Manila Temple photo contest

Salt Lake LDS Temple at dawn, originally uploaded by Todd Keith.
I love this shot of the Salt Lake Temple. Anyone has photos of the Manila Philippines Temple? Send them over! The best one gets a temple calendar =)
Send your files by email to lightdream (at) gmail (dot) com or kirsch1215 (at) yahoo [...]

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Kindness from strangers

Don’t laugh. Yesterday, I fell flat on my face. Literally. Outside the Makati Sports Club. (Breathe in, breathe out). It was a moment that will forever be unedited in my mind — of my foot suddenly giving way underneath me, my bag, books and phone flying in every direction and a voice that…well…sounded like mine [...]

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Paper animals

The other day, God gave me joy in paper animals.
It was eternity in five minutes, right here in our living room. My two sons Bamboo and Boogie had been bugging me the entire afternoon to come and play with them. When you come to a point where you think the company will break down if [...]

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Remembering God’s kindness

Last Sunday, I was inspired by the encouragement of a great spiritual leader. President Henry B. Eyring said:

I watched and heard him say this during the last semi-annual conference in November viewed via satellite feed all over the Philippines. But last Sunday was a more “in-your-face” kind of inspiration. I was reminded of how he [...]

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Burying a Prophet

(Photo courtesy of Meridian Magazine)

To most of us, he was our favorite prophet. To some, he was the only one they’ve really known. But as David Griffin said, President Hinckley “would not want us to grieve long. We still have a lot of work here on earth which [...]

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Pres. Hinckley’s poem on death and the touching story behind it

We all know how touching stories sometimes get a life of their own. What starts as a nice literary article can sometimes pass off as “real-life” stories. Not this one, though. This is the real thing.
The song sung at President Gordon B. Hinckley’s funeral entitled “What Is This Thing That Men Call Death” was indeed [...]

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Favorite Quote…

(Photo courtesy of Meridian Magazine)
A man of great wisdom, President Hinckley has been quoted thousands of times through the years and his teachings proved to be valuable to most of us in this age and time. We invite you to share your favorite quotes from him. J
Here’s mine:
We know not what lies ahead [...]

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Cane wave from Quezon City

Here’s more from the primary children of Bago-Bantay Ward, Quezon City Philippines Stake. These little ones will have very few memories of President Hinckley when they grow up. I’m glad the cane/hanky wave tribute made them feel close to the prophet for a short while .

Thank you to the persons behind the cane [...]

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Cane wave from Ilagan, Isabela

Here are some photos of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ilagan, Isabela who did their “cane and hanky wave” tribute for President Hinckley:

Don’t they look great?

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Cane wave

(Photo from Deseretnews)

Millions across the globe have and will honor President Gordon B. Hinckley with a cane wave or white handkerchief. Remember when he used to have a good laugh at using his cane not for walking but for waving to everyone in almost every place he went to? The Church has said they are [...]

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