Vol.

2
October,

EU R O PEA N
C H U R C H B U IL D IN G M ISSIO N A R Y PR O G R A M

As We Build Churches, We Wi// Also Build People

 The Builder
Vol. 2, No. 10 October, 1962

Editor George R. Biesinger

Managing Editor Vernice G. Rosenvall
Associate Managing Editor Lou Ann Jackson
Proof Reader and Consultant Hazel Jackson

ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

Vernice G. Rosenvall Amersfoortsestraatweg 166

Edythe Bradley
British Area Correspondent
Gladys Stirling
Assistant in British Area
Bussum, N.H., Netherlands
Telephone: Bussum 1 12 42
6 The Ridings
Epsom, Surrey, England
Telephone: Epsom 6249
No. 18 Walnut Close London Stake, British Mission,
Epsom, Surrey, England So. West British Mission, Cen
Telephone: Epsom 4728 tral British Mission

Elma Ogden 6 Woodburn Road Manchester Stake, Leeds Stake,

Assistant in British Area Northenden, Manchester Leicester Stake, North British
Telephone: Mission, No. East British Mis
sion

Mary Carter 76 Gleniffer Road Irish Mission, Scottish Mis

Assistant in British Area Renfrew, Scotland sion, Glasgow Stake, Sunder
Telephone: Renfrew 3847 land

Beatrice Berg 6368 Bad Vilbel/West Germany

Germanic Area Correspondent
Reha Winkel
Scandinavian Area Correspondent
Berna Hasenberg
Assistant in Scandinavian Area
Am Tannenwald 2
Telephone: Bad Vilbel 20 17
Herdersweg 1
Laren, N.H., Netherlands
Telephone: Laren 24 97
Amersfoortsestraatweg 21
Naarden, N.H., Netherlands
Telephone: Bussum 1 89 93

BRITISH AREA: England, Scotland, Ireland

and Wales
GERMANIC AREA: Germany, Austria and
Switzerland
SCANDINAVIAN AREA: Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Netherlands, Bel
gium, France and the French
PRINTED IN T H E NETHERLANDS speaking part of Switzerland.
DRUK 'T KOGGESCHIP"
AMSTERDAM
EDITORIAL
IN THE SERVICE OF OUR LORD
Editors Note: The following was taken from a letter written hy President Wendell B. Menden
hall, for the Scandinavian Area Building Missionary Conference in Stockholm.
Will you please extend to the people our sincere ap
preciation for the outstanding services which they are
rendering as Church Building Missionaries and for their
faithfulness and devotion to this international Church move
ment which is having such an impact on Church progress
and development.
It is hard to express oneself or to evaluate fully the impact
that this Church Building Missionary Program is having on
the lives of people as well as the strength that it is giving
the Church unit as a whole. We do know that this Church
Building Missionary Program is practising a great virtue of
the past in building the Kingdom of God and in following
out a program which was actually established at the very
inception of this Church. It is true,we are now building
in Europe in the very areas from which our first artisans
came who joined the Church and departed for America to
help build Zion here at home. Practically every Church
Building Missionary Supervisor in Europe is a decendant of
early converts to the Church who gave all their time and
service in building the Salt Lake Basin into the new estab
lished headquarters of the Church in Western America.
The young men who are called into service from the foreign
countries are representing the same type of young man
hood which joined the Church 115 years ago and came to
America along with many of the trained artisans who
came for the purpose of building in the Kingdom.
We have seen a complete cycle in the building of the
Kingdom. In 1848 Brigham Young requested the Elders
in Great Britain to seek out the artisans and convert them
to the Church and send them to America to the valleys of
the Rockies to assist in building the Kingdom. Then he
told the Elders to seek out the young men and convert
them to the Church and send them to join the artisans,
to be trained in building the Kingdom. This was done and
the Kingdom was built in the valley of the Rockies. Now,
after several generations, the descendants of these same
people, you as Building Missionary Supervisors, have re
turned to these early converts homeland to build the
Kingdom.
As these early converts came to build the Kingdom, wards
were formed, stakes were formed, temples were built. As
we now see, Zion had spread her wings, and her bound
aries have been extended. Temples have been built in
foreign countries, stakes have been formed in foreign lands
and the fullness of the Gospel and facilities are now avail
able to be enjoyed by many more.
I believe we have only seen the beginning of this great
movement of building the Kingdom abroad. The great pro
selyting missionary program is moving so rapidly and so
many thousands of people are joining the Church that it is
literally changing the strength of the Church daily and is
making it possible to build up Zion throughout the earth.
As Church Building Missionaries you are commendably
identified with this great movement. It is because of your
individual testimonies of the Gospel, your adherence to the
principles and your love and devotion to the cause, coupled
with your integrity and faith in the Church that endears
you to this labor of love in building the Kingdom. Your
love and respect for the Prophet of the Lord is sufficient
to buoy you up under all circumstances and to give you
strength to surmount any task at present, or one which
may lie ahead. The Lord will not stay his hand in the de
velopment of Zion if we are faithful and honest to our
trust and He will assist us in all of our problems and re
sponsibilities in building the Kingdom abroad.
Remember, we must stay close to our Father in Heaven,
be humble, devout and willing to learn and listen to those
in authority over us. We must be appreciative of other
peoples position and station in life, be mindful of their
cultural development and mode of living. After all, we are
serving to build people in the Kingdom of God. Buildings
are not an end in and of themselves, they are simply a
means to help accomodate the end result of saving souls.
On many occasions I have heard President McKay make
mention of the great strength of this program and his
prophetic vision in the establishment of the same. As it is
now organized it is a witness in and of itself of our Prophet
leader. He has great faith in this Church Building Program
and great confidence and faith in all who are involved in
it. Our efforts should be to conserve time, to conserve
the tithing of the Church and to build the most for the
least possible. We must remember we have a trust to pro
tect. That trust stems from the Prophet himself as he sup
ports this great program.
I bear you my humble witness of the truthfulness of this
work and commend each and every Church Building Mis
sionary and his family for the services rendered in accord
ance with his building missionary call. May God bless each
and everyone of you and sustain you in physical health,
in mental peace, in abundance and satisfaction for the
service well rendered.
May your families be blessed at home in your absence.
And you need not worry about the future when you
return home after the fulfillment of an honorable and well
served mission. May the Lord remember you in your
businesses, your occupations, your fields, your homes and
provide in your larders the necessities of life.
With every good wish to all and kindest personal regards.
Sincerely yours,
Wendell B. Mendenhall
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PROGRESS CHART August 1962
% COMPLETION
WARD OR STAKE OR START 70 80 90
AREA SUPERVISOR 10 20 30 40 50 60 0
BRANCH MISSION DATE
I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1

1 BRITISH WYTHENSHAWE MANCHESTER H. BOREN 25 May 61 llllllllllllllll FINISHED 15 DEC 61 DEDICATED 15 JULY 62 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

2 BRITISH NE. AYCLIFFE NTH. BRITISH L. CLINE 27 May 61 I I I I I I I I I I I ....... I 1I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1I I I I I I I I ....... I 1I I I I I I I I 11I 1I I I I I 1I I I I I I 1I I I I I I I 1I I I I I I I I I I I I I

3 BRITISH ROCHDALE MANCHESTER L. WORTLEY 10 June 61 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i m i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n i i i i i i i i

4 BRITISH READING BRITISH C. ERICKSON 12 June 61 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n i i i i i

5 BRITISH LEEDS LEEDS C. HARRIS 17 June 61 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

6 BRITISH YORK NTH. BRITISH L. HIATT 24 June 61 i i i i m i m i i i i i i i i i i i m i i i i m m i i i i i m i m i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i m m i m m i m i i i i i m i i

7 BRITISH W. HARTLEPOOL NTH. BRITISH R. LANE 1 July 61 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

8 SCANDINAVIAN LAPPEENRANTA FINNISH E. KOHKONEN 3 July 61 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll FINISHED 31 MAY 62 lllllllllllllllllllllllllltllll

9 BRITISH LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER 0 . GRUNDVIG 22 July 61 l l l l l l l l l l i m i l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l i l l l l l l l l l l l

10 BRITISH SUNDERLAND NTH. BRITISH M. HARDING 12 Aug 61 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

11 SCANDINAVIAN OSLO 1 NORWEGIAN P. HANSEN 12 Aug 61 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

12 GERMANIC VIENNA AUSTRIAN F. WALLNER 29 Aug 59 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII FINISHED 5 NOV 61 1I I I I 1I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

13 BRITISH MERTHYR TYDFIL CEN. BRITISH A. ANDERSON 24 Aug 61 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

14 GERMANIC HEIDE NTH. GERMAN W. KRAMER 31 Aug 61 lllllllllllllllllllllim illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll

15 GERMANIC WILHELMSBURG NTH. GERMAN J. TANNER 1 Sept 61 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

16 BRITISH DEWSBURY LEEDS R. SMITHSON 2 Sept 61 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

17 GERMANIC KAISERSLAUTERN WEST GERMAN F. BIESINGER 15 Sept 61 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

18 BRITISH CRAWLEY LONDON M. MOORE 16 Sept 61 i i i i i i i i i m i i m i i i n i i i i i i i i i i i i i

19 BRITISH LOWESTOFT CEN. BRITISH D. WOODBURY 23 Sept 61 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l t l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ............M ill

20 BRITISH DRUMCHAPEL SCOTCH-IRISH S. McDo n a l d 14 Oct 61 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

21 BRITISH BELFAST SCOTCH-IRISH S. JAMES 19 Oct 61 111111111111111111111111111111

22 BRITISH NOTTINGHAM LEICESTER F. NEILSEN 4 Nov 61 iiiiiiiiiu im iiim iiiiiiim iiiim ii

23 BRITISH SOUTHEND BRITISH J. MORSE 8 Nov 61 iiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiiim iiim iiim m iiiiim iiiiiiiii

24 BRITISH DERBY LEICESTER D. LASSIG 11 Nov 61 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim iiiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

25 BRITISH BEVERLEY NORTH BRITISH W. STREIBEL 18 Nov 61 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim iiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiim iiiiiiii

25 SCANDINAVIAN/# MISSION HOME DANISH M ANDERSON 6 Dec 61 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim m iiiiiii

27 BRITISH STOCKPORT MANCHESTER M. NEUFFER 15 Dec 61 .................................

28 GERMANIC AUGSBURG SO. GERMAN F. WALLNER 12 Jan 62 [11111111111111111111111111111

29 GERMANIC LOBECK HAMBURG W HERTIG 20 Jan 62 1111111111111111111111111

30 SCANDINAVIAN MISSION HOME SWEDEN K. LAGERBERG 20 Jan 62 11111111111111111111111111111

31 GERMANIC TEMPELHOF BERLIN M JENSEN 27 Jan 62 1111111111111111111111111

32 BRITISH STAKE CENTER MANCHESTER H. BOREN 8 Feb. 62 11111111111111111111111111111

33 GERMANIC # WARTENAU HAMBURG 1. DAVENPORT 17 Feb 62 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

34 SCANDINAVIAN STOCKHOLM II SWEDISH C ERIKSSON 17 Mar. 62 i [ i i i i i i i i i n i i

35 BRITISH STEVENAGE LONDON S. HAYWARD 24 Mar. 62 11111111111111111111

36 BRITISH EPSOM LONDON R. FISHER 31 Mar. 62 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i m i i i i m i i i i i i n i i i

37 BRITISH NORTHAMPTON CEN. BRITISH H.JENSEN 1 Apr 62 111111111111111

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WARD OR STAKE OR START
AREA SUPERVISOR 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 <=>
BRANCH MISSION DATE
1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I 2
38 BRITISH NORWICH CEN. BRITISH W. STEWART 7 Apr 62 m m ..... .

