The Mormon Sisterhood

What's it really like being a Mormon missionary?

RN BY SIOBHAN HEGARTY FOR THE SPIRIT OF THINGS  (from the ABC)

UPDATED SUN 4 MAR 2018, 8:03 AM AEDT

 

Sister Wolfgram and Sister Lu say the Book of Mormon is often a conversation starter.

ABC RN: SIOBHAN HEGARTY

Sister Wolfgram can only see her family twice a year via Skype: on Mother's Day, and at Christmas.

She's allowed to email relatives weekly, but as a Mormon missionary, this is the most contact will she have with her family, during her 18 months of overseas service.

"I come from a family of 10, there's four brothers and four sisters, so I miss them a lot," says Sister Wolfgram, who was raised in West Valley City, Utah, a majority Mormon state.

Her family is originally from Tonga, another heartland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — home to more Mormons per capita than any country in the world. Statistics show that nearly 60 per cent of the population belongs to the church.

"As Tongans, the two most important things are God and family … and then food," Sister Wolfgram smiles.

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How the interfaith movement engenders mutual understanding and appreciation ....

Published on 24 Apr 2015

Dr. Brian Birch discusses how the Interfaith Movement can help address today's critical issues, and how interfaith dialogue lends itself to strengthening one's respective religious tradition, to discovering shared values and beliefs, and to gaining greater mutual understanding.

From The Editor of Beside The Creek,

interfaith understanding and appreciation

is a work of peace.

Currently the world is a mess of wars and conflicts -

human activities which will not bear good or useful fruit.

Understanding a broader humanity and what makes it tick

is not only interesting and fun,

it helps us to understanding each other's place in the world

and the contribution that each of us make to human culture.