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Show The Church' During Convention In Utah Firm 'Shows Off By WILLIAM SHULL The Modern Miracle Of A Missionary Continued from Page 5 Elder Stephen Rogers of Las Vegas, and we were kinda lost together, but everyone was friendly and as we progressed in the language we felt more secure. We worked hard and as we accomplished, we felt good, John said. I learned how to study here. You cant just cram and get by, that is unless you cram all the time. I leave next Monday. I am a little apprehensive. 1 wonder what it will be like to be out teaching the Gospel in Spanish. We have had practice visitas but soon there will be real people behind the door, he said. Whittier, Calif., husband and wife busi-es- s team this week brought ISO busies associates to Salt Lake City to show off the Church. A Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Lundahl, owners of Co., selected the CWtrch's headquarters for their company's annual leadership convention. We thought that this would be a good chance to introduce the Church to the people we work with and let them know what we believe, explained Mrs. Lundahl. the Jer Marai Lingerie Our people know we are Church members because we do not permit smoking during our meetings nor is any drinking permitted at company functions, she continued. Not all missionaries attend the Language Training Mission, but all missionaries face the first day in the mission field. They all arrive a little scared and shaky at the mission home, explained Fres. Norman R. Bowen of the Eastern Atlantic States Mission in Washington, D.C. They are met and made welcome. Everything is ready for them at the home. We get acquainted and have a visit with them. They stay overnight with us in the Green Mrs. Lundihl started the company while her husband was a medical student about six years ago. But the study of medicine and aiding his wife became too much dba strain and Dr. Lundahl was hospitalized with polio for three months. Room. He eventually was released from the hospital and decided to devote full time to the lingerie business. Since then, the company lias been one of the fastest growing in the field and grossed over $5 million last year. Some people are surprised at the rules about smoking and drinking the first time we meet them but weve found out that many people dont smoke or have quit smoking, said Dr. Lundahl. Weve also found that most of the people who work for us have a strong religious orientation although it may not be towards our Church. JThe company employs, directly or indirectly, about 1,000 persons throughout the West and is expanding into several eastern states. Pres. N. Eldon Tanner, second counselor in the First Presidency, addressed the convention in the fifth day of the meeting. A tour of Brigham Young University and several visits to points of interest in Salt Lake City, including Temple Square, were made an official part of the convensix-da- y tion. Jer Marai has sponsored three fulltime missionaries. One served in the Danish Next morning at 5:30 a.m. we hold a testimony meeting Sister Bowen and I have a personal visit with each one. We tell them to plan every day well, set goals, work hard, and live for the spirit of the Lord. The harder they work, tire more they grow. You can see them grow, they have more skill and more confidence and soon they have a missionary shine and are Pres. Bowen leading out in the work, said. Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Lundahl brought 180 business associates to Salt Lake to "show off the Church." Mission and two are currently in the field, one in Brazil and one in Chile. We have even tried to organize the entire company along the same lines as the Church, said Dr. Lundahl. We have a central staff which directs all of the company's activities, much like the Council of Twelve. District representatives are the equivalent of stake presidents and distributors are similar to bishops in each ward, he explained. We have found it to be a tremendously effective means of running the company, Dr. Lundahl said. Dr. Lundahl was recently released as superintendent of the Whittier Fifth Ward YMMIA. He has also been Elders Quorum president, Sunday School superintendent and filled a stake mission. Mrs. Lundahl, mother of nine children, has been YWMIA president, Primary president and Relief Society president. Both Lundahls are native Utahns. John Lamb, Provo, a missionary in the Mission, described his feelings of the first day as a mixture of anticipation and fright. Then as we gain understanding we see how the Gospel changes the lives of people a new courage comes. We grow close to the Lord because we know we are not able to convert without Him, he said. Eastern Atlantic States Mission i do grow. And it is truly a pare the time before a missionary receives his call with the time when he reports his ward and says, These have been the most wonderful years of my life. mirage. C German Center: Hub Of Activity Continued from Page 9 The center also sends triple combinations and Bibles to the BYU Germanic language school in Provo, Utah. Although their 80 to 100 daily postal shipments do not rival the thousands mailed by the centers big counterpart in Salt Lake City, they do indicate the centers activity. There is also a customer self-helcenter that accommodates German members living in the area. The center recently became part of the Translation Services Distribution department of the Presiding Bishopric's Office, Elder Uchtdorf said. Two other European centers print and distribute supplies and manuals for the other six language areas. Both were established after the Frankfurt center proved successful. The Liege, Belgium, center supplies the French and Dutch language areas, white a similar center in Copenhagen, Denmark distributes Church materials in Scandinavian language areas. p Erhard Jacobsen, left, and Danish Mission President Don L. Christensen view the Daughters of Utah Pioneers plaque unveiled recently in Copenhagen. Mr. Jacobsen, one of Denmark's most prominnet mayors, was the guest speaker. The plaque commemorates the establishment of the Church in Denmark and the depar-- P ture of the first immigrants to Salt Lake City. WEEK ENDING JANUARY 18, 1969 |