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Ghana reunion more than just a meeting of returned missionaries

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

See this article on Ghana reunion of returned missionaries in Mormon Times, October 1, 2010

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17499/Ghana-reunion-more-than-just-a-meeting-of-returned-missionaries

WEST JORDAN, Utah — If you happen to meet someone from Ghana, ask them about the handshake. “You go like this, and then you go like this, and then you go like this, and then you slide down, and you click on my finger and I’ll click on yours,” says Sally Murray as she teaches a child at the Africa Accra Ghana mission reunion. Murray is a former senior missionary to Ghana and the organizer of the reunion held at the Welby Stake center in West Jordan, Utah. …

African youth unite for memorable performance

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

See this article in The Church News Sept 18, 2010

A Mighty Change

ACCRA, GHANA

More than 10,000 young men and women, ages 12 to 18, from seven countries in western Africa, representing seven stakes and 32 districts, came together to celebrate the 180th anniversary of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and to hear a special message from President Thomas S. Monson. …

David Ameyaw – Ghana Dental School Graduate

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to graduate from the University of Ghana Dental School / Korlebu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, is David Ameyaw, age 33. He received his diploma on March 27, 2010 and was inducted into the dental profession by the Medical – Dental Council of Ghana on April 29, 2010. …

See http://www.ldsmag.com/people/100430heartwarming.html

Joseph W. B. Johnson – Ghana’s Face of Light

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Every land has its pioneers, and there is no more remarkable story than Ghana’s Joseph W.B. Johnson who had formed ten congregations of believers long before the missionaries arrived.
By Maurine Jensen Proctor

http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/090721ghana.html

Modern Pioneers: An Intimate Visit to the Nungua Ward in Ghana

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Our modern pioneers, forging the way in their own countries, are building the kingdom without wagons or handcarts. Join us on a poignant visit to a fledging ward in Ghana.
A Photographic Essay by Scot Facer Proctor

http://www.ldsmag.com/photoessay/090723nungua.html

New Photos Section on BlackLDS.org

Friday, April 25th, 2008

BlackLDS.org has just added a new section for photos. The first set of pictures are of Church members and the Mormon temple in Ghana, Africa.

View the photos here: BlackLDS.org Photos