39 BRITISH CAMBRIDGE CEN. BRITISH L. SEELY 14 Apr 62 11111111111111111111

40 SCANDINAVIAN BRUSSELS FRENCH H.HANSON 14 Apr 62 iim m i

41 BRITISH MISSION HOME CEN. BRITISH J. SPARKS 27 Apr 62 iiiiiiiii

42 BRITISH ROMFORD BRITISH N. DE JEL 19 May 62 iiin iiim ii

43 BRITISH SOUTHPORT MANCHESTER C. JOHNSON 23 June 62 111111111111

44 BRITISH KIRKCALDY SCOTTISH F. CURTIS 23 June 62 im im iim i

45 SCANDINAVIAN TURKU FINNISH R. POULSON 29 June 62 iiiiiiiin

46 BRITISH PAISLEY SCOTTISH C. WATSON 30 June 62 iiiiiiiim im m ii

47 GERMANIC ESSEN CEN. GERMAN H. MILLER 30 June 62 111111111111111

48 S C A N D IN A V IA N * LAHTI FINNISH E. KAHKONEN 2 July 62 iim in ii

49 BRITISH ASHTON/OLDHAM MANCHESTER E. THEOBALD 7 July 62 H ill

50 BRITISH LOUGHBOROUGH LEICESTER R. ORR 7 July 62 im iim i

51 BRITISH IPSWICH CEN. BRITISH D. WORTHEN 11 July 62 H ill

52 GERMANIC COBURG BAVARIAN D. LEHMAN 14 July 62 im iiim

53 BRITISH AYR SCOTTISH C.BUCHANAN 14 July 62 H ill

54 BRITISH SCUNTHORPE NO. BRITISH W. LAWS 14 July 62 H ill

55 SCANDINAVIAN NICE EAST FRENCH G.THIBAULT 28 July 62 i i i i i i i i i i

56 BRITISH DUDLEY LEICESTER L. MACHEN 4 Aug. 62 m ill

57 BRITISH DUNDEE SCOTTISH R. DAVIS 18 Aug. 62 i

* PROJECTS ARE ADDITIONS

British Area
Ground Breaking - Dundee Branch - Scottish Mission

A group of 110 Saints gathered together at the site of the
new Dundee Chapel on the 11th day of August 1962, at
11 A.M.
The rain had literally been coming down in bucketfuls,
but just 5 minutes before time for the services to begin the
rain ceased. One sister told Brother Carter she had been
praying all morning for the rain to stop for their ground
breaking, and her prayers had certainly been answered.
By the time the service was over the sun was shining it's
approval on the beautiful site. It is located high on a hill
overlooking the Firth of Tay, and the entire city.
The meeting was presided over by our Scottish Mission
President, President Bernard Brockbank, and was conducted
by President Albert Howe of the Central Dundee Branch.
The Song High On a Mountain Top, seemed very ap-
propiate for the opening hymn. The invocation was given
by Brother Graham Hill.
The first speaker was President Brockbank. He expressed
his hopes that sometime in the future a nice District Re
creation Center would be built on the surrounding four
acres.
The following saints then spoke urging the united efforts
and support of the members in the building of their
chapel: President Black, Elder Carter, Sister Brockbank,
Sister McKenzie, and President George.
The ground was then broken by the two Branch Presidents,
President Howe and President Day. Anyone who used the
new chrome shovel to break ground could donate a to
the building fund, and his name would be engraved on it
and placed in a show case in the new chapel.
The closing song was, How Firm A Foundation. The
benediction was offered by Albert Roy Jr.
Some day in the near future when the ships sail up the
Firth of Tay they will be able to see a beautiful Mormon
Chapel erected there to our Heavenly Father, by the Saints
of Dundee.

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m te p ro g ra m m o ves on
August 1, 1962 - Lieselotte Springer
called to be a Church Building Missio
nary. Set apart August 2, 1962, by
Pres. Burton. Assigned to work in the
Germanic Area Office in Frankfurt.
Address: c/o Church Building Depart
ment, 6368 Bad Vilbel, Frankfurter
Strasse 126, Frankfurt a/M., Germany.
August 1, 1962 - Robert Stewart called
to be a Church Building Missionary. Set
apart August 19, 1962, by Pres. Grant
Thorn. Assigned to the Sunderland Cha
pel project. Address: c/o Marvin S.
Harding, 18 Crossley Avenue, Sunder
land, Durham, England.
August 2, 1962 - George A. Hansen, wife
Fran Tanner, arrived in London from
Meza, Arizona. Elder Hansen will super
vise the Aberdeen, Scotland, Chapel pro
ject. Address: 188 North Kingsgate,
Aberdeen, Scotland.
August 3, 1962 - Claude Gerard Leroy
called to be a Church Building Missio
nary. Set apart August 8, 1962, by Pre
sident Rulon Hinkley. Assigned to the
Brussels Chapel project. Address: c/o
Herbert G. Hanson, 24 Avenue de Bru
xelles, Strombeek Brabant, Belgium.
August 3, 1962 - Jurgen Karl Ernst Fiirst
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart August 26, 1962, by Pres.
Gardiner. Assigned to the Coburg Chapel
project. Address: c/o Dan Lehman,
Oberlauter bei/Coburg, Am Sport Platz
39, Germany.
August 4, 1962 - Ground Breaking Ce
remonies held for the Dudley Branch,
Leicester Stake. Elder Lowell Machen
will supervise construction.
August 4, 1962 - Keith Malcolm Hamp
shire called to be a Church Building
Missionary. Set apart August 12, 1962,
by Bishop Nettleship. Assigned to the
Lowestoft Chapel project. Address: c/o
David O. Woodbury, 4 Clifford off Elm
Tree Road, Lowestoft, Leicestershire,
England.
August 18, 1962 - Ground Breaking Ce
remonies held for the Dundee Branch,
Scottish Mission. Elder Ronald Davis
will supervise construction.
August 26, 1962 - Wolfgang Fiebelkorn
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart September 4, 1962, by
Pres. Richards. Assigned to the Kai
serslautern Chapel project. Address: c/o
Fred Biesinger, Schillerstrasse 3, Kaisers
lautern, Alsenborg, Germany.
August 28, 1962 - Elder Leigh Wood,
wife Picola Hatch and children Alan 12,
Ann 10, Janine 7, Renee 5, and Claire
6
Lynne 1, arrived in Amsterdam en route
to Charleroi, Belgium, where Elder
Wood will supervise the Charleroi
Chapel project. Address: 47 Rue des
Vignes, Montigny le Tilleu], (Hainant),
Belgium.
August 28, 29, 30 - First Conference of
the Scandinavian Area held in Stock
holm, Sweden.
The following information should have
been in a previous issue:
February 11, 1962 - Geoffrey Morris
Ives called to be a Church Building
Missionary. Set apart July 22, 1962, by
Pres. Cullimore. Assigned to the Cam
bridge Chapel project. Address: c/o
Leith M. Seely, 26 Derwent Close, Cam
bridge, England.
March 15, 1962 - Michael Ronald
Hughes called to be a Church Building
Missionary. Set apart April 17, 1962, by
Pres. Bates. Assigned to the Northamp
ton Chapel project. Address: c/o Hans
C. Jensen, 6 Woodhill Road, New
Duston, Northampton, England.
April 15, 1962 - Kenneth Eric Wharred
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart April 30, 1962, by Pres.
Cullimore. Assigned to the Sunderland
Chapel project. Address: c/o Marvin S.
Harding, 18 Crossley Avenue, Sunder
land, Durham, England.
April 30, 1962 - Michael John Carlin
from Ireland called to be a Church Build
ing Missionary'. Set apart May 3, 1962,
by President Brockbank. Assigned to
Stevenage Chapel Project. Address: c/o
Sidney H. Hay word, 173 Fairview Road,
Stevenage, Herts, England.
May 15, 1962 - Peter Brooks called to
be a Church Building Missionary. Set
apart May 25, 1962, by Pres. Brock-
bank. Assigned to the Dewsbury Chapel
project. Address: c/o Robert Smithson,
64 Ullswater Road, Dewsbury, England.
May 29, 1962 - Antoni Stanislaw Spy-
chala called to be a Church Building
Missionary. Set apart June 2, 1962, by
Pres. Hinckley. Assigned to the Brussels
Chapel project. Address: c/o Herbert
Hanson, Aven. De Bruxelles 24, Strom-
beek-Brabant, Bruxelles, Belgium.
June 1, 1962 - Roy Johnson called to
be a Church Building Missionary. Set
apart June 3, 1962, by Bishop Ross.
Assigned to the Norwich Chapel pro
ject. Address: c/o Walter T. Stewart,
8 Cheyham Mount, Eaton Village
Estate, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
June 3, 1962 - Roy Stephen Berry
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart June 3, 1962, by Pres.
Bates. Assigned to Lowestoft Chapel
project. Address: c/o David O. Wood
bury, 4 Clifford, Lowestoft, Leicester
shire, Fingland.
June 4, 1962 - Lasse de Linde called to
be a Church Building Missionary. Set
apart June 13, 1962, by President Jo
seph Gundersen. Assigned to the Oslo
I Chapel project. Address: c.o Paul
Hansen, Krokliveien 41 I, Aarvoll, Oslo,
Norway.
June 9, 1962 - Michael William Page
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart June 11, 1962, by Pres.
Bates. Assigned to the Romford Chapel
project. Address: c/o N. DeJel, 14 Sta
tion Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex,
England.
June 10, 1962 - Ian Taylor called to
be a Church Building Missionary. Set
apart June 12, 1962, by Pres. Bates. As
signed to the Romford Chapel project.
Address: c/o N. DeJel, 14 Station Road
Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, Fingland.
June 11, 1962 - Yrjs Johannes Vigren
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart June 27, 1962, by Pres.
Mark E. Anderson. Assigned to Lahti
Chapel project. Address: c/o Elmer
Kohkonen, Kirkkokatu 13 B 44, Lahti,
Finland.
June 15, 1962 - David Craig Watson,
wife Jean Watson, and child Tamara
Jean Watson, 1 year, arrived in London
from Alberta, Canada. Elder Watson
will supervise the Paisley Chapel pro
ject. Address: No. 2, Gleniffer Road,
Renfrew, Scotland.
June 18, 1962 - Volker Diethelm Hagen
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart August 10, 1962, by
Pres. W. S. Erickson. Assigned to the
Coburg Branch Chapel project. Address:
c/o Dan Lehman, Oberlauter bei/Coburg,
Am Sport Platz 39, Germany.
June 25, 1962 - Leif Gunnar Osthed
called to be a Church Building Mission
ary. Set apart June 25, 1962, by Pres.
A. Omer. Assigned to the Stockholm
2nd Branch Chapel project. Address:
c/o Karl Erikson, Granasvagen Gladok-
varn Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
June 29, 1962 - Evan Burgess Theobald,
wife Estella Wright Theobald, arrived
in London from Provo, Utah. Elder
Theobald will supervise the Ashton-
Oldham Chapel project. Address: 35 St.
Christophers Road, Ashton, Under-
Lyne, England.
July 11, 1962 - Ground Breaking Cere
monies held for the Ipswich Branch,
Central Brit'sh Mission. Elder Don
Worthen will supervise construction.
B R ITISH AREA
Church B uilding Missionary
EVAN B. THEOBALD AND FAMILY
In coming to England, the Theobalds
are returning to the land of their an
cestors, as they all came from the
British Isles. So they arc thrilled with
this assignment.
Their forefathers joined the Church in
the early days and settled in Salt Lake
City, Utah. After a few years they were
called to go to Southern Utah, and
colonize what was called Utahs Dixie.
After a number of years, they moved
to West Millard County and settled in
Hinckley, Utah.
Elder Theobald was born and brought
up there, graduating from the Churchs
Millard Academy in 1916. He then left
for a mission to the Western States.
Sister Theobald was born in Southern
Utah after which time her folks also
moved to Hinckley, Millard County.
The Theobalds were married in 1922 in
the Salt Lake Temple. Both were active
in Church work holding positions in
Clifford L. Johnson was born at Salem,
Utah, August 23, 1907. Brother John
sons parents moved from Utah to Paul,
Idaho, when he was five years old. He
has since lived principally in Nampa and
Caldwell, Idaho. For the past nine years,
the Johnsons have lived in Cambridge,
Idaho. Brother Johnson attended both
Elementary and High School in Nampa
and the Business College in Boise.
Supervisors
most of the organizations: he has been
counselor in the Bishopric, and she,
Relief Society President.
During this time they were blessed with
five children, one boy and four girls
who were all married in the Salt Lake
Temple and now have families of their
own and all are active in the Church
organizations. Their boy lives in Provo,
two girls in Salt Lake City, one girl in
Logan and one in Livermore, Cali
fornia. They have sixteen grandchild
ren, eight boys and eight girls.
Farming conditions were not too good
in Millard County so Elder Theobald
took up construction work. He worked
for the Utah Oil Company in Utah and
Idaho for a number of years, and then
decided to move to Provo where
chances of employment were much
better, and he could be home with his
family.
Since 1942 they have lived in Provo
where Elder Theobald worked as in
CLIFFORD L. JO H N SO N AND FAMILY
Sister Johnson was born in Sugar City,
Idaho, August 25, 1909. Her parents
are Neils O. and Lydia Theuson. Her
grandparents were of English and Da
nish decent and crossed the plains with
the handcart pioneers.
Sister Johnson attended schools in Sugar
City and Rexburg and was attending a
beauty school in Nampa when Elder
Johnson met her. They were married Oc
tober 17, 1928 and have five children:
Don, of Provo, Utah; De Rae, of Den
ver, Colorado; Carol, Ruth and Peter, of
Cambridge, Idaho.
Don and his wife, Beverly, have six
children and he is in his senior year
at the B.Y.U. De Rae and her husband,
Boyd Hansen, have three children and
are in the printing business. Boyd ful
filled a mission to the Southern States.
Carol and her husband, Robert Michie,
have one little girl. She is a graduate
of the B.Y.U. and has a degree in
Elementary Education. Her husband is a
junior at the B.Y.U. He served a mission
to Mexico. Ruth is a graduate of the
B.Y.U. and is expecting to leave soon
structor in carpentry with the Central
Utah Vocational school and the last six
or eight years has been building new
homes in the Provo area.
The Theobalds received their call for
the British Building Mission May 27,
1962. They left Salt Lake City by plane
June 28, 1962, and landed in London
June 29, 1962.
At the British Church Building Office
they were assigned to supervise the
Ashton-Oldham Ward Chapel, received
the plans and instructions and flew to
Manchester and will be at home at
35 St. Christophers Road, Ashton
Under-Lyne.
on a mission. Peter will be a freshman
at B.Y.U. this fall and plans to go on
a mission the spring of 63. These
children are all active in the Church
and have been married in the Temple.
Elder Johnsons Church activities have
been many and varied. He was the first
bishop of Caldwell Ward. He has held
positions as superintendent of Sunday
School and M.I.A., Scoutmaster and was
a member of the Stake High Council.
He and his wife served a stake mission
in Nampa Stake. Sister Johnson has
worked in all organizations as organist,
chorister, teacher and secretary. She was
also president of the Relief Society and
the stake primary counselor.
They were set apart for their mission to
England by Elder Alvin R. Dyer, May
25, 1962, and feel their call is another
opportunity for service in the Church.
They are happy in the Building Pro
gram and feel this will be a wonderful
experience for them. They arrived in
London Saturday, June 15, 1962, and
are assigned to the Southport project.
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British A rea Church B uilding Missionary Supervisor

