I was thinking of how I could honor President Hinckley's legacy and I came up with an idea.
My friend and I have created a challenge for those willing to accept it:
Read the Book of Mormon in 97 days.
We are trying to get everyone to start on the same day. Here are the details:
Go to www.hinckleychallenge.com and create an account (free, of course).
On Feb 4, 2008 That's today! have an FHE lesson on the Book of Mormon and begin your reading. 5.47 Pages per day, its easy!
Each day you read, record what page number you are on by going to www.hinckleychallenge.com .
We would like this challenge to be heard all around the world! Please forward this message to everyone you know. We would love to see over 1 million pages of the Book of Mormon read by the time this challenge has ended.
Do you want to show your support? Do you want to follow the prophet? Do you want to get rid of all of your excuses for not reading and become a warrior? Then join me in this challenge!!!
We are going to spread this throughout the news media (TV an d radio) and we've already contacted Fox news, KSL, CBS, and ABC. But we cannot get the word out to everyone without your help! Please forward this on to EVERYONE in your address book. Time is of the essence!! This will be the one forwarded message that everyone will be happy to get :).
-Jake Andersen
P.S. You can always see an updated list of those who have accepted the challenge by clicking here (www.hinckleychallenge.com/warriors.php)
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
PICTURES FROM PRESIDENT HINCKLEY'S AND SISTER HINCKLEY'S GRAVESIDE AND OTHER THINGS...
So after church today my parents and I took a ride up to the Salt Lake City Cemetary in Salt Lake City, Utah to visit the graveside of President Hinckley. Of course there was other visitors and "SAINTS" visiting and paying their respects.
here are somc pictures that were taken by myself...
There are also as you can see a picture of Sister Hinckley's Marker
Saturday, February 2, 2008
STORIES AND ARTICLES ABOUT PRESIDENT HINCKLEY AND HIS FUNERAL...
Here is yet another article on President Hinckley and his life. Also there are articles covering his funeral that i found on abc4's website (channel 4)
you can also find other video's, articles etc. on the website and on the other websites of the local tv news stations websites
anyhow here is the article....
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - We have spent a whole week now looking back at the life of LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley and his many accomplishments. Perhaps his true legacy lies in the way he loved ordinary people, and was a genuinely humble person -- who could still make great things happen.
LDS Church members had an inspiring example of humility in Hinckley ... a man willing to do the hard work himself and at the same time, possessing such talents, abilities and vision.
"He was the best architect I ever saw, the best financial man I ever knew,” said Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. “He was the best public relations man I've ever seen."
He more than doubled the number of temples worldwide, building more of them smaller -- but no less beautiful -- so more people would have access to them. He also guided the planning of the downtown Salt Lake City LDS Conference Center. An engineering marvel, it bears a personal contribution from Hinckley ... the pulpit crafted from a walnut tree he grew in his own backyard.
He had a great desire to provide money for young people in less-developed countries, to help them break out of poverty – and the Perpetual Education Fund was born. "The Perpetual Education Fund itself is an example of his belief that if you'll just give a young person a chance and give them the responsibility to repay the loan, that very expectation will lift them and they will do surprising things," Eyring said.
Anytime a population was in crisis ... for instance, after the disastrous tsunami in Indonesia ... President Hinckley mobilized a humanitarian relief effort, spearheading the donation of $600 million to people regardless of their faith during his presidency. But he was also willing to give the shirt off his own back, or the lunch out of his own trunk. "I remember as a child stopping on the side of the road to help a mother and her children with a car that had broken down,” said Hinckley’s daughter Kathleen H. Walker. “And after he fixed the car he took the lunch basket out of the trunk of the car and handed it to them and I'll never forget seeing that lunch basket go from our car to theirs and thinking 'Now what?'"
Well before Hinckley became a general authority, his children say he recognized the worth of each individual, no matter their race or ethnic background. "I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ,” Hinckley said.
Hinckley traveled the world frequently, and was honored often by world leaders ... on his 94th birthday he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Hinckley married a true life partner in his wife Marjorie, and her death several years ago affected him greatly.
"I think watching my father these last few years be alone, we've realized the tremendous void that has been in his life without my mother walking by his side,” said his daughter Jane H. Dudley.
He made friends to last a lifetime and beyond, including many future leaders of the LDS church. "In the things that so many of us are trying to do, he was the exemplar," Eyring said.
