The Bulletin Board

Splitting Up and Coming Together

Youth in the Waiblingen Branch, Stuttgart Germany Stake, say that splitting up and teaching with the missionaries brings a spirit of love and companionship that makes their friendships stronger. They recently held a “missionary day” activity, giving them a chance to give out copies of the Book of Mormon, do street contacting, and teach discussions with the full-time missionaries.

“I was so thankful to participate,” says 17-year-old Florian Fingerle. “I know the Church is true, and I am so excited to someday serve a mission of my own.”

Making Beautiful Music

Darren Wong, an elder from Winnipeg, Manitoba, didn’t expect to be able to use his musical talents much on his mission to Hong Kong. But to his surprise, Darren’s talent for playing the piano turned out to be an excellent way to help share the gospel.

In addition to playing the piano for baptisms, firesides, and other activities that missionaries often attend with investigators, Elder Wong was invited to play at a concert given in the Hong Kong Cultural Center. His performance at that concert, as well as other Church-sponsored functions, allowed him to make contacts and share the gospel with people who might otherwise not have listened.

Into the Woods

When Glyn Piercy, a priest in the Dayton Ohio East Stake, decided to carve a stairway in a hillside for his Eagle Scout project, his whole stake got into the act. More than 60 young people showed up the day of the project to take on “the hill,” which is part of the Sugar Bush Trail, located in the Ohio Narrows Reserve. At the end of the day of the project, the stairway was nearly complete. And the youth, although they were tired and a little bit dirty, had a product they could be proud of.

Faithful Remembering

When President Gordon B. Hinckley was just eight years old, his older brother, Stanford, died in a military hospital in France during World War I. He was buried in the American Military Cemetery in Suresnes, France, far from his home in Utah.

American young men and Primary-age boys who live in the Versailles Ward, Paris France Stake, participate in an American Boy Scout program. As part of their Scouting activities, they make sure that the grave, marked with a white cross, is visited and decorated. Although they are living away from home, the American boys in Paris say they feel grateful for the sacrifices of others for the cause of freedom.