WALTER T. STEWART AND FAMILY

on December 14, 1944, and now have three children:
Wally, 10; Scott Edward, 5; and Sally Kay, 16 months.
The two boys are excited about school in a foreign land
and after just three months here, theyre playing chess,
cricket, and can eat with fork in left hand just like the
British kids.
For nearly five years I served as a Bishops counselor,
during which I was contractor on our own Ward Chapel.
I am a High Priest and have held positions of Stake M.I.A.
Superintendent, Sunday School teacher, Seminary teacher.
Sacrament Meeting speaker, Scout Master, Guide on
Temple Square, Attorney-at-Law, and Airplane Pilot. My
hobbies are flying, playing the piano and golf; but most
of all I like baseball and PEOPLE!!
Ruth has been a Sunday School teacher, M.I.A. president,
Stake Bee Keeper and Stake Activity Counselor, holding
ten Individual Awards. She loves to sew, sing, sew, talk,
shop, cook and sew!! (All we need is a sewing machine.)
We were very happy at 2660 E. 2760 So. Salt Lake and had
lived in the wonderful Highland View Wards for fourteen
years with no thoughts or plans for moving until this
mission call came in January, 1962. But, were here and
thrilled with this opportunity and means of serving. We
have nothing but pleasant, pleasant memories since we
arrived on April 2, 1962.
We have a secret: we think our job of supervising the
Building in Norwich is the best job, in the best Branch,
with the four best Missionaries. If anyone wants to chal
lenge this, please stop by number 8 Cheyham Mount, Eaton
Village, and discuss this with us!!

THE BRIDGE BUILDER

Dromgoole

I was born November 8, 1917, in Benjamin, Utah, to Otto
Ren and Millicent Tollestrup Stewart. I am the tenth of
twelve children and have had an extremely happy family
life. My father was a railway mail clerk so we lived in the
City during winter months and moved to the Benjamin
Ranch in the summers. I started school in Benjamin and
then moved to Provo, and then to Salt Lake City, where I
attended South High School and the University of Utah,
graduating with degrees in 1947 and 1949.
It was my good fortune to serve a mission here in
England in 1938 and 1939, and then was stationed right
here in Norwich during the War while serving as a pilot
with the U.S. Air Force. I had the opportunity of spending
an afternoon with the Queen and took advantage of my
position as speaker and told her and the Princesses about
the Mormon Church.
After my return to the States, I met Ruth Francis on a
blind date at the Wrigley Stadium in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. She is the daughter of J. Arch Francis and also
the tenth of twelve children. She had gone to school in Lake
Shore, Spanish Fork, Utah, and Sawyer Business College
in Los Angeles. We were married in the Salt Lake Temple
An old man going a lone highway.
Came at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and deep and wide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The sudden stream had no fear for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide.
Old man, said a fellow pilgrim near,
You are wasting your strength with building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day.
You never again will pass this way;
Youve crossed the chasm deep and wide,
Why build you this bridge at eventide?
The builder lifted his old gray head,
Good friend, in the path I have come, he said,
There followeth after me today
A youth, whose feet must pass this way;
This chasm, that has been hard for me,
To that fair haired youth may a pitfall be;
He too must cross in the twilight dim
Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.

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Scandinavian Area
Church Building Missionary Supervisor
CARL F. J O H A N S O N and family
I was born in Salt Lake City on the
23rd of June, 1909, to Carl Johan
Oscar Johanson and Astrid Wilhelmina
Henriksen who were both of Scandina
vian parentage.
Mother died when I was seventeen, and
as a result of her death, leaving Father
alone with eight children, I was forced
to forgo University schooling after High
School graduation and assist by work
ing.
In 1929, I was called on a mission to
Norway. How we were to manage this
we did not know, but one could nol
turn down a mission call. I was happy
to be called to Mothers native land.
Now, for the first time in my live, I
was glad that Mother had taught me
a little Norwegian. I had once chided my
parents for teaching me a foreign ton
gue, in America, where I was laughed at
in school when I used a word that
was not English, not even knowing that
I was speaking wrongly. Now I would
know some Norwegian and be a very
blessed and successful missionary. But
my joy in this was soon to be sorrow.
I expected to understand some Norwe
gian right away, even though I could
not answer back. However, I did not
detect one single word that I knew at
the outset. I felt disgusted and sad,
but prayed all the harder in my heart
to my Heavenly Father to help me learn
that strange tongue. And then, what was
I hearing? Why, yes. I was hearing little
children speaking among themselves
and I was understanding all that they
said! This was more than I had ever
dreamed. If I could understand them I
could understand the grownups. But,
no, still not a word. I exulted in my
understanding the children, but try as
I may I still could not understand what
the grownups were saying. After that
first initial evening I couldnt even un
derstand the children. This will always
be a testimony to me that the Holy
Ghost can and will bless us with the
gift of interpretation of tongues and
the gift to speak in the new language
if we will but become humble and
remain humble as little children.
Those best years of my life were all too
soon ended and I returned home dur
ing the great depression. Later, when
our Seventies Quorum was organized I
was chosen to represent them on an
other mission to Norway.
Between my two missions I had met
a wonderful girl of Scandinavian pa
rentage, Mildred Sorensen. Mildred was
born in Blackfoot, Idaho, the 15th of
October, 1913, to Jens Lars Sorensen, a
native of Denmark, and Malene Hegland
from Stavenger, Norway.
Her mother died when she was two years
old. She was always active in her ward
and gained a strong testimony of the
Gospel. She says she achieved her high
est goal when she was able to find a
returned missionary as kind and ge
nerous as her own Father. Mildred
and I were married August 10, 1939,
in the Salt Lake Temple.
Our first child died in the rigors of
childbirth. We were then discouragingly
told that we should not expect to have
our own children. After a few years
Mildred sought a Patriarchal Blessing.
In this she was promised children.
With great faith in the Lords annoint-
ed, we proceeded to have our promised
family. Diane was our first great joy,
followed two and one half years later
by Janet. A son, Carl Wayne, returned
to our Heavenly home after being a
welcome guest in our home for six
months. Our next blessed event was
Cherie Lee, followed by our son Kim.
Our family are all healthy and talented.
We are so proud of them. Diane gra
duated this year from the Olympus High
School in Salt Lake City at the head
of her class. She was her schools
Sterling Scholar in English and was
given an Academic Scholarship to the
B.Y.U. She has been trained in dancing
and has taught it for three years. Janet
is also trained in dance and has been
on many television programs since she
was three years old. She is also talented
in piano and likes all kinds of sports.
Cherie has piano training and some
violin. Kim has started to learn piano.
They were all very active in all Church
activities. We hope that our children will
be able to continue their academic and
music studies.
Sister Johanson has been active in the
auxiliaries of the Church. She has
been in the Primary presidency and was
active in the Relief Society when we left.
I have also been active in all the auxil-
liaries in presiding and teaching. I have
been in three different Seventies Quorum
Presidencies and when we left I was a
counselor to the High Priest Group
Leader in the Holladay 18th Ward.
When our present call came we dared
not say no. We were elated and thank
ful for our new assignment in the Church
Building Program. We received our call
June 13, 1962, and were set apart June
22, 1962, by Elder W. J. Chritchlow
Jr. We arrived at our field of labor in
the Finnish Mission July 16, 1962, and
have been tentatively assigned to build
the Haaga Chapel.
We shall endeavor to learn the new
language and be active in every phase
of Church activity. We realize that all
eyes will be on this family from Zion
and much missionary work can be done
by exemplifying the Gospel in the way
we conduct ourselves.
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 Germanic A rea Church B uilding M issionary Supervisor
HENRY A. HAURAND and Family
Elder Henry A. Haurand, his wife Margret and their four
children, Connie 9, Susan 7, Henry 5 and Heidi 1, left
Seattle, Washington, July 11, 1962, to join the Building
Missionary force in the Germanic Area.
Elder Haurand was born in Essen, Germany, as the first
child of Eugen and Auguste Toriedt Haurand. He has two
brothers and one sister. He attended grade and high school
in Essen and his parents who still live there, own a restau
rant, coffee shop and a tavern.
While serving an apprenticeship as a bricklayer he worked
with a Mormon boy, who invited him to a Sunday School
program. Being polite, he accepted this invitation. When he
entered the meeting room a wonderful feeling came over
him, like coming home from a long journey. He studied
and prayed to know for a certainty if this Gospel was
true, and the Lord answered his prayers with a firm testimony.
His parents made it very difficult for him to meet with
Church members and as he was only nineteen years of age
they withheld their permission for baptism. He served as
Assistant in the District Genealogical Committee, Branch
secretary and teacher in all auxiliaries except Relief So
ciety. He was also the Scout Master in the Essen Branch
and Ruhr District and became the second Master Man in
the European Mission.
Sister Margaret Biehl Haurand also was born in Essen,
Germany, the sixth child of Friedrich and Marie Noelker
Biehl. She has five brothers and one sister. Her parents
joined the Church five years before she was born.
At the age of eleven she became secretary in the Primary.
She since has been secretary in the Sunday School and to
the District President in the Ruhr District. She was president
of the YWMIA in the Essen Branch, counselor in Sunday-
School and organist in Relief Society. From 1948- 1950
she filled a mission as Secretary-Statistician in the mission
home of the West German Mission in Frankfurt a/Main.
Elder and Sister Haurand married in 1951 and shortly
after emigrated to the States where their marriage was
solemnized in the Logan Temple. They settled in Seattle,
Washington where Elder Haurand worked as a stone mason.
After three years he took out his general contractors
license.
He is associated with the Graphic Art Press, which prints
and publishes the North Western Church News and the
German Magazine of the West coast Der Reporter.
About six weeks after arriving in the States Elder Haurand
was asked to be the teacher in the Seattle Third Ward
Genealogy class. After a year he was called as a member
of the Stake Sunday School Board and Counselor in the
Stake Genealogical Committee, of which he later became
the Chairman. Two and one-half years ago he was called
on a Stake Mission as Counselor to the President and later
as President of the North Seattle Stake Mission. When he
released Stake Missionaries that were called on foreign
missions, he used to tell them that there was no better way
to finish a stake mission than to go on a full time mission.
He is grateful now that the Lord gave him the opportunity
to finish his Stake Mission the same way.
During all these years of Church activity the Haurand
family has learned the importance of family night once a
week, enjoyed by all. There are things to learn and things
to play and their motto is: A family that prays and
plays together, stays together. They like the outdoors and
went camping at least once a month in the wonderful
Pacific Northwest. Heidi, the youngest one, went camping
the first time when five weeks old.
They are now in Berlin and Elder Haurand is assigned to
supervise the building of the Neukolln Chapel. Their am
bition is to serve the Lord with all their heart, might, mind
and strength in this wonderful calling.

British Area
Ground Breaking - Ayr Branch - Scottish Mission
Ground w-as broken on July 14, 1962,
for the new Chapel to be built for the
Ayr Branch, Scottisch Mission. The city
of Ayr is one of the oldest cities in
Scotland. Its charter dates back 750
years. It is a seaside city and a popular
tourist center, with a population of
about 75,000 people.
The occasion was a very happy one
for the thirty people attending, and all
who spoke expressed their gratitude for
the Building Program which permitted
them to have a new Chapel.
President Brockbank said that he was
confident that by the time the Chapel
was completed the branch would have
grown so much that they would have
to divide it.
The service was opened with prayer by-
Elder B. K. Campbell. The singing was
conducted by Sister Kathryn Hunter.
Talks were given by Brother C. R. Waite,
Branch President; Elder Ira C. Bucha
nan, Building Supervisor; Elder Wesley
C. Carter, assistent Area Supervisor;
and President Bernard P. Brockbank,
Scottish Mission President. All spoke
with fervor and enthusiasm for the
Building Program. Benediction was pro
nounced by Elder K. L. Claridge. Ground
was broken by President Brockbank.

