Category Archives: LDS Church –of Interest

Historic Conference Changes!

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

April 2018 General Conference News and Announcements 31 MARCH 2018 Ministering replaces home and visiting teaching During the Sunday afternoon session of April general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced that the separate programs of home teaching and visiting teaching … Continue reading →

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New LDS First Presidency Announced!

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This morning at 8:00 everyone here tuned in to listen to the world-wide announcement about our new Prophet, Russell M. Nelson, and his new First Presidency: President Oaks, 1st Counselor and President Eyring, 2nd Counselor. It was thrilling to listen … Continue reading →

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Farewell President Monson

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

We received word late last night that President Monson has gone Home.  His name is on the mission call papers of every missionary serving here.  We love President Monson and will miss his influence in our lives.

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The History of LDS Missionary Name Tags

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Have you ever wondered when LDS Missionaries began wearing name tags? There were no standardized name tags before the 1950s.  Between 1950 and 1980 individual missions began to allow and then authorize name tags. In August 1980 a standard name … Continue reading →

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Missionary Work in Yakima 100 Years Ago! Some excellent missionary collections you can search

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

If you have ancestors who served LDS missions before Here’s a database you might be interested in checking.  It’s called the Early Mormon Missionaries database. Here is a link to it:  https://history.lds.org/missionary/?lang=eng While looking at some of the attached documents … Continue reading →

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The Church Sofas

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

How is it possible that everywhere I’ve gone in this world, I see the same Church Sofas?  It must be a sign of the international church.  We have this same exact sofa with the same exact fabric on the sofa … Continue reading →

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General Conference Saturday

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Today we celebrated General Conference Weekend!  It’s like an oasis of refreshment! Between sessions the APs came to help us prepare for MLC this next week.  We took a quick break for food:Then the Elders left to go to the … Continue reading →

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An Apostle of Jesus Christ visits Wenatchee

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Learn a bit more about Elder Christofferson, who came to Wenatchee this weekend: Elder D. Todd Christofferson was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. At … Continue reading →

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Where the Mormons are (and aren’t)

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

By Utah Valley 360 Everyone knows that there are a lot of Mormons in Utah, and you could probably guess that the Church doesn’t have a presence in North Korea. But what about everything in between? Here’s a list of the … Continue reading →

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A Temple Trip

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

President Lewis and I took Hermana Hawkins and her companion, Sister Streuling to the Columbia River Temple today.  We continue to pray that Hermana Hawkins will be restored to full health and be able to stay here in the Yakima … Continue reading →

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