August 16, 2009 - Blacklatterdaysaints.org

Electa Briggs Williams – Pioneer from VT to NY to MI to IL & West

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090607/NEWS01/906070372/0/FEATURES12 … At the age of 18, Electa followed her father to western New York, where he had remarried. Within a year, she married an older man who died before her their first child was born. Mormon prophet Joseph Smith was one of several religious leaders competing for converts in New York at this time, […]

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

1 Comment / Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon / Scott Gordon

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

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

Africa, Black, Ghana, Mormon / Scott Gordon

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

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