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The Mormon Church - LDS - Rich and Powerful - Worldwide Presence - a strong Missionary Volunteer Force - Impressive and Captivating - I was just drawn to it


I took everything too serious and at face value for far too long - but life is not a nice fairytale and I paid a heavy price for it ...
When life is gray and you are promised a more meaningful higher life (it costs you 10 Percent of your total monthly income) be a part of a higher purpose - marriages and sealings for all eternity ...
The General Authorities are living a comfortable life ! - the Missionaries have to save for their mission ...


Always a special time when meeting Pres.Hunter
at HDQ in Salt Lake City or BYU Jerusalem





I saw myself as "Watchman in Zion" beholding the signs of the times, the winds of war, something big in the making ....
Jerusalem - Salt Lake City - LDS Headquarters - VIP - a deep connection to President Hunter and the Holy Land .... it was overwhelming while it lastet but I was never a devout Mormon and chore teachings never made really sense to me ! My biggest mistake was to take everything too serious and at face value for far too long - and I payed a heavy price for it ! .....
From my personal notes - while still in "Mormon Mode from 1975"
  • Conflict and domestic difficulties mark the coming years due to my church involvement

  • Aug 1984 - turning point - a visit to Germany and death of my father make me kneel again and pray - I remain a loner, LDS life in Israel just goes on without me, except for the ..... - wonderful friends, that also includes the ......
  • 1985-1988 - BYU Center construction - supervised by my good friend Fred A. Schwendiman
  • May 1989 - Pres Howard W Hunter dedicates the new BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
  • Oct 1989 - Finally - the long dreamed of trip to UTAH takes place. we have a wonderful time with our friends
  • Apr 1991 - General Conference - Salt Lake City
  • Feb 1992 - Another special and important visit to Salt Lake City - celebrating my 44th birthday, visiting my good friends, meet with Pres Hunter and Spencer J. Palmer the author of Mormons & Muslims, he presents me with his book "Religions of the World" and writes : Happy Birthday - May the Lord be with you in your commendable work - Spencer Palmer - Feb 1992.

       



  • 1993-1995 - further visits follow, the saddest being April 1995, my good friends had passed away, LeRoy on 18.Feb and Eva on 22 Mar. , also Pres Howard W. Hunter had died just weeks before on 3 March 1995. It was a sad, although spiritually uplifting conference, still in the Tabernacle Building.

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    Monday, February 1, 2021

    Salt Lake City - Utah - Feb 22, 1992: To my dearest friends & fellow laborers in the vineyard,

    In the last few hours prior to leaving to the airport in Salt Lake City, I was prompted strongly by the spirit to write the following lines to my dear friends on the back of the card that shows the second coming of the Lord :

    As we embark on our journey into the future we are guided & motivated by the glorious vision of the Lord's second coming.


    We shall behold this glorious vision which has been burnt into our innermost beings,never to be wiped from our memories.
    We shall behold this vision in our darkest, most violent and troublesome hours, for the Lord shall always be with us when we faint and falter.

    All our talents and faculties are mobilized towards this glorious event and the triumphant reception in Jerusalem. Towards this moment we submit our lives,yes our entire beings! We have but one aim: to be worthy of HIS atoning sacrifice and to be numbered with HIS Church of the first born, to dwell with HIM during the milenium, and to partake of a glorious celestial heritage.
    I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness to be numbered amongst you and to partake on this marvelous work. May we endure to the end
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