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Germanic Area
Ground Breaking - Coburg Branch - Bavarian Mission
The following article appeared in the Coburg Newspaper
Sladr und Lund, on Monday, July 16, 1962.
A HOUSE OF PEACE OF LOVE AND JOY!
The ground breaking for a Mormon Church, the Branch
of Coburg of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, was celebrated on this important occasion, Monday,
July 16, 1962.
To the ground breaking of this Branch House on the corner
of Eupen Strasse and Oberen Leopold Strasse came guests
from near and far. Branch President Emil Strassner greeted
City Mayor Dr. Waller Langer and Representatives of the
Press, also President and Sister Owen S. Jacobs of the Bava
rian Mission, President Richard Nitschka of the Nuernberg
District as well as representatives of the Church Building
Committee, Elder Haydn Andrew, Elder Frank C. Berg,
Area Supervisor and Coburg Project Supervisor Elder
Daniel Lehman.
After the opening prayer given by Brother Max Engel,
Sister Owen Jacobs was given a beautiful bouquet of flowers
by one of the little girls of the Branch. President Jacobs
then spoke to the membership of the Branch and ex
plained to them the importance of their obligation in sus
taining this program of the Building Missionaries. He
further reminded them that blessings come only after great
sacrifice. The talks given by the following speakers Pre
sident Nitschka, Elder Berg, Elder Andrew, and Elder Leh
man centralized on the theme of prayer and work. They
stated that twenty percent of the building costs must be
carried by the Coburg Branch. A house of peace of love
and joy will be the reward for this great sacrifice.
An article appeared in the Neue Presse on the same
date which carried similar information. The articles were
accompanied by pictures.
Those present felt that the most touching part of the
meeting was the wonderful spirit with which the song,
Come Come Ye Saints, was sung at the close of the
meeting. Coburg is situated just five kilometers from the
East German border.

President McKay in Scotland

Sixty years ago an earnest young man
stood on a street corner in Glasgow
preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to a small group of curious Scotsmen.
Sunday, August 26th, 1962, in St. An
drews Hall, Glasgow, that same young
man, aged now only in body, stood and
gazed into the faces of over 5,000 saints
and investigators gathered to hear the
Prophet of the Lord and to take part in
the organization of the first Stake of
Zion in Scotland!
Tears streamed down his cheeks and at
From: Sister Sylvia M cDonnald - Drumchapel
times he fought for control as his heart
filled with love and thanksgiving. He
was seeing a dream of sixty years come
true. The spirit of that meeting was so
powerful, our hearts so touched and
overflowing with love for him and each
other, that many lingered far beyond
the time of dismissal, shaking hands,
hunting for friends, sharing testimonies
and weeping together.
This must have been a day of history
in heaven as on earth. In heaven for
our expressed love of our Heavenly
Father and each other. On earth for a
mighty stride toward the building of the
Kingdom of God.
Glasgows first Mormon Church in pro they would pour out upon the land
gress of erection received approval of
President David O. McKay. Each
Building Missionary was taken by the
hand and congratulated by the Prophet
for his willingness to give two years
of his life to serve the Lord. The love
of the Prophet shone from his face.
None of the boys would have changed
places with any other boy on earth at
that moment.
Those passing saw only a white-haired
gentleman standing by the Mormon
Church being erected in Drumchapel.
We saw a Prophet of God, blessing
their land by his presence. An instru
ment in the hands of the Lord to bring
to pass a great and a marvelous work
unto the children. He was here among
his own people.
As he stood at the gate and gazed, had
he beheld only stone and brick? At
first fleeting glance, perhaps, but then
his vision did, Lm sure, people the site
with his Fathers children of unborn
generations. He beheld their growth, de
velopment, service and the blessings
through the doors of this and many
more buildings like it.
The hands this Prophet blessed by his
touch and expression of confidence,
will work with greater dedication now,
for they know this is a part of the
Kingdom of God upon the earth with
a Prophet of God at its head.

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REPO RTS FROM T H E PRO JECTS
From Sister Wanda Harris - Leeds, England
Are We Our Brothers Keeper?
Many members of the Leeds Stake must certainly feel they
are, for they have gone to considerable effort, expense,
and time to support the Building Program for the Leeds
Chapel.
There have been few Saturdays that Bishop Harold Green,
Jennifer, his daughter and Erika Szymoszowsky from the
Halifax Ward have not driven the traffic congested road
from their city to Leeds to work on the site. Other
names, such as Derek Nicholson and Derek Baldwin also
of Halifax are frequently written on the work register
for volunteering labor to help complete the building.
In February, 1962, members of the Bradford Ward MIA
presented a most entertaining version of Sleeping Beauty.
They not only gave those attending an interesting evening
they also donated the funds received from the sale of
tickets to the Leeds Ward Building Fund even though
they are endeavoring to increase their own building fund
for the future chapel to be built in Bradford. Besides
this cash donation of approximately five pounds, members
often labor at the Chapel site as a further effort to help
their neighboring brethren.
Proselyting missionaries in the Leeds District have gone
the extra mile many times to spend their free Monday
at the site to help dig trenches and supply the much
needed extra manpower to complete important concrete
pours. Supervising Elders Sumsion, Jensen, Gillians and
Young, with the Elders and Sisters of their district, have
donated more than two hundred church building hours.
With the Standard Works and tracting pamphlets in hand,
or shovels and wheelbarrows, they are choice examples of
action in, and devotion to, the work of the Lord.
As a climax, to date, of this spirit of brotherhood, on
June 30, 1962 Leeds Stake members worked for the one
day a total of 127 hours! This figure is appreciated even
more when it is compared with the weeks total of 222
hours worked by the four Building Missionaries assigned
to the project. There were seventeen members from
Huddersfield, eight from Bradford, and four from Halifax.
From Sister Berneice James - Belfast, Ireland
Amid the picturesque beauty of the Emerald Isle, an
LDS Chapel slowly but surely rises as a monument of
good will, and a blessing for those who may enter therein.
Surrounded by green rolling hills, tall, stately trees waving
softly in the gentle breezes, enhanced by the song of many
birds that frequent their inviting branches, one cannot help
but feel an unseen presence upon this hallowed ground.
Prior to the days work, and in keeping with the building
program, the devotional service starts each day as
Supervisor and eager, devoted, selfless Building Missionaries
enhance their knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ;
then humbly kneel in prayer seeking guidance from above.
Blessings unmeasured fill each day. Great lessons of life
evolve unnumbered, for the benefit of those who serve.
Disappointment, heartaches and sorrows of yesterday are
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Keith Durham - Leeds Ward, Bishop Harold Green - Halifax
Ward, Erika Szymoszowsky - Halifax Ward, Jennifer Green -
Halifax Ward.
Sister Helen Livesey, Huddersfield Relief Society President,
(and wife of Dennis Livesey who finds time to work fre
quently on the Leeds Chapel as well as be the Stake Presi
dent), with the help of Sisters Sarah Vanpouche and
Audrey Dufton, served an inviting and appreciated hot
meal to all the workers on the site that day. The food
had been prepared by the Relief Society members of
Huddersfield.
These are just a few of the inspirational happenings at the
Leeds Ward Chapel building site as the various individuals
give of their time and talents to build a house of our
Lords. It is hard to find words to express appreciation and
gratitude for all these services, but from such efforts testi
monies have grown and have been strengthened for those
helped and for those helping. For truly, if you doeth the
work of the Lord, you doeth good. Surely there is no
better work than building testimonies and chapels and that
is what the membeis of this fine stake are doing.
forgotten in the wake of present opportunities. Grateful
am I to be counted worthy to participate in this great
program of Church Building. I shall ever cherish the
memory of choice experiences with new friends gathered
here.
Across town from the chapel site is the newly acquired
Mission Home, now being remodeled and renovated. Super
visor and Missionaries effectively keep the work moving,
so that both projects might successfully be accomplished.
Time flies quickly but in spite of conscientious, untiring
efforts, the home is far from complete when the appointed
President Stephen R. Covey, with his lovely family, arrive
to take over the Irish Mission.
True to the Spirit of the Gospel, they make no complaint
at the inconvenience of having to live in crowded quarters
in a rooming house, where private bath is unheard of. The
problem of having to set up temporary offices in the un
finished building, and the inability to proceed with full
schedule due to lack of space equipment, does not
seem to handicap this energetic man, of high educational
and spiritual standards, whom God saw fit to call to preside
over this verdant land. Nor does one hear of the problems
that are surely to have arisen to try the patience of his
attractive wife, as she graciously mingles with the people
and also endeavors to care for her three very small children.
No one will ever know; for she is evidently stamped with
that mark of pioneer ancestry that can take the trials of
circumstance, and grow under their weight.
The work goes on. Building Missionaries, Proselyting Mis
sionaries, eager and willing to give of their time whenever
possible, faithful members doing their part to further the
literal building of the Kingdom of God all contribute
to the ultimate completion of the task underway. And, too,
we must mention the plumber, who, against the admonition
of his boss when the vacation days warranted discon
tinuing work for a week realizing the plight of the
family so desperately in need of facilities in order for
them to reside in the home, risked the loss of his job and
continued working to hasten the cause along. God bless
that man for his thoughtfulness and consideration.
Yes, Ireland is doubly blessed. The Church of Jesus Christ
is firmly rooted upon her soil. From the C'hurch site oer
looking the lush valley, to the Mission Home, set upon a
wide expanse of green lawns, one can visualize the handi
work of God and sense His nearness. Twilight breezes
mingling with the dying echoes of the sound of the shovel
and pounding of the hammer, daily remind us that the
Church is building in Ireland.

From Sister Gertrude Hertig - Liibeck, Germany

A Building Supervisors job is not all work when there are
eight Lady Missionaries around. Liibeck was made an All
Lady Missionary District in April, 1962. The Lady Mis
sionaries wanted to let the people of Liibeck know about
them and about the Ward Chapel under construction, so
they went to the newspaper office to solicit their help.
A photographer arranged to meet the Lady Missionaries
at the Building site. Nothing would do but to have Brother
Walter Hertig, the Building Supervisor, in the middle of
them. While a little fun was going on, the photographer
took a picture. This happy picture was printed and many
read about the missionaries and about the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the newspaper, Liibecker
Nachrichten.
This was just the beginning of the enthusiasm that the
Missionaries had. On their day off, they went to the Build
ing site, determined to help speed up the Building pro
gress. Brother Hertig and the two Building Missionaries
were overjoyed at their presence.
Pictured left to right are: Sisters Darlene Farnsworth, Erika Hertig, Sisters Heidemarie Klopher, Marianne Schrader,
Wittke, Edith Witt, Irmtraut Wolunski, Brother Walter Doris Boehme, and Lorra Mehl.

From Sister Eva Kohkonen - Lahti, Finland

July 2, 1962, found the members of the
Lahti Branch very busy in preparing for
the building of their Chapel. The cater
pillar came and commenced digging out
the bomb shelter and basement and
since then the men have been quit busy
building forms and pouring cement.
The weather has been quite cold and
wet much of the time, but the work is
progressing quite satisfactorily.
The Church Building Missionaries are
happy and are being fed very well by
the Sisters. Today, August 1, 1962, being
Elder Kohkoncns birthday, one young
lady met him after work and pinned a
nice bunch of flowers on his shirt.
They then sang Happy Birthday to
him in Finnish. Afterwards it was sung
in English by the Missionaries, and a
big strawberry cake was served to the
large group eating dinner at the Chapel.
I was invited to come to the Chapel at
the close of the working day to share
the cake with Brother Kohkonen and
the others.
Lahti is a wonderful place to be and
the Saints here are fine and willing to
work hard for the building of their
Chapel. The spirit here is marvelous.
It is nice having Brother Carl F. Jo-
hanson here with us, working on the
Chapel while waiting for work to com
mence on the Chapel at Haaga. We do
appreciate the help that he is giving to
us. Our appreciation also, to Sister
Johanson and her family for the spirit
which they have had since coming to
this lovely land.
Continued on page 25.

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 Scandina\
Building Missio:
at Stockhol

It was a thrilling occasion that brought together

Area Staff: E. Albert Rosenvall, Syger T. Hasenberg, Richard W Jackson,
Mission Presidents, Church Building Committee
Thys Winkel. Members, Building Supervisors along with their
wives and Building Missionaries from the eight
countries which comprise the Scandinavian Area. All
of the nearly one hundred people who attended went
away having been spiritually fed, and with a better
understanding of the Building Program of the
Church. I could not help but note the smiling faces
and the sparkling eyes of each departing group. I
am sure that everyone went away with increased
enthusiasm for the work we have to do.
We are grateful to all who attended and by their
presence contributed to the spirit of the occasion.
For our physical comforts and travel arrangements
we are indebted to Elders Karl Lagerberg and Syger
Hasenberg, along with those who assisted them.
The messages of President Theodore M. Burton,
President George R. Biesinger, President Frank C.
Berg, Elder Neil Bradley and the seven Mission Pre
sidents of our Area, Presidents A. Gideon Omer.
Henry D. Moyle Jr., Rulon T. Hinckley, J. Henry
Volker, Levi Thorup, Joseph A. Gundersen, and
Mark E. Anderson, were soul-stirring and uplifting,
as were all the others who took part in the Con
ference proceedings.
The testimony meeting on the lovely Botkyrka temple
site, under magnificient oak trees, with the sun smil-
Finnish Mission: Pres, and Sis. Andersen, Arvi Heitanen, Jyrki Koivisto,
Sis. Kohkoncn.
Elder and Sis. Johanson, Sis. Poulsen, Toivo Kulju, Eeva Maija Salminen,
Aimo Jiikko, Elder Kohkonen. Yrjs Virgren, Elder Poulsen.