"I shall miss him and the testimony he bore more than I can say," said Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor of the First Presidency.
Of all the leaders the LDS Church has had, Gordon B. Hinckley lived the longest and served as president the longest.
you can also find other video's, articles etc. on the website and on the other websites of the local tv news stations websites
anyhow here is the article....
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - We have spent a whole week now looking back at the life of LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley and his many accomplishments. Perhaps his true legacy lies in the way he loved ordinary people, and was a genuinely humble person -- who could still make great things happen.
LDS Church members had an inspiring example of humility in Hinckley ... a man willing to do the hard work himself and at the same time, possessing such talents, abilities and vision.
"He was the best architect I ever saw, the best financial man I ever knew,” said Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency. “He was the best public relations man I've ever seen."
He more than doubled the number of temples worldwide, building more of them smaller -- but no less beautiful -- so more people would have access to them. He also guided the planning of the downtown Salt Lake City LDS Conference Center. An engineering marvel, it bears a personal contribution from Hinckley ... the pulpit crafted from a walnut tree he grew in his own backyard.
He had a great desire to provide money for young people in less-developed countries, to help them break out of poverty – and the Perpetual Education Fund was born. "The Perpetual Education Fund itself is an example of his belief that if you'll just give a young person a chance and give them the responsibility to repay the loan, that very expectation will lift them and they will do surprising things," Eyring said.
Anytime a population was in crisis ... for instance, after the disastrous tsunami in Indonesia ... President Hinckley mobilized a humanitarian relief effort, spearheading the donation of $600 million to people regardless of their faith during his presidency. But he was also willing to give the shirt off his own back, or the lunch out of his own trunk. "I remember as a child stopping on the side of the road to help a mother and her children with a car that had broken down,” said Hinckley’s daughter Kathleen H. Walker. “And after he fixed the car he took the lunch basket out of the trunk of the car and handed it to them and I'll never forget seeing that lunch basket go from our car to theirs and thinking 'Now what?'"
Well before Hinckley became a general authority, his children say he recognized the worth of each individual, no matter their race or ethnic background. "I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ,” Hinckley said.
Hinckley traveled the world frequently, and was honored often by world leaders ... on his 94th birthday he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Hinckley married a true life partner in his wife Marjorie, and her death several years ago affected him greatly.
"I think watching my father these last few years be alone, we've realized the tremendous void that has been in his life without my mother walking by his side,” said his daughter Jane H. Dudley.
He made friends to last a lifetime and beyond, including many future leaders of the LDS church. "In the things that so many of us are trying to do, he was the exemplar," Eyring said.
"I shall miss him and the testimony he bore more than I can say," said Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor of the First Presidency.
Of all the leaders the LDS Church has had, Gordon B. Hinckley lived the longest and served as president the longest.
Friday, February 1, 2008
PRESIDENT HINCKLEY BIOGRAPHY
Here is president Hinckley's Bio that i found and wanted to share
President Gordon B. Hinckley Bio
President Gordon B. Hinckley, world leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was ordained and set apart as the 15th President of the Church on Sunday, March 12, 1995.
He had earlier served 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the top governing body of the Church, and as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for 20 years prior to that.
His Church service has been extensive. He was called as a member of the Sunday School General Board in 1937, two years after returning home from missionary service in Great Britain. For 20 years, he directed all Church public communications. In 1951 he was named executive secretary of the General Missionary Committee, managing the entire missionary program of the Church, and served in this capacity for seven years. He was president of the East Millcreek Stake in Salt Lake City when he was called as a General Authority in the capacity of an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 6, 1958.
President Hinckley was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 5, 1961. On July 23, 1981, he was called into the First Presidency to serve as Counselor and on December 2, 1982, was named Second Counselor to President Spencer W. Kimball. He served as First Counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson from November 1985 to May 30, 1994. On June 5, 1994, he was called as the First Counselor to President Howard W. Hunter. He was also ordained and set apart as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
As a member of the First Presidency, he has had a major role in administering both the ecclesiastical and temporal affairs of the Church, whose more than 10 million members are spread over some 160 nations and territories. His Church assignments have taken him around the world many times, and he has dedicated more temples than any other leader in the history of the Church. He is the first Church President ever to travel to Spain, where in 1996 he broke ground for a temple in Madrid, and to Africa, where he met with thousands of Latter-day Saints in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
He has given numerous interviews to major news media, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the CBS 60 Minutes television news magazine, which featured him and the Church in 1996 on an Easter Sunday show seen by more than 20 million. In September of 1998 he was the guest on the popular CNN cable television program Larry King Live.
