Posted on 05/30/2009 7:58:11 PM PDT by Colofornian
SALT LAKE CITY -- Armed assailants attack and rob a Latter-day Saint Apostle, his wife and two other couples in the African nation of Mozambique. Elder Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy, were on a Church assignment when the incident happened.
According to Church spokesman Scott Trotter, the wife of the mission President Blair Packard suffered a broken arm. She and others also have cuts and bruises.
Elder William and Sister Shanna Parmley of the Africa Southeast Area Presidency. Elder and Sister Nelson traveled to Mozambique for these weekend meetings with Church leaders there; Elder William and Sister Shanna Parmley of the Africa Southeast Area Presidency, and Pres. Blair and Sister Cindy Packard; he is the President of the Mozambique Maputo Mission.
The country is located in the southeastern part of the African continent on the Indian Ocean; Maputo is the Capitol.
Pres. Blair and Sister Cindy Packard; he is the President of the Mozambique Maputo Mission. The Church Statement says: "On Friday evening they were having dinner together in the mission president's home when armed assailants entered the home and robbed them. We don't have complete information yet, but we understand that Sister Packard's arm was broken. In addition, she and others suffered some superficial injuries, mainly cuts and bruises. Elder and Sister Nelson will continue their assignment over the weekend as planned."
The Church statement also includes information that authorities in that city are investigating the matter.
Former missionaries to Mozambique who we talked with Saturday tell us that they were warned to always be cautious and told about the dangers of life in that African nation.
We know the common pattern lds are using even now in Africa is to send in a humanitarian couple to do work of that nature -- so it opens a door for their mission, missionaries, stakes, branches and mission presidents of a district to follow. (IOW, the humanitarian work rarely stands on its own as the lone motivation...now while the Mormons aren't alone in often having hidden motivations re: humanitarian work, it just seems like the Lds pattern in Africa is too "coincidental" for it to be anything but a structured way of how to get the governments to approve of their presence and expansion in that country)
If he was getting paid he probably would be. Since Mission President is a voluntary job, looks like you got mud in your eye again.
Nice editorial. Stupid on its face but for you nice.
You and Freeplancer need to date.........
Like you and Benny Hinn?
Are we supposed to believe that the East Valley Physical Therapy and Aquatic Rehabilitation in Mesa, Arizona stops paying Packard while he is in Afica? Are we supposed to believe that the living expenses of the Mission President are not paid by the mormon church? You mormons will stretch yourselves to the limit to keep that "unpaid clergy" thing going.
The mud is in the eye of the mormon not being wise enough to leave his Rolex at home....so much for "discernment"!
You are so typical in that you are slinging mud with not a shred of proof. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
LOL...spoken by the premier mud-slinger on FR....but I doubt shame is something you would know anything about, since it requires looking into your own soul. There is no shame in shining the light of truth on Joseph Smith's scam.
Interesting set of falsehoods. Did you take a class in your protester church to learn to lie or did it come naturally?
Lying was part of my childhood mormon education, but thankfully I was able to overcome it when I became a Christian. Maybe you should try it.
I like your approach: Nice people get hurt in an African hole and all you can do is preach against Mormons.
That makes you and Benny Hinn and Billy Graham just alike, like your buddy Lilburn Boggs.
Still name calling huh? Your sophistication is so far above me hedgeapple.
I said you need to date...
I never said what you just said....
Now who's mind is where?
ROFLOL!!
And BTW....I thought you were a woman.
Maybe you should ping Greyfoxx39...when you talk smack about her.....
Good one!!
That’s really twisted.
What’s wrong with you? All the hate you spew shown in the nasty, spiteful false accusations you make against others, lead one to believe that you need your meds adjusted.
I would hope that that would explain your behavior.
Then poor freeplancer would have nothing to do.
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