Category Archives: Mission

The Binenes Meet Snow and Record Some History

Yesterday morning when we woke, our world was WHITE.  The snow just keeps coming!  They say our mountains have more than 800″ of snowpack this year.  It’s incredible.  But it’s even MORE INCREDIBLE if you are visiting from Africa!!  We … Continue reading

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Our Abidjan East Mission Reunion with Pres & Sis Binene

Yesterday evening at the end of a wonderful day of General Conference, we went to Salt Lake and picked up Pres & Sis Binene, our former Mission Leaders.  With his new assignment as an Area Authority, they got to come … Continue reading

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In the Meantime–Bamako Friends at the Accra Temple!

This also happened today–some of our dearest friends received their temple blessings.  This group traveled from Bamako to Accra, Ghana with Elder Parsons who took our place with his wife after we left. Biggo and Valerie were endowed and their … Continue reading

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A TEMPLE TO BE BUILT IN EKET, NIGERIA!!!

I have been feeling very teary all week, since the announcement of the Temple in Eket at General Conference last Sunday.  I was so overcome with the announcement, I had to leave the room and cry for awhile. Here are … Continue reading

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A Wedding and our Missionaries

We missed a lot of our missionary weddings while we were in Africa.  Some of our missionaries have been home 7 years now.  Our WYM family is growing with spouses and children.  It’s a joy to watch and to be … Continue reading

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John’s Swiss Missionary Reunion (Edwin “Ted” Q. Cannon 1971-1974 Group)

John served a mission in Switzerland 1973-1975.  He Loved it there and has enjoyed keeping in touch with missionary friends here and in Switzerland.  They’ve been trying hard to find and contact as many missionaries as possible from their era … Continue reading

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Washington Yakima Mission Reunion 2022

This evening was incredible.  We held our WYM Reunion here in the back yard.  We’ve decided on a once a year reunion from here on out, held in the summer on a Saturday afternoon, so our friends have time to … Continue reading

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Mavis Hutchison, The Galloping Granny, Dies at Age 97

South African ultrarunning legend Mavis Hutchison dies Published by Sinazo Mkoko on May 20, 2022 Affectionately known as the “Galloping Granny”, Hutchinson passed away yesterday at the age of 97. She was a pioneer for women in running, and especially as an ultra-marathon … Continue reading

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John’s Swiss Missionary Reunion

We got together with a group of John’s Swiss Missionary companions today for a delightful afternoon of visiting and eating Swiss foods.  John served in Switzerland 1973-1975.  Some of these friends hadn’t seen each other in years.  I enjoyed listening … Continue reading

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Meet Animan from Ivory Coast!

Here is another article I helped with that was published in the Friend magazine this month. From my journal on 7 March 2021: The Editor of the Friend sent me sample questions they use in a series of articles about … Continue reading

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