by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Faith, The Spirit/Promptings
Robert Foote, Temple President, Stake Conference, November 5, 2022 My thoughts today have been inspired by Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding,” and by a story Dayane Kendrick shared with the Kasson Branch...
by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, The Spirit/Promptings
Notes by Brian Cragun of the Stake Presidency January 16, 2005 This morning the Stake Presidency had additional training from Elder Terrance Smith, of the Quorum of the Seventy. He had such good counsel and good teaching. We asked him how he studied the scriptures,...
by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Faith, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences, Trials and Challenges
Sacrament Meeting Talk, Rochester 2nd Ward, August 2022 I would like to share an experience that I had about 3 years ago. I was in Tallinn, Estonia. For those of you who might not remember where Estonia is, on one side, down the Baltic coast a bit, is Germany. On...
by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Service, Trials and Challenges
From the 2007 Rochester, MN Stake History The Elders Quorum helped a family (the Sivertsons) move into the ward on February 11th. This was one of the coldest days of the winter. The family was supposed to arrive the prior evening, but due to weather, didn’t...
by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Service
From Bishop Baker, LaCrosse Ward Conference January 22, 2017 My brother, the Saint Paul Stake President, died unexpectedly last Monday. If I were to choose a word to describe what I feel, it is love. The theme for the ward this year is love. Matthew 22:36-40. Growing...
by Andrew Johnson | Sep 3, 2023 | All Member Stories, Callings/Leadership, Service, Testimonies/Spiritual Experiences
On December 16th, we had an all-Spanish sacrament meeting. Bishop Rackham conducted the meeting completely in Spanish, the sacrament prayers were in Spanish, as well as the opening and closing prayers and the talks. Sister Ali normally translates the English talks...
