Congrats to 2022 GRAND PRIZE DRAWING WINNER, Tammie Silotti Who won a beautiful Olive wood Nativity with figurines in an olive wood “cave” dwelling place from Jerusalem – value $700! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com by Dec 30, 2022 to arrange for how to receive your prize. Merry Christmas to everyone and thank you for participating in our annual Christmas Past Contest this year! Other Christmas Past stories available if you’d like to still read more under our previous Christmas Past blog...
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Answer 12th Day Christmas Past: Thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts on “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.” Congrats to 12th Day drawing winner, Jessica Garcia, who won Olive wood carving of the Christus, Olive wood carved/laser-cut Nativity silhouette with bark, Nauvoo “courtin’ candle” holder, pack of 10 Olive wood laser-cut tree ornaments, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards, Remember Nauvoo mug -$215 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com by Dec 30, 2022 to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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On the 12th Day of Christmas Past… Question: How is “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” a Christmas song and what is your favorite line? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story below; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. Click Here for contest rules. You’re the Future of the World By Jerry Borrowman It was cold, dark, and damp, and as we pulled up in front of the small Catholic nursing home, our thoughts were centered more on hot chocolate and popcorn than on Christmas caroling. We missionaries had spent a wonderful day singing in hospitals and nursing homes throughout southern Dallas. But now it was late, and our voices were tired. We were glad to arrive at the last stop of the day. Inside it smelled musty. We huddled for a few minutes in one corner of the foyer while the Catholic sisters brought their patients in wheelchairs to hear us sing. As we started the first carol, a remarkable thing happened. In spite of our hoarse throats, our singing sounded more clear and true than at any of the other performances we had given that day. A feeling of warmth enveloped us. We were filled with a sense of peace and reverence. After we finished the last song, the nurses asked us to wait while they returned the patients to their rooms. A few minutes later, the sisters came back to thank us for coming. Sensing that they didn’t want us to leave yet, we volunteered to sing one more song for them. Rather than a traditional carol, we softly sang: “I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead. He lives, my everliving Head. He lives to bless me with his love. He lives to plead for me above. He lives my hungry soul to feed. He lives to bless in time of need. . . .He lives! All glory to his name! He lives, my Savior, still the same. Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: “I know that my Redeemer lives!” With tears in their eyes, the nuns, who were selflessly spending their lives serving others, rushed forward to thank us. One sister, the supervisor of the others, took my hands in hers and said, “You’re the future of the world, do you realize that? You young men are the future of the world!” As a young missionary, I sensed her sincerity—and the new hope and faith we had brought into her life. For a moment our differences disappeared, and we all received a witness, borne by the Spirit of God, that Jesus Christ does indeed live. “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” might not be what comes to mind when you think of Christmas music. But as a beautiful video put out by the Church in 2000 portrays,...
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Answer 11th Day Christmas Past: Thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts on each life that touches ours for good in this story and in your own stories. Congrats to 11th Day drawing winner, Julie Dooley, who won 2 books by Karl Ricks Anderson: Joseph Smith’s Kirtland and The Savior in Kirtland, Olive wood carving of the Holy Family, Olive wood carved/laser-cut Nativity silhouette with bark, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards, and Remember Nauvoo mug -$225 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com by Dec 30, 2022 to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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On the 11th Day of Christmas Past, Richard Scott (MHA Tour Guide) shares a treasured Christmas… Question: Can you think of someone you haven’t contacted in a while and thank them for the difference they helped spark in you? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story below; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. (Be sure to follow contest rules found on separate post on this Blog; US residents 18yrs+ eligible for prizes.) Nobuko’s Best Christmas – Tokyo, Japan By Richard Scott, MHA Tour Guide I served a mission in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities on earth, so in our mission, the direction given to us by Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi, our Area President, was to not waste time going door-to-door but to go face-to-face by contacting people on the street. We would try to strike up a brief conversation with people as they buzzed through busy train and subway stations on their way to/from work or school or home. We were encouraged to stop every 18-30-year-old male but were prohibited from street contacting females. If they had 30 minutes, we would actually take them to our apartment which was conveniently located near high-foot-traffic areas, give a brief self-introduction and invite them to return to our apartment at a later time to hear more (our apartments doubled as the church…see why we weren’t allowed to approach women?!). One day in late November 1980, my companion and I were out street contacting. We had had a fair day in the number of people we had been able to talk with and set up return appointments. Suddenly, a bent-over old woman with gray hair and a broad smile approached me and in surprisingly good English said, “I’ve been watching you and your friend for the past two days and I just can’t figure out what you are doing! What are you doing?” I told her that we were American college students taking a break from school for two years to bring a special message to the people of Japan. She asked me what my message was. I told her that we were Christian missionaries and were in Japan to teach people about Jesus Christ. Her face lit up, and she said, “I too am a Christian and would love to learn more about Jesus!” I told her that we lived nearby and that on Sunday we would be holding a small group church service in our apartment if she would like to come. Nobuko Ogaki enthusiastically accepted my invitation to come to church on Sunday. Sunday came and Nobuko was knocking on our door at 8:30, before any of our few members had arrived for church that started at 9:00am. She was so excited to be among fellow Christians and to hear more about Jesus Christ and His Gospel....
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Answer 10th Day Christmas Past: The Savior can “fill” in all our cracks and brokenness. Congrats to 10th Day drawing winner, Shauna (from blog), who won an Olive Wood Holy Family nativity carving, Olive wood carved/laser-cut Nativity silhouette with bark, pack of 10 Olive wood laser-cut tree ornaments, Nauvoo Temple necktie, Nauvoo Temple tie clip (Nauvoo star), Nauvoo Temple sunstone replica ornament, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards, Remember Nauvoo mug -$220 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com by Dec 30, 2022 to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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