Swedish Mission: Pres, and Sis. Omer, Sis. Henriksen, Leif Osthed.
Elder Eriksson, Elder Henriksen, Naimi Tingland, Sis. Eriksson, Carl Eriksson, Norwe
Erik Akebrand. Secretaries: Hanny Jansen, Suzanna van der Heide, Gabrielle van Hanja.
ian Area
tary Conference
n, Sweden

ing down from the blue vaulted heavens, seemed

to lift our souls nearer to God, the Father of all.
It was a fitting conclusion to a wonderful Conference.
I would like to express, in the following words,
our gratitude to the Lord for a successful conference French and French East Missions: Sis. Thibault, Eider and Sis. Hanson, Pres.
Moyle Jr., Elder and Sis. Hasoppe, Elder Thibault, Mark Hinckley, Claude Leroy,
and for the privilege we have of helping to build Jean-Picrre dc Sarnier, Pres, and Sis. Hinckley, Jacques Machot, Jacques Brulhart,
up His Kingdom in the earth. Elder Wood, Antonie Spychala.

We thank Thee, Lord, for giving us

This wonderous building plan,
That gives us needed chapels
And aids in building Man.

For while were building churches

Over all the earth,
Were learning how to sacrifice
This is of greatest worth!

It teaches faith and patience

And forgetfulness of self,
As unitedly we labor
Without thought of gain or pelf.

And while were building buildings

Thou art building too, we see.
Using this great program
To help us be like Thee.
E. Albert Rosenvall

Netherlands Mission: Elder and Sis. Lybbert, Pres, and Sis Volker, Mission
2nd Counselor Keith A. Poelman.
Theo van Schouwenburg, Peter Mourik, Albertus Gusnter, Herbert Moes.

