1040. The power of ministering: How the enduring faith of members overcame 'The Freeze' in Ghana, in 1989/1990. from LDS Living
This insightful and inspiring article tells about the LDS Saints in Ghana during the time the Church was banned there, 1989/1990. It truly shows the value of MINISTERING! This is history I didn't know, and the saints there can be an example to all of us in these times! The power of ministering: How the enduring faith of members overcame 'The Freeze' in Ghana View 36 items Emelia Ahadjie, left, greets Juliet Akrong in Accra, Ghana, on Friday, April 20, 2018. Photo: Ravell Call, Deseret News . By Tad Walch Updated 17 MAY 2018 11:34 PM ACCRA, Ghana — Wielding machine guns in the midday summer sun, the soldiers invaded the mission home. The automatic weapons added fear to the bewilderment felt by mission leadership and staff. Minutes earlier during a lunch break, they learned from a radio broadcast that Ghana’s government had frozen all activities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “We couldn’t understand what that meant,