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Lalao was the child of divorced parents. Her mother died when she was ten and her grandmother cared for her until she was twenty years of age. She attended an accountancy school and worked for the Ministry of Education. She heard about the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from her brother and was a friend of the first member baptized in Madagascar. Due to disabilities she lost four children in pregnancy. She married a friend, who was also a spiritual seeker. She was drawn to the doctrine of eternal families. She admires Nephi’s courage. She has experienced fighting among members, elitisim in the church, and the growth of the Church. She looks forward to temples in Madagascar. She mentions the Church’s history of denying the priesthood to blacks and states that there could well be a black prophet one day. She also recounts the history of the Lamanites and the Nephites and their switching places as to righteous behaviors. She notes that God punishes the wicked, but hopes that all the people of Madagascar can rise in the millennium.
Mormon women Mormonism Women Theology Child labor Abuse Africa Africa, East African American Mormons Alcoholism Baptism and church membership Childbirth Children Children--Death Communities Contemplation Conversion Death Disabilities Diseases Divorce Education Equality Faith Families Feminism - Religious aspects - Mormon Church Fertility Gender, sexuality and culture Decision making Global Language and languages Madagascar Malagasy language Marriage Misogyny Missionary Modesty--Religious aspects--Mormon Church Mormon Church--Presidents Mormon converts Mormon missionaries Mormon temples Mormons Mormons--United States Music Nephi (Book of Mormon figure) Parenting Patriarchy Poverty Pregnancy Race Racism Reproductive rights Salvation
Place
Antananarivo (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Source
Born Digital. Claremont Global Mormon Oral History Collection, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library
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