an Mission: Elder and Sis. Hansen, Pres, and Sis. Gundersen, Sis. Sorensen.
Njal Norby, Johnny Olsen, Lasse de Linde, Elder Sorensen. Danish Mission: Pres, and Sis. Thorup, Elder and Sis. Anderson.
 Those in attendance at Conference
Scandinavian Area Building Missionary Conference
Stockholm, Sweden Aug. 28, 29, 30*)
The first Church Building Missionary Conference of the
Scandinavian Area took place in the beautiful setting of
Saltsjobaden, a lovely area near the city of Stockholm, Swe
den. Our headquarters was the Grand Hotel. There were
nearly one hundred present representing Switzerland,
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden
and Finland.
We shall not attempt to give you a complete transcription
of all that was said at the Conference, as space will not
permit, but we would like to give you a summary of all
that transpired, with excerpts from the many wonderful
talks that were given.
We shall begin with a portion from Sister Lou Ann Jack
sons account of her trip by air to Saltsjbbaden :
Mother and Dad and I boarded the plane with President
and Sister J. Henry Volker of the Netherlands Mission
with his counselor, Elder Keith A. Poelman, Elder and
Sister Thys Winkel, Elder and Sister Herbert Hanson from
Belgium with their Building Missionaries, and Elder and
Sister Glen Lybbert from the Netherlands with their Mis
sionaries. Our flight to Copenhagen was beautiful. The
clouds were all white and puffy and after pulling out of
Hollands grey atmosphere the sun was shining gayly. As
we came down through the clouds approaching Copenhagen,
we saw the water of the bay and the city of towers looked
beautiful with the sun reflecting off the copper spires.
Our stopover was short there, but gave us enough time
to look around the airport and admire the typical Danish
goods. Back on the plane again, we joked about the trip.
Editor's Note: May we extend thanks to all who stayed home
enabling mothers and fathers to attend the Conference-Relief
Society Sisters big brothers and sisters, relatives and friends.
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Lunch was served immediately and we were all interested
in the menus available. I watched Sweden as we flew over.
We could see patches of frosting and patches of space
through which the brown and green fields, forests, and
ribbons of road were visable. Every so often a small lake
would pop up and the reflection of our plane would show
mirrored in it.
After a smooth landing, we grabbed a bus and headed
for the terminal. The ride was quite exciting for those who
had never been on the wrong side of the street before.
Amid the squeals and gasps, we finally made it. The airport
is situated far out in the country, so about a forty-five
minute bus ride is necessary to get to the terminal. At
the terminal we took a cab to the station and made it in
time to catch the train to our hotel at Saltsjobaden. The
drive through the countryside was wonderful. It took about
thirty minutes and upon arriving we were met by President
Rosenvall. Our hotel, the meeting place for the Conference,
was delightful. It was set against a small bay filled with
graceful sailing boats and with surrounding area made up
of rocks and pine trees. This, along with the gently lap
of the waves and the continual blue sky, helped to make
the event most pleasant.
Our people arrived by plane, boat, train and automobile.
All arrived safely and without incident, with the exception
of the fact that one of the Building Missionaries did not
have a visa to enter Sweden, and it took some tall talking
to get him in.
As we met the boat that brought the group from Finland,
we were greatly pleased to see President and Sister Anderson
traveling with them. The leadership our Mission Presidents
and their wives are giving to the people, and their whole
hearted support of the Building Program is making our
task a pleasant one.
 After all had been located in their rooms, we gathered for
dinner in our own private dining room. Everyone was in
troduced to the rest of the group and given a name tag
for his lapel. President A. Gideon Omer of the Swedish
Mission acted as our host mission president, greeting all
present and welcoming them to Sweden. No other ac
tivities were planned for the evening as everyone was weary
from long hours of travel. A few hardy ones however,
availed themselves of a sauna bath. (For those of you
who dont know what a sauna bath is, you get yourself
all heated up with steam and then jump into an ice cold lake
which this time happened to be the Baltic Sea. It is really
exhilarating that is, if you are tough enough to take it!)
After a good nights rest wc assembled ourselves at 9:00
A.M. for a day of meetings.
President Rosenvall conducted the Conference and greated
and welcomed all who were present, with a special wel
come to President Theodore M. Burton of the European
Mission, President George R. Bicsinger, Elder and Sister
Haydn Andrew, Elder and Sister Lewis W. Moore, President
and Sister Frank C. Berg, Elder Neil Bradley, and to the
Mission Presidents and their wives.
As there were six languages represented by the Building
Missionaries present, all the speeches were given in English,
with running translations given to each of the groups by
their Supervisor or Mission President.
The theme of the Conference was introduced by President
Rosenvall: As we build churches we will also build
people. He stated that there was a great need for us to
have a thorough understanding of the Program, and teach
it to the people so that we could see eye to eye and work
harmoniously together, as the Program must be geared to
the people.
He referred to a slogan that was used by the Building
Missionaries in New Zealand: Difficult things we do
immediately, impossible things well have done by to
morrow, miracles may take a little longer. He added that
miracles are taking place here in Europe also and that
the Lord is opening the way for the work to go forward.
Elder Rosenvall also reminded us that this is not President
Mendenhalls Program nor our Program, but that it is
the Lords Program and that He was working through us
to get it done. We must humble ourselves so that the Lord
can use us to accomplish His purposes.
President Biesinger was the next speaker and said, In
facing a group of so many languages I think that when
the Lord confounded the tongues he certainly did a good
job! This is a history making event!
He then gave us a brief history of the accomplishments
of the Building Program in the Pacific, and stated that the
Program is now here and in many other parts of the world,
and that it is under the direction of the First Presidency.
President Biesinger said, From a humble beginning this
has become Church-wide. It is hard to operate the Program
it is difficult to get everyone pulling together but
we have had a fine beginning and we are looking forward
to greater progress.
He told us that we are operating on a $ 17,000,000.00
budget here in Europe, and that he felt we should be
careful and use the money wisely and not waste any of it.
It is tithing money and comes from both the rich and
poor of the Church. He stated also that we have now 101
Chapels under construction, 178 Building Missionaries,
68 Supervisors and their families, as well as 20 Staff mem
bers and their families working in the European Area.
President Biesinger, in speaking of Building Missionaries
said, We want the best men possible. The best must serve
the Lord. 1 will make a promise to you: If you serve the
Lord first all else will be added to you. I have seen it!
When you serve the Lord you are blessed. . . I feel that the
Building Missionary's job is more important than the job
of the proselyting missionary. The Building Missionary will
stay and be a great strength to the Church, while the
proselyting missionary goes home. I cannot count all of
those in New Zealand who are now act've and pillars
of strength in the Church because of their service and
the testimonies they developed while serving as Building
Missionaries.
He concluded by saying, The people built their temple in
New Zealand and, as a result of this, eleven sessions arc
now held each week, while in England, where the temple
was just handed to the people, they hold one regular
session. The people in New Zealand know the temple is
there. They built it! Things cant be given to us for nothing
and still be appreciated.
I know that this is the work of the Lord. President McKay
knows the Program thoroughly. Do your best to serve the
Lord.
President Moyle Jr. gave us a very stirring talk on the
need for faith. He said, I have been in France for eighteen
months, and if I have learned anything, it is a lesson in
faith. We must not only have faith in the Lord, but faith
in ourselves and in the people we work with. I love the
passage of scripture which Joseph Smith read: If any
of you lack wisdom, let him ask of G o d . . . but let him
ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is
like a wave on the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
We must have this kind of unwavering faith .. . We can
lift other people up with our faith. As we build churches
we will baptize more people and by faith we are going
to build these Chapels.
There are many experienced men and women engaged in
this Program. When we call a Building Missionary he can
take advantage of all this experience. This Program is very
important, because we have to keep our Chapel building
parallel with the number of people we are baptizing. A
Church Building Missionary can both build Chapels and
proselyte.
President Hinckley said, I am thrilled to be here. As
Sister Hinckley and I walked around the hotel and listened
to the birds and enjoyed the beautiful flowers, trees, shrubs
and the bay, we marveled at Gods handiwork. He is the
Master Builder, setting an example to all. I am grateful to
be working with the French people and with the Church
Building Program. Under the direction of the First Pre
sidency we are working together for one purpose.
Things are moving now. The Building Missionaries are
coming. At first we doubted as to whether we could get
even one Missionary. Now we have seven or eight ready to
work. I pledge our support and the necessary Missionaries,
because I know what a Chapel can and will do for us . . .
The Chapels in the Church are wonderful things. We have
some that we are proud to take our friends to. We have
others that are in the evil part of the city. This is not the
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way the Lord wants it! So now we are going to get new
buildings. It is good for the Saints to help build their
own chapels. A man once said, The mind, like the dyers
hand, is colored by what it holds. What we do with our
hands does something to our hearts. If our hand steals,
we become evil and subject to temptation. If it drives
nails in a Chapel, our soul is built. We need the Chapels
now. Our greatest problem is what to do until we get
them.
This is a great Program a terrific Program and I
am glad to be a part of it. One of my favorite quotes is
this: When we receive our baptism into the Church we
receive our license to dig for pearls in Gods treasure
field. Just yesterday we baptized a young man. He is now
digging in Gods treasure field as a Building Missionary.
President Burton's message to us was truly an inspired one,
delivered with much fervor and intensity of feeling: I feel
it a great privilege to meet with you today and my heart
is filled with gratitude for the great privileges this Building
Program presents. I was a Mission President five years ago,
and I was discouraged because of the situation of our
meeting places. They were in disreputable parts of the cities.
Where we held our meetings made it so that we were
called a back court church. We had to go down dark
alleys, up flights of stairs into places where without faith
you would not go. Of course if you have faith you will
go anywhere. . . But many of the people we are trying to
reach do not have that kind of faith. Their hearts and
their minds have not been opened. All they can see is
what their eyes behold, and they are offended.
He went on to tell how in the past a Chapel had been
built in Germany for a branch without the members
doing any of the work, or paying any money. He stated
that when it was finished the members found fault with
everything; the steeple, the stairs, the colors, and the win
dows. Within a few weeks the branch fell apart, because
the members had not been required to make a sacrifice
for their building. This same thing happened in several
other branches.
President Burton continued: Then a conference was held
in Frankfurt, at which time the Church Building Program
was presented to us by FJder Mendenhall. Tears ran down
my face, because I saw that this was the answer to our
problem. The people must construct their own buildings.
This is a God-inspired Program, and the full Program
is here for us, but it will fall apart unless we follow the
Program of the Church. If our Chapels are built by the
Church supplying 100%, they will fail...
Our people do not have money, but they do have hands.
If New Zealand can pay 33%, so can wc. We, as Mission
Presidents must get behind this Program. President Moyle
Sr. of the First Presidency, made a statement that: We
will not build unless the Saints support the Program.
They can build these buildings themselves. They can serve
as Building Missionaries. Let us not look for young men
who have no job, thinking that they are the only ones
available. When I was called this last time to Europe I had
two jobs myself. President Richards called me into his office
and said, We want you to go on a mission. I stood
up straight, clicked my heels and said, Yes sir!! . . . The
Lord did not look around to find someone with nothing
to do.
Your young men have jobs and they are in school. So
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what? Let us call in these young people. The ones who
are doing nothing are no good to us. We want the people
to sacrifice; then the Gospel will mean something to them.
Have you lost out because of your mission? Ive been
blessed and so have you.
If you want to call a Building Missionary, dont say to
him, You wouldnt want to go on a mission would you?
or We w'ould like you to go on a mission. Rather, you
should say, I call you in the name of Jesus Christ to
serve as a Building Missionary! If they refuse you, they
refuse the Lord, but dont you refuse for them! Ask them,
and let them do their own refusing if they will. Do you
want them to blame you for their lack of blessings because
you refused for them?
The way to get a Building Missionary is this: ask the
branch presidents to give you a list of all single men be
tween the ages of eighteen and thirty. Go through the list
and call those whom you feel are qualified. If all of them
refuse, you are not licked yet. Go to your proselyting
missionaries and say, Find me some Building Missionaries.
Go out and baptize those who will be willing to give of
their time and will sacrifice for the Church.
Then when you find a Building Missionary, hold a fare
well for him. Every Building Missionary should have a
farewell, just as every proselyting missionary has one. One
young Building Missionary had only been a member of
the Church for six weeks when he was called. He was
given a farewell program and all of his friends and family
were invited, even though his family was not interested
in the Church. Like any farewell in the Church, the family
was called on to speak. His father right there and then,
talked himself right into the Church!
More Missionaries will come if they are needed. If they
are not in the branches, go and convert them! The Lord
wont let the Program fail for want of Building Missionaries.
The Building Supervisors have an important job. They
must teach and train their Missionaries. You should begin
each day with a prayer, and include all those who may be
working on the job with you. That will help them to catch
the spirit of their work . . . Wc must work with our hearts
as well as our hands.
We want all our Building Missionaries to be Elders by
the time they are released from their Missions, so the
Supervisors must teach them the Gospel and prepare them
to be the future leaders of wards and branches .. .
We have a tremendous challenge to build up the King
dom of the Lord in these latter days. Accept your call
ings with faith, for we must have faith -- the unwavering
kind. This work is divine. You are called to a noble and
great calling. Bear your title proudly: fill your calling
proudly. You are not working in vain you are working
for your soul. We arc grateful for the service you are
performing.
President Lybbert, Building Supervisor and a member of
the Holland Stake Presidency, said in his remarks, I feel
very humble in occupying this position. I have enjoyed this
meeting. It has been a great inspiration to me. I feel like
the old maid telling the young woman with six children
how to raise them as I have been over here eighteen
months remodeling church buildings and have not been
able to build a new Chapel because of the building stop.
I have learned to love and appreciate the Dutch people,
through working closely with them.
President Lybbert went on to say that the members of the
Church in Holland were holding special fast days twice
each month in an effort to prepare themselves to accept
their responsibilities in the Building Program, and to de
monstrate their faith to the Lord so that the way would
be opened for them to build their Chapels.
Pie told of how one young man, when called on a Building
Mission, had been offered a good job as manager of a
store if he would stay with the company, but had given it
up to accept his call. He had also postponed a contemplated
marriage. He also told of other young men who had now
been called and the great faith they had demonstrated in
so doing.
Elder Lybbert concluded by saying, We must be one; then
we can influence people toward living better lives and that
is our primary purpose. Love the people you work for and
work with.
Elder Bradley spoke w'ith great enthusiasm for the Pro
gram and said, The Program is moving so fast that it is
hard for me to keep up with it. In Great Britain we have
50 Supervisors, 118 Building Missionaries and 10 office
girls. That was three days ago. I dont know how many
we have now!
We have forty Chapels under construction in England, one
in Wales, two in Ireland, eight in Scotland. We have four
remodeling jobs and one mission home. One Chapel ad
dition is completed and dedicated. We will have three more
Chapels finished within the next three weeks. . . We have
to move quickly or we will be run over!
Elder Bradley said also that a persons attitude was the
most important. No matter what his other qualifications
may be, if he does not have the right attitude he is of
little value to the Program. He also said that they had
some projects where the members of the Church were
putting in more hours on their Chapels than were the
Building Missionaries, and that when they would be fin
ished they would be ready for Dedications. He suggested
that we do not plan just for a Thanksgiving Service to
open a Chapel, but to plan for Dedications.
President Berg, of the Germanic Area, spoke of his gra
titude for the faith of the Building Supervisors and their
families who leave their homes and all that they hold dear
to come to Europe to help build up the Kingdom. He spoke
with high praise of the Building Missionaries that are work
ing in their area. He told of one brother who had been a
Hitler youth and had since been converted to the Church.
He was assigned to work in Berlin. When he came to the
city he broke down and cried as he remembered the hated
past. He said, If it werent for the Church I would never
come back here. He is still there and has converted his
land lady to the Gospel.
He told of another young man in the East Zone who was
the sole support of his mother. When she heard that they
had called him to be a Building Missionary, she said, You
go. Well get along somehow.
President Berg pointed out the fact that the Program
is two-fold: to build buildings and to build people. He
said that he believed the Lord has preserved us and sent us
here to succeed in this work not to fail. He concluded
his remarks by exhorting all to be humble so that the Lord
could assist us as we try to serve Him.
President Gundersen spoke of his joy in seeing the Build
ing Program in action. He said that when he contemplated
the things that we were doing he felt that we could never
know the great amount of good that we were doing as we
built new churches, and that while we were bringing bless
ings to others we were also blessing our own lives.
He said that the work of the Building Program reminded
him of a poem, The Bridge Builder (The full text of this
appears on page 8 of this edition.) We are building for
those who shall come after us. He reminded us that the
Savior, too, was a builder, who learned to work with His
hands as well as with His heart.
President Gundersen expressed gratitude for the Building
Missionaries who were serving in Norway and commended
them for their faith and devotion.
In the afternoon session. Building Missionary Johnny Olsen
was the first speaker. He spoke with great feeling about
his assignment as a Building Missionary, and said he
felt that we should work with all our might to prepare for
the second coming of Christ. He felt that as Building
Missionaries they were building Christs Kingdom in the
earth, and that the Chapels being built would be silent
missionaries to help bring others into the Church. He
bore testimony that it was his conviction that the Lord was
with us in this work and that we would be successful if
we would be humble and develop a spirit of love and true
brotherhood.
Sister Beth Anderson spoke as the wife of a Building Super
visor and told of the joy she had received while assisting
her husband in the building of Chapels. She indicated that
the Danish Saints would be willing to do their part when the
way would be opened to start their Building Program.
Sister Anderson told of her great love for the Danish Saints
and especially the many young people she had had the
privilege of getting acquainted with. She also said that she
felt the women of the Church would be willing and able to
do much of the work on the new Chapels, and told how
she had seen this done on previous projects she had had the
privilege of helping with.
President Anderson, with great animation for the Building
Program, said that he felt example was a great factor in
the success of the Program. He told how he always took
some working clothes with him when he visited the new
Chapel sites so that he could work for a few hours on the
building. He said that the local Saints had noted this and
were greatly pleased by it.
He told of his gratitude to the Building Supervisors and
their wives for the wonderful example they were setting to
the members of the Church and said, They are a great
strength to the mission.
He also spoke of his great love for the Building Mission
aries and said that he had twenty of them lined up to
go to work. He stated that the Sisters were working with
the men folks and doing a great job of it. They have one
young women who is a set-apart Building Missionary work
ing right along with the men.
President Thorupsaid, It is good to be here. The inspiration
has been terrific! As you know we have a building stop
in Denmark, but the last word I have from our architect
is that things are looking better for our mission. We might
get a break through!
He then told how he had come from a line of builders
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Area Staff and Church Building Missionary Supervisors
and that he had a great interest in the Building Program of
the Church. He recounted his past experience in the build
ing of churches and bore testimony that the Lord blessed the
efforts of the Saints when they did their part. He said that
he had faith in the Danish Saints and felt they would do
their part when they were permitted to biuld.
President Volker told of the great growth he had seen in
the mission during the time he had been there, and men
tioned that he was now on his way home as he had been
released. He felt sad that they had not been able to build
any new Chapels in Holland due to the building stop
but felt that it would soon be opened for the Program to
go forward.
He spoke with appreciation for the efforts of the Building
Committee in obtaining their new mission home and for the
purchasing of sites on which to build.
He bore testimony that he felt the principles incorporated
in the Building Program were right; that people should be
taught to earn that which they received. He said he felt
the work of the Lord was really just beginning, and that we
would see great growth in the Church throughout the world.
In concluding the meeting, President Rosenvall referred to
a letter which he had received from President Mendenhall,
telling of his love and appreciation for all who are working
in the Building Program. (President Mendenhalls letter
appears on page 3 in this issue.) President Rosenvall also
told of the great love he had for all who were laboring in
this Program, and mentioned that he was amazed at the
way the Lord had been planning this work many years ago.
He said he felt that each one present had been prepared
for the parts they were now playing. He mentioned specifi
cally Elders Lagerberg and Hasoppe, and said that he felt
the Lord had sent them to be born in Sweden and France
so they could be prepared with an understanding of the
language and customs. Then, when they had received the
necessary training in America they could return to the
lands of their birth, and there perform the service they are
now rendering.
Departmental sessions were held following the general
meeting. In the womens department. Sister Rosenvall took
charge, and told of the great joy she had received in
serving. She exhorted the wives of the Supervisors to be
mothers to the Building Missionaries, and bore testimony
that it would bring them great joy in return. She said that
she had found the Lord to be a great paymaster.
Sister Berg told of the great work being done by the
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wives of Supervisors in the Germanic Area, and said some
of them had converted many of the people among whom
they lived. She also said the wives of the Supervisors could
do much to make the Building Missionary experience a
spiritual one and exhorted all those present to work to
that end. She said she knew that our job was a struggle at
times but mentioned a statement made by Socrates: If the
Almighty should come to me with complete success in his
right hand and eternal struggle in his left hand, I would take
the left.
Sister Moore expressed her joy at being present at the
Conference and felt she had had her battery recharged.
She said she would like to be able to bottle up all the
good things that had been given so she could take them out
when things got difficult and again enjoy the spirit of the
meetings.
She pointed out that wives have a great opportunity for
service, and said she had noted that the happiest ones
were those who were working in the Church and if we
think cheerfully, we will be cheerful.
Mentioning an old saying, she said, All the water in the
world cant sink a ship unless it gets inside. She con
cluded by saying, Love your husbands and support them
in all that they do.
Sister Andrew who has had many years experience as the
wife of a Building Supervisor told of the joy she had
received as she helped the many young men who had
worked with her husband. She mentioned that many of
them were now leaders in wards and branches of the
Church. She expressed a great appreciation for the Builder,
stating that it did much for her and helped her to keep in
contact with what is going on. She concluded by saying, I
know this is the work of the Lord. We are not sacrificing,
we are being blessed.
It was very interesting to see the Building Missionaries in
their special session, where nearly all of them had a chance
to speak and bear their testimonies, with interpretations
going on in six languages. They seemed to enjoy it im
mensely.
While Elders Moore and Hasenberg talked to the Super
visors about finances and accounting procedures, the
Mission Presidents met with Elders Jackson, Biesinger
and Winkle, where the policies and procedures of the
Program were reviewed.
After dinner an evening of fun and entertainment was en
joyed by all. Continuing from Lou Anns account: Is
there any feeling so wonderful as being a part of something
that is good, or exciting, or both? That is the way I felt as
we commenced our Fun Night at the end of the second
day of our Conference. Here had been a day filled to
the brim with inspiration and love of the Gospel a day
that was about to run over with entertainment and en
thusiasm added as a conclusion.
We all met in one of the Conference rooms in the Hotel,
and after much juggling of Building Missionaries so that
the Supervisors ended up surrounded by boys waiting
eagerly for the translation, we were called to order by
Elder Lagerberg. We opened by singing, How Firm A
Foundation, and as the director, I noticed that many
were singing with carefree abandonment in their native
language. One of the most energetic was Elder Hasoppe and
sitting beside him, trying to drown out the French with
English, was President Moyle Jr. The song got louder
and louder as it progressed. Brother was sitting beside
brother, and each was determined his language should
triumph! Their words were different, but from the feeling
that came from the group, I know that the messages were
the same.
Elder Lagerberg commenced by telling us jokes until
everyone had thrown off his shyness and was absorbed with
the evenings entertainment. Outside on the water, fireworks
were being displayed. The windows of the room were
opened and the fresh sea breeze heightened our senses
and made us all mindful of the beautiful setting for this
occasion.
The boys from Norway came trouping in wearing all sorts
of work clothes and false noses and hair, ready for the
first skit. They lined up at the front of the room to sing
a song about a Church they were building in Oslo.
They extolled the virtues of their Church, (You have never
seen such a Church!) and told of the promises that the
people had made them by pledging their support, (You
have never heard such promises!) and finished by saying
that they were putting up the roof, and that if the people
didnt live up to their promises, the roof would fall down
on them and that would be the end of the good people
of Oslo! This certainly put the feelings of many of the
Supervisors into words!! (Much thanks to Sister Sorensen.)
Next, several chairs were brought up for the skit from
Elder Kohkonens boys from Finland. For the first time
during the Conference, the room was absolutely still
theirs was a pantomine and understood by everyone in
spite of the language problem. Their skit cenlainly was
effective and so well received that everyone was scratch
ing for quite a while after it was finished.
Elder Wood, a Supervisor who had just arrived in the
Area the morning of the Conference, had a rough initiation!
Without any advance notice he sang an old English ballad
Lord Randall. He did an excellent job.
The Building Missionaries from France had just been
called; they had never worked together yet, so had no
skit. This also was the case with the three new boys from
Holland. We are looking forward to hearing from them
at the next conference.
Sister Thorup from Denmark played the piano and took us
back to the days of the player-piano. Many in the group
were singing along with her and felt when she had finished
tha she had just given them back some of their most pre
cious memories.
Brother Lagerberg mentioned that the Mormons have the
cleanest fun. Besides the cleanest, who but Mormons could
have the same kind of fun? I know that the people at
the Hotel were surprised at the way we conducted our
selves. We greeted each other when we first arrived as
though we were long lost brothers and sisters. Strange
languages were spoken but a firm handshake and a twinkle
in the eye of a fellow Latter-Day Saint was enough to
bridge any language barrier and made friends of people
separated by customs and continents, but united in the
Gospel. None of our group drank or frequented the
Casino of course, and yet at midnight or after we were
still laughing and talking and still had the same smiles.
This was hard for the Hotel people to understand.
Representing the Area Staff, my Mother and Father and I
played a trio number, featuring a flute, a violin, and a
piano. What fun to be doing things together! Music is a
universal language, so this beautiful number needed no
translation.
Slide pictures were then shown by President Rosenvall,
and he certainly deserves a vote of appreciation for his
time and effort in preparing this for us. The pictures were
in the form of a story about building. He also treated us
to a trip through Finland, and a chance to see the finished
Chapel at Lappeenranta and to meet the Finnish people.
Thursday morning, we were up early and took the train
into the city of Stockholm. There, Elder Lagerberg had
prepared a morning of activity and fun for the whole
group. The Supervisors were trying to keep track of their
boys and Im still wondering how we all managed to get
across those streets with no one knowing the right direction
to look before stepping off the curb! The ride on the lake
and sea in sightseeing boats was beautiful. Stockholm has so
many lovely bridges being built on islands (14) that
we had a beautiful view around every bend. This fact was
certainly evident from the way the men balanced on top
of the seats and the railings in order to get their pictures!
Our tour took two hours and, with a guide, we learned a
lot about the countryside and the Swedish people.
Upon returning to the center of the city, we massed to
gether and set out upon a walking tour of the Old City.
Sister Tingland was our guide, but because of the lure of
the alleys, shops and crooked winding streets, it became
necessary for one of the Finnish Missionaries to stand and
direct traffic whenever we came to a turn in the course.
The cobblestones were hard to walk on but proved very
rewarding as we could see how Stockholm once looked and
could vision the many centuries of activity and change that
this part of the city must have seen. Our tour took us across
the large bridge in the center of the city and to the
Mission Home. There we loaded into buses and drove to
the future temple site at Botkyrka. The climb to the top
of the hill was a little damp due to the fact that up to the
day before, Stockholm had had rain, rain, and more rain.
But we all made it and paused on the top to survey the
country. From our vantage point we could see the rolling
hills heavily forested of the Swedish country. The
sky was a brilliant blue with not a cloud in sight. We set
up chairs and assembled for a box lunch prepared by the
SAS airlines. Delicious!
After clearing up our lunch and rearranging the chairs to
adjust to the bright sun, we held a testimony meeting.
There in that rustic setting with the close companionship
between us, our spirits were lifted and our souls refreshed.
Each who spoke walked out into the center of our group
and could feel the joy and love emanated by those as
sembled. It was truly a marvelous experience and it was a
radiant group that left the site that afternoon and headed
back to the hotel.
At 7 : 30 we assembled in the main dining room for
dinner. The group seemed reluctant to leave after eating as
w7e all knew this was our last night together and wanted to
get the full benefit of the choice company and love. Pre
sident Rosenvall thanked everyone for his help and atten
dance. Elder Jackson then said Thanks! on behalf of the
group, to Elder Hasenberg for the transportation. Elder
Lagerberg for all arrangements and President Rosenvall for
the wonderful Conference. President Thorup thanked the
group on behalf of the Mission Presidents for their in
vitation, and pledged the support of the Mission Presidents
to the Program. We all stood and sang. God Be With
You Till We Meet Again. As we sang we felt the
common bond of brotherhood that bound us one to an
other and we pledged ourselves to greater service in our
Fathers Kingdom.
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British Area Church Building Missionaries

