The chapter follows Maria De Silva's incredible journey of establishing the Church in Angola despite facing numerous challenges and dangers. Through faith, determination, and persistence, Maria navigates bureaucratic obstacles, gathers a community of Latter-day Saints, and successfully registers the church with the government, ensuring its recognition and protection.
Why does Mosiah 18 hold such significance? Dr. Melissa Inouye’s profound insights of Saints around the world keeping their baptismal covenants.
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- 00:00 Special Announcement - Dr. Melissa Inouye - Part 1
- 00:42 Background to this week’s reading
- 02:40 Introduction of Dr. Melissa Inouye
- 05:21 Covenants with God
- 07:26 Mosiah 18:8-10 - Abinadi’s words coming to fruition
- 09:14 Saints making baptismal covenants in Nigeria
- 11:47 Elder Chrisofferson’s “Why the Church?”
- 13:19 John attends a ward that speaks Spanish
- 15:32 President Hinckley in Honduras
- 16:46 Church History Department’s 500-word stories
- 18:31 A Saint in Guatemala
- 21:06 Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 23:30 A Saint in Angola
- 27:55 John’s house burns
- 29:54 Dr. Inouye’s ward and cancer
- 34:04 A Saint in Rwanda
- 35:58 Mosiah 18:9 - Personal redemption
- 37:19 God never abandons us
- 40:50 Dr. Inouye’s Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance
- 43:39 Nine things to fix our culture
- 46:58 Mosiah 18:20 - How do we create a global church?
- 49:14 It is always 1830 somewhere
- 51:27 The Soweto Branch
- 57:01 End of Part 1 - Dr. Melissa Inouye
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