tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post111111141252196606..comments2023-05-25T06:06:11.381-06:00Comments on for posterity...: President HinckleyDavid and Debbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397313447137818213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post-34511558178556132772008-01-30T09:42:00.000-07:002008-01-30T09:42:00.000-07:00president hinkley was the first prophet i consciou...president hinkley was the first prophet i consciously followed. he is my prophet and will always hold such a special place in my heart. there definitely won't be another like him, and i miss him already.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564884205946902993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post-15254970337866887112008-01-28T23:02:00.000-07:002008-01-28T23:02:00.000-07:00ok, so i repeated myself a bit. i AM getting olde...ok, so i repeated myself a bit. i AM getting older.David and Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397313447137818213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post-67197355512440307912008-01-28T23:01:00.001-07:002008-01-28T23:01:00.001-07:00it is such a loss. of course not for him, but the...it is such a loss. of course not for him, but there will never be another like him. i decided tonight i really need to pray for president monson. what an awesome responsiblity is facing him. i will never forget listening to president hinckley speak in korea. he said to han in sang (?), the man who was translating for him, that this would probably be his last visit to korea. pres. hinckley told him he wanted him to give a good talk. david told me before that the elders liked this guys talks better than the mission president. this man translated the book of mormon into korean, anyway he was instrumental. i don't imagine it is a one person job. anyway, this man had translated for pres. hinckley many times, and got very emontional when pres. hinckley said this was probably his last trip to korea. it was such a privilege to be there; to see the excitement of the koreans as they anticipated his arrival. he was so beloved, by all of us. i felt like he was really one of us. what i really loved about pres. hinckley is that he opened up and let us all know the real him. sister hinckley, too. you are right crystal... what a reunion!David and Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397313447137818213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post-44661965689423538252008-01-28T23:01:00.000-07:002008-01-28T23:01:00.000-07:00it is such a loss. of course not for him, but the...it is such a loss. of course not for him, but there will never be another like him. i decided tonight i really need to pray for president monson. what an awesome responsiblity is facing him. i will never forget listening to president hinckley speak in korea. he said to han in sang (?), the man who was translating for him, that this would probably be his last visit to korea. pres. hinckley told him he wanted him to give a good talk. david told me before that the elders liked this guys talks better than the mission president. this man translated the book of mormon into korean, anyway he was instrumental. i don't imagine it is a one person job. anyway, this man had translated for pres. hinckley many times, and got very emontional when pres. hinckley said this was probably his last trip to korea. it was such a privilege to be there; to see the excitement of the koreans as they anticipated his arrival. he was so beloved, by all of us. i felt like he was really one of us. what i really loved about pres. hinckley is that he opened up and let us all know the real him. sister hinckley, too. you are right crystal... what a reunion!David and Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397313447137818213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113767935196076705.post-70515038425351514682008-01-28T12:02:00.000-07:002008-01-28T12:02:00.000-07:00So sad, I heard 2 minutes before class today. I h...So sad, I heard 2 minutes before class today. I have one student who is LDS and she told me. She found out this morning and said she was going to call me but decided to tell me in person. I was so shaken up that I kept stuttering all during lecture and I would lose my train of thought. <BR/><BR/>After my first class, I finally check e-mail for the first time since Saturday and I actually was sent an e-mail last night from my old ward in Charlottesville.<BR/><BR/>I am so glad I joined the church during the time that Gordon B Hinkley was the prophet. I found his ways inspiring and the love and gentleness he had to be endearing. I also loved that he was so funny- like with "knighting" Elder Eyring with his cane last conference. I was always touched by the love he had for his wife- I bet thier reunion was one that made all those in the spirit world tear up with joy. I hope to share that kind of love with my husband through all time and eternity.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260117428119041785noreply@blogger.com