Michael William Page

My name is Michael William Page. I
was born in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lan
cashire, September 15, 1945. Although
born in Lancashire, I have lived in a
small town called Dukinficld, in Cheshire,
all my life. My mother was a member
of the Church, and we lived with my
grandparents who were also members.
My father joined the Church shortly
after my sister was born in 1950. I
also have a brother. On my mothers
side, the family have been in the Church
for four generations. My father is now
a Stake High Councilman in the Man
chester Stake. Before I came on my mis
sion, I was the Branch clerk in the
Hyde Branch.
Since I was called on my mission, I
seem to have received so many wonder
ful blessings. I have met some of the
most wonderful people I have ever seen,
and I have made some really sincere
and happy friendships. My companion
is the best friend I have ever had, and
together weve had some wonderful ex
periences. Before I came on my mis
sion I thought I had a full understand
ing of what I know of the Gospel, but
since then I have learned much more
about it, and I have realized that I knew
practically nothing before.
In closing I would like to bear my tes
timony to the truthfulness of the Gospel.
I know that this is the true Church of
Jesus Christ and that Joseph Smith was that ye do it with all thy heart, might,
a prophet of God and that David Me mind, and strength that ye may stand
Kay is today. blameless before the Lord in the last
Remember the second verse of Section 4 day.
of the Doctrine and Covenants, O ye I pray that we may all be able to live
that have desires to serve the Lord, see up to this great scripture.

Roy Johnson

My name is Roy Johnson and I was
born in Wigan on the 31st of July, 1946.
It was in September, 1961, when I was
invited to an M.I.A. party on a Friday.
That next morning two missionaries
came to my door. I invited them in,
and it was then they told me all about
the Gospel. On the following Monday, I
was baptized into the Church at Pres
ton.
Later my parents and my other brothers
and sisters were brought into the Church.
I got into bad company and became inac
tive for a few weeks; then I felt the urge
to go back to the Church and take an in
terest.
In June, I was called upon by the Bishop
to be a Building Missionary and to
serve the Lord in His work.
In this Church I have found more
friends and more knowledge of the
Gospel than anywhere else, and I am
very happy.

Ronald Michael Daniels

I was born on the 13th of October,
1944, in Norwich, Norfolk, to Daniel
Melvin Daniels and Ivy May Elizabeth
Winter.
I wanted to belong to the Church and
so when Elder Cahoon told my father
and me about the Mormon Church, we
were baptized within a week.
I am a Teacher in the Priesthood and
for the last three months I have been
the Age Group assistant in the M.I.A.
My hobbies are football, collecting Ame
rican jokes, stamps, match boxes and
walking.
Before my mission call I was working
in a paper salvage company and be
fore that I worked in a shoe factory
here in Norwich.

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 David Ellis

My name is David Ellis, and I was born months later the Missionaries came to
in St. Albans on the 4th of September. see me, and I was baptized on the 13th
1941. I was a very lonely boy when I of December, 1961, at the age of twen
was young because of shyness. I grew ty.
up in St. Albens with my grandmother. On the 25th of April, at Stake Confer
I began to smoke heavily when I was ence, I was called to serve a Building
thirteen years old and began to drink Mission.
alcohol when I was fifteen. As I got This was my hearts desire and I know
older my smoking got worse until I that I am a privileged person to have
was smoking about fifty a day. Then I the Lord with me at all times.
met a Mormon girl. She got me in I pray that I will be able to glorify
terested in the Church. About eighteen my Priesthood forever.

Ian Taylor
I am Ian Taylor. I was born March 7,
1943, at Rochdale, Lancashire. I was
baptized April 17, 1961. I am the only
one of a family of three in the Church.
I started work on the Manchester Stake
House, 8:00 A.M., June 10, 1962. At
11:00 A.M. I was dragged away from
behind a barrow, half dead after stumbl
ing three times in a twenty foot stretch.
The second day I helped in the success
ful immobilization of a cement mixer.
The third day I attempted, by accident,
unsuccessfully, to bury a fellow Mis
sionary working in hale, by shooting
a barrowful of grout down on top of
him. I still do not know why I was
transfered to Romfored, Essex, on the
fourth day.
Working down at Romford for the last
five weeks has been wonderful. The love
and the spirit here is tremendous. Wc
have a fine Supervisor, and the social
committee has been working over time
to keep us happy. The going for the
first three days was tough. If I finish
my mission alive Ill be lucky: if my
companions finish theirs, theyll be
luckier.
The Gospels true. Theres no doubt
about it. Ive learned more in the six
weeks on my mission than I did in the
other fourteen months I have been in
the Church, and I look forward to the
next months knowing I will learn even
more of this wonderful truth.

George Simpson
My name is George Simpson. I was
born December 21, 1935, to Eliza
Simpson in Dundee, Scotland.
I have three sisters and one brother
all younger than I, but none are in the
Church. I hope and pray that one day
they will accept the Gospel and live the
happy life I now know.
My schooling was moderate as when I
was ten I had a throat infection and
I was out of school at the most im
portant part of my education.
I have just been in the Church thirteen
weeks and I am so happy since I have
joined. Before I thought I was really
happy living a life o f sin, but now I
know better.
I will be ever grateful to Elder Pugh
and Elder Stewart for my lessons of the
Gospel and for baptizing me. It was
the greatest event of my life.
I hold the position of a Priest, but since
have been set apart for my mission
No one will ever know the happiness
I have found since I came on my mis
sion. I thank my Heavenly Father for
my Supervisor, Elder Floyd Neilson
and his charming wife Sister Neilson.
They have been a help and an inspi
ration to me.
Nottingham is my assignment, and we
seem to be coming along fine now.
It looks like it will be a great Chapel.

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B r i a n Mar k C r a b t r e e
DAVID GEORGE BOURNE
I was born on Friday 13, October 1939
in Huyton, near Liverpool. Unlucky day
to be born? I have always been very
lucky in respect that I have had such
wonderful parents and brothers and
sisters. My two brothers and three sis
ters have all been baptized into the
Church along with my parents.
I led a normal sort of life, leaving
school at 16 and serving an apprentice
ship in an engineering factory as a
machine tool setter. I worked there
until I was called on my mission at the
age of 22.
I was the last of my family to join
the true church, having been a member
of the Congregational church since an
early age. I naturally became interested
in the Church with my family all joining.
When my brother and sister took lessons
from the district missionaries and be
came baptized, I went to see them
baptised. Through the family I started
to attend the Church Sunday School
and MIA and learning about the Gospel.
I was not going to be rushed into be
ing baptised even though I knew the
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I was born on November 14, 1942. I
am the brother of Christopher Crab
tree who is also a Church Building
Missionary. I have another brother who
is going on a Building Mission soon
and his name is John. Then I have three
more brothers and a sister. I was born
in Weston-Super-Mare. My family and
I first met the missionaries in 1951 and
on July 14, 1951, I was baptized by
Elder Saunders and confirmed by Elder
Hunter.
As I grew in the Church, I was then
ordained a Deacon by my father. By
1955, I won an individual Aaronic Priest
hood Award. On December 1, 1957, I
was ordained a Teacher by my father
and on May 3, 1959, he ordained me
a Priest. In that same year. 1959, I won
my Aaronic Priesthood Award as a
Priest. I was then living in Bristol. I
left Bristol and came to live in Shef
Church was true. I guess I did not want
to make the break from my old way
of life.
Eventually I gave up smoking and
drinking and I was beginning to live up
to the Word of Wisdom in many ways
before I was baptised. It was now over
a year after my brother was baptised
when I at last decided to enter the
waters of baptism. My brother was by
now a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood
so I asked that he should baptise me.
My father confirmed me. It was Sep
tember 2nd, 1 9 6 0 ....
I am now an Elder in the Priesthood
and I have a strong testimony of the
Gospel. I have always been sorry that
I was so slow in accepting the Mormon
Church but I am striving to make up
for lost time.
I am grateful and happy now that my
younger brother, Stuart, and I are able
to serve the Lord in this way. I am also
grateful to Bishop Cubbon for my call
ing and to all the help I have received
since being called.
I am fortunate indeed to be in Notting
field. Then I fell away from the Church.
My parents were very upset about it,
but after a long time their prayers were
answered and I came out to Church
again. I am very thankful to my parents
for what they did, and since I have
been living the teachings of the Gospel,
I am in better health and my Heavenly
Father has blessed me so that I can go
on a Building Mission.
I love my parents and my brothers
and sister. They are all wonderful and
dear to me. I know this is the true
Church and that Joseph Smith was a
prophet of God and that David O.
McKay is a loving prophet of God to
day. I have had my prayers answered
and am thankful to my parents who
keep me on the straight and narrow way.
I know that if we do the things our
Heavenly Father wants us to, He will
bless us.
ham with Elder Nielsen who is such an
inspiration to me. I am glad also to
have been accepted by the people of Not
tingham and also my companions with
whom I am happy to work with. Sister
Nielsen is also a help to us in respect
that she treats us as her sons and makes
us feel like one family working to
gether.
I am blessed indeed with my calling
and I am happy to be able to do this
work.
REPORTS PROM THE PROJECTS (continued from page 13)

