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Description
After the conversion of her daughter, this divorced mother prayed and felt led by the Holy Spirit to leave the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar and become a member of the LDS Church. She ignored family accusations that she had sold her daughter to a Church that bought African women as sex slaves and produced pornography. She feels her Church membership has helped her overcome a smoking habit and family trials, and has given her emotional fortitude and leadership opportunities. She finds comfort in temple sealings. Concerned about recidivism, she hopes the Church will grow in Madagascar and that a temple will be built there one day. She says she belongs to a Malagasy LDS Church, not an American LDS Church. While leaders in Salt Lake are white, she says there may be a Malagasy prophet in twenty-five years. She says she does not like the name Mormon, as Mormons are polygamists.
Mormon women Mormonism Women Theology Decision making Africa Africa, East African American Mormons Baptism Baptism and church membership Children Communities Conversion Contemplation Diseases Education Equality Faith Families Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church Gender, sexuality and culture Language and languages Leadership Madagascar Malagasy language Marriage Misogyny Missionary Mormon Church--Presidents Mormon converts Mormon missionaries Mormon temples Mormons--United States Moving, Household Parenting Patriarchy Poverty Race Service, Faith Salvation Global
Place
Antananarivo (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Source
Born Digital. Claremont Global Mormon Oral History Collection, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library
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