President Hinckley was born June 23, 1910, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Bryant Strigham and Ada Bitner Hinckley. One of his forebears, Stephen Hopkins, came to America on the Mayflower. Another, Thomas Hinckley, served as governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1692.
His first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City daily. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, the future Church leader earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then accepted a call from the Church to spend two years as a full-time missionary in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was called to be an assistant to the Church Apostle who presided over all the European missions.
Upon being released from missionary service in the mid-1930s, he was called by then Church President Heber J. Grant to organize what has become the Church's public affairs program.
President Hinckley's major assignments during two decades of service as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles included the supervision of Church units in Asia, Europe, and South America. His Church committee assignments as a general officer have been in such areas as temples, missionary work, welfare services, priesthood, and members in the military service. He also served as chairman of the executive committee for the observance of the Church's 150th anniversary in 1980.
In addition to his Church duties, President Hinckley has been active in community and business affairs, serving as chairman and board member of a number of business corporations. In 2004, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, by President George W. Bush. He has been the recipient of a number of educational honors including: the Distinguished Citizen Award, from Southern Utah University; Distinguished Alumni Award, from the University of Utah; and honorary doctorates from Westminster College, Utah State University, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and Southern Utah University. He has received the Silver Buffalo Award of the Boy Scouts of America and has been honored by the National Conference (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews) for his contributions to tolerance and understanding in the world.
He has served as chairman of the executive committees of the Board of Trustees of Brigham Young University and of the Church Board of Education. The Church Educational System includes not only Brigham Young University's Utah and Hawaii campuses, but Brigham Young University - Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho, LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, elementary and secondary schools in developing countries, and hundreds of seminaries and institutes of religion serving several hundred thousand high school- and college-age youth.
The Church leader is known for his writing and speaking skills, which he began developing as a young boy growing up in the Church. He honed those talents as a missionary preaching regularly from a portable stand in London's Hyde Park and further refined them as a Church authority. He has written and edited several books and numerous manuals, pamphlets, and scripts.
President Gordon B. Hinckley Bio
President Gordon B. Hinckley, world leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was ordained and set apart as the 15th President of the Church on Sunday, March 12, 1995.
He had earlier served 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the top governing body of the Church, and as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for 20 years prior to that.
His Church service has been extensive. He was called as a member of the Sunday School General Board in 1937, two years after returning home from missionary service in Great Britain. For 20 years, he directed all Church public communications. In 1951 he was named executive secretary of the General Missionary Committee, managing the entire missionary program of the Church, and served in this capacity for seven years. He was president of the East Millcreek Stake in Salt Lake City when he was called as a General Authority in the capacity of an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 6, 1958.
President Hinckley was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 5, 1961. On July 23, 1981, he was called into the First Presidency to serve as Counselor and on December 2, 1982, was named Second Counselor to President Spencer W. Kimball. He served as First Counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson from November 1985 to May 30, 1994. On June 5, 1994, he was called as the First Counselor to President Howard W. Hunter. He was also ordained and set apart as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
As a member of the First Presidency, he has had a major role in administering both the ecclesiastical and temporal affairs of the Church, whose more than 10 million members are spread over some 160 nations and territories. His Church assignments have taken him around the world many times, and he has dedicated more temples than any other leader in the history of the Church. He is the first Church President ever to travel to Spain, where in 1996 he broke ground for a temple in Madrid, and to Africa, where he met with thousands of Latter-day Saints in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
He has given numerous interviews to major news media, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the CBS 60 Minutes television news magazine, which featured him and the Church in 1996 on an Easter Sunday show seen by more than 20 million. In September of 1998 he was the guest on the popular CNN cable television program Larry King Live.
President Hinckley was born June 23, 1910, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Bryant Strigham and Ada Bitner Hinckley. One of his forebears, Stephen Hopkins, came to America on the Mayflower. Another, Thomas Hinckley, served as governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1692.
