Lately I am feeling sad for the people of Ukraine. The violence is reprehensible and tragic and I hope a peaceful solution can be found soon. I feel a special connection and love for the people of this country because my son is there, serving a mission for the LDS church. So you might wonder, am I worried about his safety? Not really.
There are a few reasons I'm not worried. The first reason is that he is nowhere near Kiev, which is where the violence is. The second reason is that I trust our church leaders. They are very conscientious is making sure that the missionaries are in safe areas of the world. I am confident that if they were at all concerned about their safety, the missionaries would be evacuated at a moment's notice.
The third reason I don't worry is that the Lord watches over his missionaries. There is a story in LDS Church history about the safe evacuation of all the missionaries out of Europe right before the beginning of World War II. It was a truly miraculous story in a time of great peril and poor methods of communication. Find it here or here. I really love that story. Joseph Fielding Smith prophesied that the war would not start until the missionaries were safely out and this was fulfilled. He also prophesied that because Denmark opened their borders to the missionaries when other countries didn't, they would be spared the devastation that other countries suffered, and that was also fulfilled. Truly the Lord looks out for his missionaries.
There are a few reasons I'm not worried. The first reason is that he is nowhere near Kiev, which is where the violence is. The second reason is that I trust our church leaders. They are very conscientious is making sure that the missionaries are in safe areas of the world. I am confident that if they were at all concerned about their safety, the missionaries would be evacuated at a moment's notice.
The third reason I don't worry is that the Lord watches over his missionaries. There is a story in LDS Church history about the safe evacuation of all the missionaries out of Europe right before the beginning of World War II. It was a truly miraculous story in a time of great peril and poor methods of communication. Find it here or here. I really love that story. Joseph Fielding Smith prophesied that the war would not start until the missionaries were safely out and this was fulfilled. He also prophesied that because Denmark opened their borders to the missionaries when other countries didn't, they would be spared the devastation that other countries suffered, and that was also fulfilled. Truly the Lord looks out for his missionaries.
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