The Real Elder Price, Part 5: The Face of the Other

December 22, 2011 by Margaret Blair Young

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When I entered in the Ghana Temple for the first time, I submitted many names of my ancestors, and ordinances have now been done for them.

I love the gospel.

Elder Mbuyi continues to serve as a different kind of revolutionary—a soldier for peace in the army of the Lord.

Through tragedy and joy, love and loss, the missionaries approach those around them (including their companions) with growing tenderness and respect. Such is the case for both the Anglo and the African missionaries. Elder Mbuyi, who will remain in the Congo when his mission ends, speaks warmly of those who walked with him as fellow citizens in the household of faith, who have now returned to their comfortable homes in North America: I love [my former companions] very much. I miss them. I am sad that I may not see them again before many years or forever.

There are no acquiescent shrugs in the final missionary days, and the song most likely to be sung will certainly not curse God or pretend that there isn't an ocean between Africa and North America. It will simply plead, "God be with you till we meet again."

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