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LDS help sandbag in Nauvoo
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"Church News staff writer"
The Deseret News publishes the Church News; this is an article from it.
Yes I am anti-ED. Good report DesNews. Thank you for keeping us informed.
Do you also know that you can go online and get the Salt Lake Tribune for more 'balanced' news? You can even go and find the New York Times, or many other national newsapers if you wish.
Please don't start your day off so badly by reading the Deseret News and getting aggravated, angry or feeling any other negative emotion, and then turning around and trying to get a rise out of others by insulting or demeaning them.
Please don't log on to this site if you don't like what you read!
BUT, for those of us with Nauvoo roots, the DesNews is about the only place that will carry news for us.
Why complain because YOU aren't interested or object to others knowing that LDS volunteers are involved? Those of us who ARE interested in Nauvoo do want to know what is being done.
I had looked all over for news of the last few days,and found none until a niece in Texas sent the post on e=mail from the Deseret News. None of the people I know who were helping were doing any "converting" as you call it. They were working like crazy with all the energy they could muster in their old age!Please tell us Ed, were you out there filling sandbags???Maybe not because your skin is too thin.You might hurt your hands.
I appreciated the Deseret News report. I am concerned for all the residents along the River. I love the people of Quincy.
no one is making you read the article. Some of us appreciate these things. We wish you would take your hate and attacks elsewhere.
It's a well-known anti-Mormon tactic to try to draw Mormons into an argument so that they'll lose their tempers--which makes the anti-Mormon argument all the more credible that Mormons are neither Christian nor Christlike. Remember, wrestling a pig in the mud only gets you both dirty.
It's better to show people what we REALLY believe, not in WHAT we say but HOW we say it. "Defending the faith" is best done in patience, kindness, and Christian charity.
It's also best done by working alongside other Christian believers in the Nauvoo area--Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Catholics, etc.--in preserving EVERYONE'S communities from these floods.
Faith needs to be put into action--not just words. The time we spend squabbling cuts into our time for helping and serving others.
At least there are those who are good and are helping in the flood rather member or nonmember. Kindness always works.
I think that's great that there are so many people sandbagging no matter what their religion. I visited Nauvoo and didn't want to leave. Not because of the Mormon history, nor because I'm a mormon, but it was just so clean, pleasant, and just peaceful. There was no litter, it was quiet, trees everywhere, green, and you just felt peaceful there. Did you know alot of the businesses and homes there are actually owned by non-mormons? And there are actually people living in the homes -- I had no idea. Still it had a peaceful, laid back feeling, and it would be a shame for the river to encroach and ruin anything there.
I tried to find out through other sources what is happening to Nauvoo, and this was the only place I found any information. Anytime pieces of history are lost, it is a loss to all. What is happening to the people and communities in that entire flooded part of the country is just awful, and we hope that good people of all faiths are helping.
Well done to all of those volunteers, no matter who they might be.
Let us all act with kindness and patience. Mr. "My 2 Cents" is one of millions of non-LDS people who see what kind of people we are.
Talk is cheap but actions speak volumes.
Having said this, I've been to Nauvoo twice. My family and I stayed in a tiny, family-run hotel right on the main drag in town. I bet it's been there for over 100 years. It was soooo nice to open the doors to the balcony overlooking the main street and hear.....nothing! I think there was one car that we heard in probably an hour. I really hope that Nauvoo doesn't lose that "small town American" feeling.
Glad to hear that our church and others will work hand in hand to protect what is worthy of being cherished.
Enough is enough! I just pray that Nauvoo will be saved by all these good people who are working so hard together. God bless them all.
I too hope that LDS/non-LDS people work together to preserve this historical and religious treasure of our legacy of frontier America.
This story has nothing to do with human loss and suffering. It is a story showing how people work together. I'm sure no one has ignored any place they could help out, this just happens to be a story about Nauvoo and shoring up for the flood. There have been other stories about sandbagging in different areas, also. I'm sure people are saddened by the loss of lives and property as well.
GET A GRIP!!
If you don�t like the game put your sports uniform and play ball by going out there and create your own news article and submit it to the Deseret News. You would be surprised what they will print!
Wasting time on arguing about it gets nothing done.
I am proud of all those, regardless of religion, for the work they have done.
I know service is what we can do to help for now, this is going to take years to heal from.
For those of us with dry land, I suggest planting some extra rows in the garden- thing are looking grim for the price of produce.
That is why I come here. To find out more about the LDS church. I only wish that I had found them about 30 years ago. My life would have been much better.
If I wanted to learn about the Catholics I would read one of there newspapers.
I will continue reading the DesNews and hope that they keep printing stories about the LDS.
I think it is as simple as that
I'm glad that they've let us know that the sites are all safe, but I could have done with a little less of the "Mormons save the day!" attitude considering how, outside of the Nauvoo historic district, ALOT of people's homes and livelihoods have been washed away.
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