This Christmas Day was a very special White Christmas. Though many of our Christmas Days are white and
filled with snow living in the mountainous state of Utah, we have not
experienced a true White Christmas for
over 42 years. In 1970 on a wintry day in Detroit, Michigan, a young 18 year
old girl was baptized by Elder Jones of San Francisco, California. Along with
her friend, Kathy Tatterton, dressed in white, they committed to the Lord by
their faith and action, that they would serve Him and keep his commandments. At
the water’s edge the Holy Ghost was bestowed by one holding authority of God.
It has been a sweet and tender scene I have never forgotten over these many
years. Young and dedicated to her new found Gospel truths, she beamed as an
angel above. Pamela Joan Wilson was baptized on Christmas Day 1970; later she
would knell across a Temple altar and make sacred covenants with one see loved
and who admired her every move and thought and angelic glow. 40 years later, I all
the more, esteem my sweet helpmate and thank Heavenly Father for the spiritual
witness Sister Dalton received on that very special White Christmas in 1970.
Likewise today, the Elders of the Abomosu District baptized
8 souls into the true Church of Jesus Christ. It was an honor to conduct and
witness these people make sacred covenants that will unlock the eternities for
their families and themselves; a truly wonderful White Christmas Day in the hot, tropical bush of Ghana, Africa.
This day too, will forever be written in our minds and hearts.
Merry Christmas to all! Elder & Sister Dalton - Christmas
Day 2012
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