Mormon Life - Texas tag

Today in the Bloggernacle: A Texas-sized hailstorm hits a mission home there

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:04:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

Life’s storms: “…however, the rain turned into loud pounding sounds. The wind howled fiercely. With growing concern, I got up and looked out a front window. I saw a river of water flowing down the street and through our front yard. Hailstones, solid pieces of ice the size of golf balls, were being furled horizontally at the house. I quickly backed away from the window and walked toward my husband's office. He met me in the entry way.

The Mormon I know

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:52:00 -0700

source: nolanchart.com/

Mormon Life says: The good example of one Mormon has left a lasting impression on this non-member. One aspect of America which has been crushed in the Culture War is the wealth of regional diversity that permeated the United States before the nationalization of television and radio. In the time before nationalnetworks, regions of this nation had their own personalities, dialects, customs and traditions which were life. The regional differences were so strong that both Northerners and Southerners would joke about the need for a passport to travel from one place to another. That cultural difference was really illuminated in the modern movie Sweet Home Alabama.

Dallas temple walk

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:21:00 -0700

source: ldschurchnews.com

As 27 young women set out at 4:30 a.m. to walk from their meetinghouse to the Dallas Texas Temple, leaders were sure the energy and enthusiasm of the goal would wear off.

Instead, the young women embarking on their 18.1-mile walk to get to the temple, practically "ran to the temple," said Janice Aoyama, second counselor in the Frisco Texas Stake Young Women presidency.

Texas communities remember missionaries killed in tragic accident

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:53:00 -0700

source: Newsroom.lds.org

In an outpouring of support, people in the south Texas communities of Weslaco, La Vista and Dove attended a memorial service honoring two Mormon missionaries. Elder Trevor Reinholds Strong, of Taylorsville, Utah, and Elder Derek Jason Walker, of Fairfield, Idaho were remembered at the service Sunday, 20 November.

“Many people in the community have encouraged that a memorial service be held for the two missionaries,” said Stephen J. Trayner, President of the Texas McAllen Mission.

Elder Russell M. Nelson speaks at funeral for missionary killed in Texas

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:46:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: What a good message. Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told some 600 mourners gathered at the Kearns Utah Stake Center Monday that Elder Trevor R. Strong "has been transferred — he is still a missionary."

Elder Strong was killed in a traffic accident last Tuesday in Donna, Texas.

Elder Nelson said that Elder Strong "was dutifully and completely on his errand from the Lord. He was a missionary in the loftiest sense of the word."

Funeral services set for Mormon missionaries killed in Texas

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:39:00 -0700

source: sltrib.com

Funeral services will be held Monday — in Utah and Idaho — for two LDS missionaries killed in Texas earlier this week.

Trevor Reinhold Strong, 21, of Taylorsville, and Derek Jason Walker, 20, of Fairfield, Idaho, were riding bicycles Tuesday evening when they were hit head-on by a driver who was passing another vehicle on a small road in Donna, Texas.

A third missionary — Elder Zachary Todd Harris — survived the collision.

Mormon missionaries were between teaching appointments when two were killed

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:44:00 -0700

source: sltrib.com

Three LDS Church missionaries had just finished teaching a lesson to a prospective member and were bicycling to their next appointment when they were struck by a car on a small road in Donna, Texas, their mission president said Thursday.

Trevor Reinhold Strong, 21, of Taylorsville, Utah, and Derek Jason Walker, 20, of Fairfield, Idaho, were both killed in the Tuesday night accident.

Survivor Zachary Todd Harris, 19, of Huntsville, Ala., said Thursday that he had been on his mission for five months, but had learned a lot from Strong and Walker, whom he had known for only a week.

Missionary who survived praises companions killed in crash

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:36:00 -0700

source: ksl.com

Mormon Life says: Elder Harris has chosen to continue serving his mission. What a good guy.

An LDS missionary who survived the crash that killed two other missionaries in Texas is praising them.

The three missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were riding their bikes in Donna, Texas, when a driver hit them head-on, killing two and sending Elder Zachary Harris of Huntsville, Ala., to the hospital.

Elder Harris is recovering and spoke exclusively to KSL.

"We worked hard together. They're both very hard workers," he said of his companion, Elder Derek Walker, from Fairfield, Idaho, and Elder Trevor Strong from Taylorsville, Utah, who died in the crash.

Mormon missionary killed in Texas died after extending his mission

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:12:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: This new update is heartbreaking. One of the two LDS missionaries hit by a vehicle and killed Tuesday night in Texas while riding their bicycles was scheduled to return home from his mission last week.

Elder Trevor Reinhold Strong, 21, of Taylorsville, had extended his two-year mission because he felt he still had work to do, said his stake president in Utah. A stake is made up of multiple congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

UPDATE: Two LDS missionaries killed in Texas in hit-and-run accident

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:16:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: So, so sad. Our prayers are with the three families.

The driver in a Texas crash that killed two LDS missionaries from Utah and Idaho and injured a third turned himself in at the port of entry at Progresso, Texas, overnight.

The injured missionary from Alabama was hospitalized in critical condition but was released from the hospital Wednesday morning.

Trooper Johnny Hernandez says the driver faces a potential felony charge for failure to stop and render aid. He and two passengers allegedly fled the scene.

Mitt Romney's campaign impacts LDS in Texas, Kentucky

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:21:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

With the race for the Republican presidential nomination heating up, Mormon college students deep in the heart of Texas are acclimating themselves to the increased attention Mitt Romney 's presidential aspirations bring to their religious observance.

The Daily Texan, the student newspaper for the University of Texas Longhorns, published an article Monday about the intersection of Romney's candidacy and the lives of the approximately 300 students who attend classes at the LDS Institute of Religion in Austin.