His first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City daily. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, the future Church leader earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then accepted a call from the Church to spend two years as a full-time missionary in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was called to be an assistant to the Church Apostle who presided over all the European missions.
Upon being released from missionary service in the mid-1930s, he was called by then Church President Heber J. Grant to organize what has become the Church's public affairs program.
President Hinckley's major assignments during two decades of service as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles included the supervision of Church units in Asia, Europe, and South America. His Church committee assignments as a general officer have been in such areas as temples, missionary work, welfare services, priesthood, and members in the military service. He also served as chairman of the executive committee for the observance of the Church's 150th anniversary in 1980.
In addition to his Church duties, President Hinckley has been active in community and business affairs, serving as chairman and board member of a number of business corporations. In 2004, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, by President George W. Bush. He has been the recipient of a number of educational honors including: the Distinguished Citizen Award, from Southern Utah University; Distinguished Alumni Award, from the University of Utah; and honorary doctorates from Westminster College, Utah State University, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and Southern Utah University. He has received the Silver Buffalo Award of the Boy Scouts of America and has been honored by the National Conference (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews) for his contributions to tolerance and understanding in the world.
He has served as chairman of the executive committees of the Board of Trustees of Brigham Young University and of the Church Board of Education. The Church Educational System includes not only Brigham Young University's Utah and Hawaii campuses, but Brigham Young University - Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho, LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, elementary and secondary schools in developing countries, and hundreds of seminaries and institutes of religion serving several hundred thousand high school- and college-age youth.
The Church leader is known for his writing and speaking skills, which he began developing as a young boy growing up in the Church. He honed those talents as a missionary preaching regularly from a portable stand in London's Hyde Park and further refined them as a Church authority. He has written and edited several books and numerous manuals, pamphlets, and scripts.
President Hinckley's Viewing... "Saying Goodbye"
Weather doesn't deter mourners on 2nd day of viewing
The weather does not appear to be preventing many people from coming downtown to the Conference Center and the public viewing for President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Nearly 21,000 visitors came yesterday for the public viewing. Many were very emotional, and the same is true for today. Visitors are deeply touched and, despite the snowy weather and cold temperatures, determined to come and pay their respects.
"He's a wonderful prophet. He's affected our lives. We love him," said Anna Lee Wadsworth, of Fallon, Nev.
"It was just a little bit of closure for me, so it was nice to come and pay tribute and feel the Spirit and see his body," said Marisa Roberts, of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The lines at times have been outside and between one and two hours long as people have come to remember President Hinckley.
"Just the beautiful spirit that he had, and his humor, and just the love that he always showed and we always felt when we saw him," said Becky Adams, of Hurricane.
"I think he taught so much about women and what we all need to do to be all that we can be, and he was constantly reminding women that they are choice and loved daughters of their Heavenly Father. And he gave us all courage and strength to move forward and do the things we need to do with our children and our husbands and in the community and the world," said Barbra Spuhler, of Bountiful.
People are being ushered into the main hall, where there are 21,000 seats, to wait before going upstairs to the Hall of the Prophets to walk past President Hinckley's casket.
At one point, President Hinckley's daughters' voices were heard over the loudspeakers. Choking back a few tears, they thanked people here for the tributes they're paying and said if their father were here, they think he'd say something like, "What's all the fuss about? Go on with your lives. Do your work."
The public viewing is scheduled to end at 7 p.m., but with the thousands of people still standing in line it's likely to continue throughout the night. The wait to see President Hinckley is now four hours.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Society of Salt Lake City expressed their sympathy and admiration of President Hinckley today.
"He will be forever remembered for his tireless dedication, devotion, inspirations to millions, his humanitarian aid, and disaster relief to various parts of the world under stress.
"On behalf of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake City and on my own behalf, I wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its devout followers, and his bereaved family in their grief," said Tarek Nosseir, president of The Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake City.
President Hinckley's funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 11:00 in the Conference Center
The weather does not appear to be preventing many people from coming downtown to the Conference Center and the public viewing for President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Nearly 21,000 visitors came yesterday for the public viewing. Many were very emotional, and the same is true for today. Visitors are deeply touched and, despite the snowy weather and cold temperatures, determined to come and pay their respects.
"He's a wonderful prophet. He's affected our lives. We love him," said Anna Lee Wadsworth, of Fallon, Nev.