From Sister Edith Smithson - Dewsbury, England

Id like to tell something about the good our Church
Building Missionary Supervisors and their families are
doing. Many Proselyting Elders have come to this land as
Missionaries and have found a bit heaven in Super
visors homes as they have been privileged to stay for a
night or perhaps enjoy a home-cooked meal just like
Mom used to cook.
One Sunday evening. Sister Harding came to my door
looking for a girl that she had learned to love, to deliver
in person a birthday gift. The young lady was at my home,
as we too were honoring her birthday, and also that of
another Sister. How thoughtful of Sister Harding to want
to come the long distance necessary to let a young girl
know she was remembered.
Last Sunday night I answered my door to again behold
this wonderful family calling on their way back from an
errand of delivering a bicycle to an Elder that had moved
from their district into ours. The love in this familys heart
for the youth is truly as the Lord would have it be. So often
I hear young Elders speak of the Hardings, and its with
pure adoration that they talk of them. They surely are
practising being their brothers keeper.
Elder Smithson and myself were privileged to accompany
Elder Adams and Elder Andrews to Sacrament meeting at
West Hartlepool a few Sundays ago, and I shall never forget
the wonderful tribute that was given the Lanes. The love
the speaker had for them was made manifest by every
word he spoke that evening. It was a wonderful meeting,
and we were happy to be present.
Also, I would like to congratulate the Lanes for the fine
conduct of their Building Missionaries. More polite and
courteous boys you have never seen. I feel this is a
real tribute to the Lanes, and I might add, their building
looks wonderful. This we were especially interested in,
and it will truly be beautiful.
I could mention other Supervisors families I have heard
about, who have made many hearts glad, but I shall only
mention the ones who are within our area. The Neuffers,
the Harris, the Wortleys they are all spreading their
love along the way and will be remembered by many
young Elders and Building Missionaries for a long time.
When I hear wonderful things about our Building Mis
sionaries and their wonderful Supervisors it makes me
really glad to be working with them in such a great
program.
We know this is the story that is unfolding throughout the
British Isles and everyplace where there is a Church Build
ing being erected.
We surely look forward to receiving the Builder each
month. It seems to bring each family closer to us. Our boys
can hardly wait until it comes. We enjoy the stories and
articles that each person writes.They seem to help us all to
realize the wonderful experiences we are enjoying here.

From Sister Lorna Streibel - Beverley

The building has been growing steadily. Saturday, August
4, 1962, we were hoping to hoist the fifth and heaviest of
the ceiling trusses into place, but did not know if there
would be any help show up as many local members were
away on holiday. Our whole family went to work at the
site even two-year old Janeen, but she and I were not
needed except to take pictures. Our faithful Brother Thomas
from Hull brought the Supervising Elder and his companion
and another boy from Hull, and the Beverley proselyting
Elders. By 9 :00 A.M. that truss was in place. Brother
Thomas turns out faithfully several days a week and though
he is lame he does so much to help in the work.
Monday, August 6, being a bank holiday, the Hull Branches
turned out in force at the Chapel site. One Sister told me,
as I took her to the train, that she had enjoyed working on
the Chapel so very much. It was amazing to her that
she had been able to come, for being a nurse she was
very busy and her husband is not a member of the Church.
But she put in two hours perched on a brick wall helping
as best she could. and to their Supervisor. They learn so quickly! At first they
Our Church Building Missionaries are a great joy to us. were uneasy in high places but now they can go anywhere
They are faithful and loyal to their call, to the Church on the building with confidence.

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From Sister Eva Kohkonen - Lahti, Finland
As we, the Finnish group of Church Building Missionaries,
disembarked from our ship after an overnight trip to Stock
holm, we were met by our dear friends President and Sister
Rosenvall, Elder Lagerberg and Elder and Sister Hasen-
berg. We enjoyed the influence on board ship of President
and Sister Anderson. As we spoke of the Church Building
Program we knew that President Anderson was truly a
Church Building Missionary at heart because of his en
thusiasm and love for the Program.
I am sure that I can write freely the feelings of all who
attended the Conference, that never in our lives had we
felt the spirit of the Lord any stronger than in the meetings
we attended and throughout all the activities of the Con
ference. It was truly a spiritual feast for all of us.
Can you visualize in your minds the impression made on
a young man who was called to be a Church Building
Missionary and baptized the morning he left for Sweden,
especially when he saw this wonderful group of Mission
Presidents, Supervisors, wives of these men and the young
Church Building Missionaries greeting each other with that
firm handshake and speaking to each other even though
words were not understood?
This young Finnish Missionary loved to sit at the tables
where there were three of four languages represented.
Words were passed back and forth, and before the Con
ference was ended, words were learned from other lan
guages. As we were traveling on the train from Salts-
From Elder Martinus Anderson - Denmark
It was a cloudy, overcast day as we began our wonderful
trip to Stockholm, Sweden. We noticed upon arriving, that
the country looked very prosperous and progressive, and
reminded us more of America than any place we have yet
seen in Europe. As we rode the train toward our destination,
fields everywhere were covered with grain, heavily laden
and bowed down with the fruit of harvest. Forests and
lakes intermingled in a never ending beauty that can never
be forgotten. Lava rocks jutted their heads up in the middle
of the surrounding counti-y, giving evidence of a solid
foundation to whatever man constructed on the surface.
Here the God of Israel had scattered His people to give
them a sturdy background, both in body and character for
no weak individual could long survive in these formidable
surroundings though their beauty and appearance is not sur
passed in any land.
It was just getting dusk when our train pulled into the
station a few hundred meters from the hotel. We were
greeted by men and women from eight different countries.
The spirit that emanated from each was the same, and
language with the spirit of the Gospel made no
barrier and I could not help but feel in my heart: here is
the answer that so many people seek today. How can the
language barrier be overcome? Through the Gospel of
Jesus Christ! Here was the answer on display and we
wanted to make a lasting impression of that fact on each
of our minds.
We looked forward to this great Conference with hearts
full of joy at the prospects of meeting friends and neigh
bors. What a glorious occasion!!
At our first meeting wc met with men and women who
had each made some sacrifice to do the Fathers bidding;
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jobaden to Stockholm, it was a thrill to see this Missionary
and a French Missionary with their arms around each other
trying to speak together. As Elder Biesinger put it, A
French Missionary and a Finnish Missionary trying to
speak English!
As the sun shone so warm on us, I know we all felt the
sacredness of the ground we were sitting on where one day
a temple will be built. I am sure that our Father in Heaven
was pleased with our group as He listened to testimony
after testimony testifying to the truthfulness of the Gospel.
It was such a peaceful feeling to walk over the hillside and
look at the beautiful trees and flowers. The countryside
could not be more beautiful anywhere in the world.
I am sure many of us went to Conference with our spirits
just a little in need of refueling. I know that there was not
one person who left, that had not had this done. We
needed instructions from our leaders. We laughed together
and we cried together. I was especially grateful for the talk
of Johnny Olson from Norway. If Johnny had not said one
word, as he stood before the group, we would have known
what was in his heart. Tears of joy for the Gospel and what
it means in our lives are such blessings.
As our little Sister from Lahti, put it as we were leaving
the Hotel, I dont want to go home. Why? Because the
love found here in these gatherings, and the spirit of the
Lord which had been with all of us so strongly, were so
like Heaven that we wanted to stay right there where we
had found it.
leaving family and business to attend to matters that would
set the hearts of the Saints in Europe aflame with a desire
to assist in the physical building of His Kingdom. It was
marvelous to sit and listen to men and women bear testi
mony to the benefits and accomplishments of this same
program in the islands of the sea, and express their hope
that the same result might be obtained here in this land
of the lost tribes of Israel. One young Building Mis
sionary, who had been assigned to represent the Building
Missionaries, was so overcome with emotion and thank
fulness for his call to the service of the Lord, that it was
difficult for him to finish his thoughts. After he had
emerged from the meeting and one could talk quietly with
him, he bore testimony to the benefits he had received
since accepting his call from the Lord to serve as a mission
ary with a hammer and a saw. Two such general meetings
were held with lunch in between but so intent was each on
the proceedings of those meetings, that I doubt if anyone
knew what he ate for lunch.
Our last and final activity of that great visit to Stockholm
was a visit to a lush green spot a short way out of the city
where it is surmised that a temple will one time be built.
A large field of grain surrounds a grove or great oak trees
that stand on a rise a short way from the main highway.
Here one can feel that same spirit of solitude and reverence
that was permitted the Prophet Joseph Smith as he knelt to
talk to the Lord, and here, Missionaries were permitted to
bear testimony of the truth to their fellow workers. There
were many eyes that afternoon, that glistened with tears
of gladness at the great opportunity that was theirs to
join their voices in praise.
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FROM THE BRITISH AREA
Our sincere appreciation and thanks
goes to Sister Pearl Moore who has
served as the British Area Correspon
dent for the past one and one-half
years. I know she had enjoyed corres
ponding with you as much as you have
enjoyed her.
For a job well done, we wish to extend
our sincere thanks and best wishes for
her devoted service to this work.
In view of the great growth of the pro
gram in the British Area, it has be
come necessary to enlarge our staff of
correspondents, and we welcome Sisters
Mary Carter, Gladys Stirling and Elma
Ogden as assistants to Sister Edythe
Bradley.
Editors Note: Our thanks also to
Sister Moore for a job well done. The
addresses of these new assistants may
be found on page 2.
HAMBURG AREA
By: Jean Tanner
American dinner:
On June 15, 1962, we held an American
Buffet Dinner at our home in Ham
burg. Our guests were: President and
Sister Panitsch, of the Hamburg Stake;
Bishop and Sister Meiser, of the Ham
burg Ward; First Counselor Werner
Rutz and wife, Inge; Relief Society
President Rosemarie Wachtler and hus
band, Rudolf; and Herr and Frau Horst
G. Munchow, our Architect.
We endeavored to give our guests a
taste of good old American food and
even more important, a taste of casual,
carefree American hospitality. We enjoy
ed the attempts of our guests to forget
fork in left hand, knife in right hand
and balance the plate on their laps.
However, we did observe they were
soon chatting and moving around the
room visiting with one another like
veterans of this sort of party.
It was fun to hear the comments of the
group. Without exception they all felt
this type of get together would soon
bring both the Church members and
their friends closer together. It does no
and your ********
good to (ell them how close our mem SERVICE
bership is in America, but it helps im
mensely to show them how they too,
We cannot know the Joy of Service
can enjoy this warm feeling of belong Until we live to help another;
ing. The Elders tell us this party helped
We cannot Love, or aid a brother
them in their labors with the Munchow Until his deficiencies we smother.
family. We hope soon they can partake
of the wonderful blessings of the
We cannot reach the Realms on High
Gospel. Until we here, his burdens share;
We cannot build a Mansion there
Until we lift His load of care
For it ever has, and ever will be
Guests: Part of the Saviours plan,
Herr Horst G. Munchow and his lovely The richest blessings are for those
wife were hosts at a dinner party at Who serve their fellow-man.
their home on June 29, 1962. Guests . . . Berneice R. James.
were President and Sister Panitsch of the
Hamburg Stake; Brother and Sister James
Tanner; Brother and Sister Walter Her- POTATO PANCAKES
tig, and Brother and Sister Irving Da
venport. (Submitted by the Germanic Area)
A lovely dinner of typical German
dishes was served to eager, hungry 2 eggs
guests. Frau Munchow cast off Sister 2 heaping Tablespoons flour
Tanners request for recipes saying she 2 small onions
followed no recipe It takes too long 4 to 6 medium sized potatoes, grated
to read them but she extended an salt
invitation to observe the next time she pepper
prepared the dishes.
Herr and Frau Munchow have been
investigating the Church. With the help Blend together after grating and fry in
of the Elders in this area, and though hot pan in butter or shortening. Deli
we are sincerely hoping they soon cious with applesauce or especially
accept the Gospel, we feel, in any case, good with a roast.
we have made good friends of these
fine people.
Isnt it the truth?
We are able to tune in the BBC on our
transister radio in Hamburg and listen
to it quite often. Recently, Russell Tan
ner, age 8, asked his Father what
language the BBC announcers were
speaking. His Father explained it differ
ed from American English and was call
ed Oxford English. A few days later
Russ remarked to his Mother, I sure
I cant understand that awkward Eng
lish very well!