Comments on: Farewell President Hinckley

By: Jordan F.

Jordan F. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:46:51 +0000

Test.

By: Dan Richards

Dan Richards — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:28:32 +0000

Thanks for sharing your memories of President Hinckley. His passing prompted me to finally launch the blog I had been planning for months. My memories of him are here.

By: john f.

john f. — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:32 +0000

ama49, I enjoyed your tribute — thanks for linking it.

Laura, I share your feelings on that.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:25:18 +0000

john f. – thanks for the link to the story in the New York Times. It was a wonderful story.

I never had the opportunity to meet Pres. Hinckley, but I loved and admired him very much. He was a remarkable, inspirational man, and our Church is much better for having had him as our prophet.

By: ama49

ama49 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:43:58 +0000

I was lucky enough to have met him and served with his grandson on my mission to Frankfurt, Germany. I have a post on my website about my experiences:

http://www.graceforgrace.com

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:39:25 +0000

That’s right — I won’t forget learning from President and Sister Hinckley (and Elder and Sister Uchtdorf) in person there in the Tiergarten stake center as missionaries. And then, of course, we made our way to the International Conference Center in Berlin for the Regional Conference to hear more counsel from President Hinckley directed at the stakes and districts comprising our missions.

By: Jordan F.

Jordan F. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:32:29 +0000

John- you will remember of course how we got to sit next to each other, side by side as missionaries in Germany, literally at President Hinckley’s feet, as he addressed the missionaries during a conference in Berlin, also at Tiergarten.

Thanks for the post!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:31:28 +0000

There was some drama involved when he arrived in Switzerland with film reels and audio recordings and had to answer questions from customs agents and a federal film board officer about the contents of his luggage.

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:03:32 +0000

I enjoyed the New York Times’ coverage of this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/28hinckley.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1201528826-Gp3frA6AH/DCvtZcbZVrJw

From that article I learned something new about President Hinckley:

As the church was growing overseas in the 1950s, Mr. Hinckley came up with the idea of producing a film to be shown in temples as a part of the instructions in the ritual. The film, which teaches about salvation and redemption, was easily translated into many languages and is still part of temple ritual.

That was an interesting factoid.

By: Hollie

Hollie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:53:01 +0000

I really did enjoy listening to him speak, he will be missed