"It was just a little bit of closure for me, so it was nice to come and pay tribute and feel the Spirit and see his body," said Marisa Roberts, of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The lines at times have been outside and between one and two hours long as people have come to remember President Hinckley.
"Just the beautiful spirit that he had, and his humor, and just the love that he always showed and we always felt when we saw him," said Becky Adams, of Hurricane.
"I think he taught so much about women and what we all need to do to be all that we can be, and he was constantly reminding women that they are choice and loved daughters of their Heavenly Father. And he gave us all courage and strength to move forward and do the things we need to do with our children and our husbands and in the community and the world," said Barbra Spuhler, of Bountiful.
People are being ushered into the main hall, where there are 21,000 seats, to wait before going upstairs to the Hall of the Prophets to walk past President Hinckley's casket.
At one point, President Hinckley's daughters' voices were heard over the loudspeakers. Choking back a few tears, they thanked people here for the tributes they're paying and said if their father were here, they think he'd say something like, "What's all the fuss about? Go on with your lives. Do your work."
The public viewing is scheduled to end at 7 p.m., but with the thousands of people still standing in line it's likely to continue throughout the night. The wait to see President Hinckley is now four hours.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Society of Salt Lake City expressed their sympathy and admiration of President Hinckley today.
"He will be forever remembered for his tireless dedication, devotion, inspirations to millions, his humanitarian aid, and disaster relief to various parts of the world under stress.
"On behalf of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake City and on my own behalf, I wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its devout followers, and his bereaved family in their grief," said Tarek Nosseir, president of The Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake City.
President Hinckley's funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 11:00 in the Conference Center
FAVORITE MEMORY(s) of my Prophet... President Hinckley....
This whole week since President Hinckley passed away... i have not taken the chance to write some words about the prophet i have grown to love and who i have always loved. also because i have been posting all the content (well most of it) on the blog and getting the blog up and running.
now i want to write some words from my heart- although nothing i write could ever be sufficent enough.
I remember the day i met him. He was recieving an award that he earned and that the Sons of the American Revolution wanted to give and present to him- my father is in that organization (A member) and so was President Hinckley anyhow we had a banquet at the Joseph Smith Bldg. and he came with his sweet marjorie and i remember mingling with other guests before the banquet started and then all the sudden some how i knew he had arrived and i told some other people and everyone just turned around and became silent and showed such love and respect for him and the same after he gave a talk on behalf of the award he had just recieved and stuff. And i remember how i felt going to the head table and shaking his and marjories hand- i think i may have had a picture taken with him and his sweet marjorie and myself.
I wish i could find it. However if i do i will scan it and add it to the blog or this post!
President Hinckley was always my favorite part of general conference and i am so greatful for his spirit and love that he has shown to all of us and i believe always will through his spirit. I can't wait to see him again when i get on the other side and in heaven and i hope and pray i can live my life so when i go i will be worthy to be able to see him and be in his presence.
I remember when i would send him birthday cards and letters and would help my nephew who is almost 3 and who just loves president hinckley send pictures etc. as well.
I Love you President Hinckley and miss you! and can't wait till we meet again!
now i want to write some words from my heart- although nothing i write could ever be sufficent enough.
I remember the day i met him. He was recieving an award that he earned and that the Sons of the American Revolution wanted to give and present to him- my father is in that organization (A member) and so was President Hinckley anyhow we had a banquet at the Joseph Smith Bldg. and he came with his sweet marjorie and i remember mingling with other guests before the banquet started and then all the sudden some how i knew he had arrived and i told some other people and everyone just turned around and became silent and showed such love and respect for him and the same after he gave a talk on behalf of the award he had just recieved and stuff. And i remember how i felt going to the head table and shaking his and marjories hand- i think i may have had a picture taken with him and his sweet marjorie and myself.
I wish i could find it. However if i do i will scan it and add it to the blog or this post!
President Hinckley was always my favorite part of general conference and i am so greatful for his spirit and love that he has shown to all of us and i believe always will through his spirit. I can't wait to see him again when i get on the other side and in heaven and i hope and pray i can live my life so when i go i will be worthy to be able to see him and be in his presence.
I remember when i would send him birthday cards and letters and would help my nephew who is almost 3 and who just loves president hinckley send pictures etc. as well.
I Love you President Hinckley and miss you! and can't wait till we meet again!
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