Mormon Life - New Zealand tag

Millions of records, images added to FamilySearch

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:37:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

Millions of new records and images have been added recently to FamilySearch.org for more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Italy, Micronesia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and the U.S.

Education moments: 'Plan from heaven'

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:24:00 -0600

source: ldschurchnews.com

After returning home from serving in the Argentina Rosario Mission from 2001-2003, Luis Alberto Fuques Munoz, from the Lezica Ward, Montevideo Uruguay North Stake, requested a loan through the Perpetual Education Fund to study dairy production. Although he planned to finish in 2007, Luis had an impression in December 2006 (school started in March) that he should not go to school that year.

Luis received an email from the Employment Resource Center concerning an internship in New Zealand in the field of dairy production. He went to the Employment Resource Center and submitted his résumé. In a short time, he received a letter from them inviting him to an interview with New Zealand Farming Systems Ltd. Louis was one of six young people selected to go to New Zealand.

Latter-day Saints in New Zealand Help Collect Books for Fijian Students

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0700

source: news.lds.org

Representatives of the Church in New Zealand recently delivered nearly 43,000 books to Fiji’s Ministry of Education for distribution to students living in rural areas and outer islands—some of whom have grown up without reading or owning a book.

The effort was a response to a call from Wellington New Zealand Stake president George Harvey and Eileen Mueller, multistake director for public affairs, who asked for book donations to be distributed to students in Fiji.

Helping Hands Music Video

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:21:00 -0700

source: youtube.com

Washington Post: What baptism for the dead means to Mormons

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0700

source: washingtonpost.com

Toward the end of May, 1970, I stood waist high in water in a baptismal font of a temple in Hamilton, New Zealand, while the name of my deceased father was read aloud. Moments later, on his behalf, I was buried in the biblically mandated full-immersion baptism that is so powerfully symbolic of rebirth and entry into the kingdom of God.

That first visit to a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --and my first experience of what Mormons call “baptism for the dead”--was one of the most intensely significant religious experiences of my life.

Elder Cook Expresses Love to Members in Australia, New Zealand—Part 2

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:00 -0700

source: news.lds.org

Following a visit to Sydney, Australia, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles traveled to meet with members, missionaries, and local officials in Christchurch, New Zealand, and in Melbourne and Auckland in Australia.

Accompanying Elder Cook were his wife, Mary, and other Church leaders and their wives: Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy, Bishop Keith B. McMullin of the Presiding Bishopric, and members of the Pacific Area Presidency—Elder James J. Hamula, Elder Kevin W. Pearson, and Elder F. Michael Watson of the Seventy.

Temples Are a Beacon

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:06:00 -0700

source: radio.lds.org

Mormon Life says: I loved this story during general conference, and now it's been turned into a beautiful video.

Elder Cook Expresses Love to Members in Australia, New Zealand

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:20:00 -0700

source: news.lds.org

While traveling throughout New Zealand and Australia during January 2012, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with missionaries, members, and local officials to express his love and concern for the people.

Elder Cook is being accompanied on his Pacific visit by his wife, Mary, and other Church leaders and their wives: Elder Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy; Bishop Keith B. McMullin of the Presiding Bishopric; and Elder James J. Hamula and Elder Kevin W. Pearson of the Seventy, members of the Pacific Area Presidency.

Relief efforts by Christchurch New Zealand Stake

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:28:00 -0600

source: ldschurchnews.com

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched the new community initiative, "Lunches for Linwood," on May 10 to help feed high school students from Linwood College whose school has been shut down due to damages from the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island on Feb. 22.

The initiative will provide Linwood students with free meals during a busy day of schooling, travel and a late return home. Linwood College Principal Margaret Paiti said that the initiative was "an amazing outpouring of generosity from the Church."

The students were relocated to a high school campus in Cashmere, nearly 13 minutes away because of the severe damage by both liquefaction and structural damage to the buildings and equipment of their own school. There are two shifts for classes offered at the campus so the 1100 Linwood College students attend class from 1 to 5:30p.m. each day.

LDS missionaries safe after New Zealand quake

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:13:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: This is good news. All LDS Church missionaries serving in New Zealand are safe and accounted for in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake centered in Christchurch.

Several dozen people are confirmed dead following the midday magnitude-7.0 quake, with a pair of aftershocks measuring 5.6 and 5.5 in the following hours.

By Monday night, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had accounted for the safety of all its missionaries serving in the South Pacific island nation, said church Scott Trotter.