipedia!)

It was nice to have my former Bishop from the La Trinidad Ward,Caracas, Venezuela, Elder Rafael Pino called to the First Quorum of the Seventy's. He is a great person and will triumph in Israel. Hope to see you soon at Church Headquarters. Best of luk.

That was awesome! What a powerful experience. Hurrah for Israel!