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.
THANK YOU MODS!
Colofornian, in the future, when you have an article that will most likely turn into a contentious theological dispute - post it in the Religion Forum. Thank you.
RM, Please follow the conversation with the AM starting
And notice my thread is still in Chat after I posted it in Religion, and the thread posted HERE is still in the Religion Forum.
Nevertheless, it is best to post a potentially theologically inflammatory article directly to the Religion Forum. If a mod moves it, then so be it.
“Now, now, AMPU, you are all good protesters together, right?
I protest nothing. I follow Jesus Christ. It is His Body, His Church to which I belong. He has my loyalty. He has given me salvation by His grace.
If you follow people, you will always be disappointed. If you follow Christ, you will never be disappointed.
That includes following a system of man made works, temple ceremonies and rituals. They will disappoint. Only Jesus Christ holds salvation. Only He does not disappoint.
I wish you blessings,
ampu
PS - I DO plan to protest in Washington DC on September 12, 2009...
The scary part was how he had spent a lot of time to find the little nuggets he thought were worth posting....I've never made any secret about my age or my hobbies ;)
Good Riddance!
You learn something every day on this site...I never saw the term "bowyer" before. Added it to my trivia store.
I don't think that anyone would have expected that from this article. It was simply the posting of an informative article, not one concerning doctrine. She did ask for prayer for the lady in the first post.
The aforementioned former FReeper was the one who started it by everything I could see from the posts.
I try.....
Thank you Mods!
I protest nothing. I follow Jesus Christ. It is His Body, His Church to which I belong. He has my loyalty. He has given me salvation by His grace.
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Amen and Amen, AMPU!
But I'm a native SOCAL kid....and Ben Hunter was an icon there when I grew up....
Prolly means nothing to most here...but if you are my age..and from SOCAL...you will "get it".
Besides all that......bois-d'arc wood..is a great bowyer's wood!!
Also trivia related...but actually called "bow wood"...probably by Native Americans........
Best FRegards,
Thank you
Well, I've had my age right there in my tag line for several days, sad to say but the gifts are not pouring in.
Hobbies? I wouldn't call it a hobby but I've been known to play with Barbie dolls with my little grand daughter.
Now I've gone and outed myself!
You have to be spechul...
Makes ‘em very spechul...
Sheesh...
Aw now you know your gonna miss ‘em...
Glad to see it has been stopped as well. :)
Goodness, I’m not a Protester. I’m one of those people you and this thug rapist preach against.
Gee, I don't seen anyone defending a rapist thug on this thread...now if it were a danite thug, you may find something redeeming about his character.....
I love your pure hatred. You truly appear to be one of those who would lynch us for being Mormons, wouldn’t you?
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