Due to political instability caused by the recent presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the LDS Church has withdrawn its non-African senior missionary couples serving in the DR Congo in the DR Congo Kinshasa Mission and is currently housing them in Johannesburg, South Africa. Senior missionary couples serving in nearby Cameroon and …
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Stephen Lamar Graham, 67, and Vanessa Jane Schofield Graham, five children, Ghana Missionary Training Center; Oak Hills 2nd Ward, Provo Utah Oak Hills Stake. Brother Graham is a former president of the Tahiti Papeete Mission, temple ordinance worker, stake physical facilities representative, high councilor, bishop, ward Young Men president and missionary in the French-Polynesia Mission. …
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On the heels of the organization of the new Zambia Lusaka Mission and the creation of several new branches and groups in Malawi, members report that Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve will visit Malawi and offer a formal dedicatory prayer for the nation. Malawi currently pertains to the Zambia Lusaka …
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For the first time in two decades, the Church will organize a mission in a nation that at present does not have a stake or district. The Benin Cotonou Mission will include both Benin and Togo which were formerly assigned to the Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission and will administer a population of 15.5 million. via LDS Church Growth
LDS non-African missionaries evacuated from Côte d’Ivoire; Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Mission may divide to create new mission in 2011. Link