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For some reason my browser isn’t displaying it, but did you include Elder Eyring’s vision of Mary Magdalene at the tomb? That was mind blowing to me.

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3 hours ago, Prof said:

Thanks for posting this.

Surprised indeed! I didn't think I'd see a temple in Russia in my lifetime.

You still might not.  The proposal has to get past Vlad Putin.  Maybe it will require the good offices of Senator Mitt Romney.  If they actually do it, and if I'm still ambulatory by then, I'd be willing to do a temple mission there.  Just hope they don't put it out in Siberia.

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11 minutes ago, Robert F. Smith said:

You still might not.  The proposal has to get past Vlad Putin.  Maybe it will require the good offices of Senator Mitt Romney.  If they actually do it, and if I'm still ambulatory by then, I'd be willing to do a temple mission there.  Just hope they don't put it out in Siberia.

My dad had an uncle who was a German POW in WW2 in Siberia, working in a coal mine for 2 years after the war. let me put it to you this way, he didn't like it

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My husband and I are thinking Nizhny would be a good choice.  Somewhere not Moscow where the temple might be a greater target for anti-American politics, but large enough city with lots of ways to get there and somewhat central in location.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod

They had to have some level of federal (Russian) approval, otherwise announcing it would have been automatic suicide given no missionaries, just "volunteers" now.  Makes sense to announce before going to the work of finding a site to see if approval can withstand the anti-Mormon element in the government and in the political environment.  If there isn't sufficient backlash to get the approval pulled, then find a good spot.

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3 hours ago, Prof said:

Thanks for posting this.

Surprised indeed! I didn't think I'd see a temple in Russia in my lifetime.

Yes. With there being a moratorium on proselyting activities I would think that it would not be the right time to consider it yet.
But there are 23,000 members who would benefit from it now.
 

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6 hours ago, halconero said:

For some reason my browser isn’t displaying it, but did you include Elder Eyring’s vision of Mary Magdalene at the tomb? That was mind blowing to me.

When he started telling it I said to my wife, "He is reporting a vision he had."

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That was a good conference. I am not usually a cryer but I found tears in my eyes twice throughout the meetings. Unless it was the allergies.....but I doubt that. :) 

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9 hours ago, Robert F. Smith said:

You still might not.  The proposal has to get past Vlad Putin.  Maybe it will require the good offices of Senator Mitt Romney.  If they actually do it, and if I'm still ambulatory by then, I'd be willing to do a temple mission there.  Just hope they don't put it out in Siberia.

The Lord wants a Temple in Russia. It’s up to Him to get past Vlad.

 

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14 hours ago, JAHS said:

I put together a small montage of some of the surprising revelations from General Conference.

 

Now do you really consider these "revelations"? Or are they more like "the minutes from the business meeting".....which would be a far more accurate description in my opinion. Or "announcements and proposals"....I just don't consider any of the highlights above, as divinely inspired. 

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35 minutes ago, snowflake said:

Now do you really consider these "revelations"? Or are they more like "the minutes from the business meeting".....which would be a far more accurate description in my opinion. Or "announcements and proposals"....

Fair enough.  Minutes from the business meeting, or announcements.  We can go with that.

Here are some other minutes from another business meeting, or announcement:

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After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

 

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56 minutes ago, snowflake said:

Now do you really consider these "revelations"? Or are they more like "the minutes from the business meeting".....which would be a far more accurate description in my opinion. Or "announcements and proposals"....I just don't consider any of the highlights above, as divinely inspired. 

I mostly mean it in the sense that new changes were being revealed to the membership, but I am also certain that revelation was involved in the development of these new policies.

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5 hours ago, snowflake said:

Now do you really consider these "revelations"? Or are they more like "the minutes from the business meeting".....which would be a far more accurate description in my opinion. Or "announcements and proposals"....I just don't consider any of the highlights above, as divinely inspired. 

The Spirit has overwhelmingly confirmed to me that they are revelations and His will

Posted

The second paragraph of that letter is surprising.  Are we really supposed to call this new group "Elder's Society"? 

That will take a while to get used to.

Posted
4 minutes ago, cinepro said:

The second paragraph of that letter is surprising.  Are we really supposed to call this new group "Elder's Society"? 

That will take a while to get used to.

What?

Posted
2 minutes ago, cinepro said:

The second paragraph of that letter is surprising.  Are we really supposed to call this new group "Elder's Society"? 

That will take a while to get used to.

Not sure what you mean but what do you call one group of relief society sisters in a ward. Are they a quorum too? Then what is the plural of that?

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10 minutes ago, cinepro said:

The second paragraph of that letter is surprising.  Are we really supposed to call this new group "Elder's Society"? 

That will take a while to get used to.

It says "elders' quorum" unless I am blind or unknowingly toasted.

Posted
8 minutes ago, JAHS said:

Not sure what you mean but what do you call one group of relief society sisters in a ward. Are they a quorum too? Then what is the plural of that?

Depending on the location, I've heard it referred to as either a "Skulk" or "Pod."

Posted
30 minutes ago, cinepro said:

Depending on the location, I've heard it referred to as either a "Skulk" or "Pod."

No, that's for foxes and whales ................ Oh !  :rolleyes:

Posted
13 hours ago, snowflake said:

Now do you really consider these "revelations"? Or are they more like "the minutes from the business meeting".....which would be a far more accurate description in my opinion. Or "announcements and proposals"....I just don't consider any of the highlights above, as divinely inspired. 

There were numerous references in conference to the changes having come by revelation.

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On 4/2/2018 at 10:45 AM, LoudmouthMormon said:

Fair enough.  Minutes from the business meeting, or announcements.  We can go with that.

Here are some other minutes from another business meeting, or announcement:

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After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Are you suggesting that the Lord Jesus appeared to the "LDS apostles" and said....as part of the restoration i want you to combine the two quorms together into one group....and also,  thus saith the lord.....no more home teaching.......? 

The NT apostles were direct witnesses of Jesus, are you suggesting your apostles are on equal ground? 

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