For the Welfare of Our People
by Sylvia McMillan Finlayson
Photographs by Scot Facer Proctor
Imagine being a bishop gazing out over your congregation knowing that 75% of them are unemployed. You are charged with the temporal and spiritual welfare of these people, yet many are without an education, adequate housing, transportation and few prospects of receiving such any time soon. The task before you is overwhelming. Welcome to Ghana.
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An Intimate Visit to the Nungua Ward in Ghana
by Scot Facer Proctor
I always feel like my camera is a sacred trust. I’ve been blessed to go to various places in the world and my job is to give you a front row seat, let you have the best view. The following photo essay is simple. I wanted to take you with us to the Nungua Ward on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana.

Faces of Promise
Profiles of a People of Faith In Africa
by Sylvia McMillan Finlayson
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor
I never felt so keenly a part of the family of God as I did during my short stay in Ghana. One reader wrote in to say that as she saw the pictures of Ghana’s Latter-day Saints, she felt like she was looking at a family album. She was. I, too, felt the nature of our common identity and how much we share as Heavenly Father's children. Come and meet some of these, our brothers and sisters of Africa. Read It...

Full Circle
The Story of a Very
Personal Rescue
By Maurine Jensen Proctor 
God sometimes answers your pleas for help in invisible ways, like a silent hand upon your shoulder, a waft of light across your heart, a moment of sudden clarity. It is subtle. Sometimes, however, his interventions are direct and tangible and so evident you can remember it years later. The blessing for me that day was as direct and obvious as if God had sent an angel.
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Helping in a Continent of Woes
By Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photos by Scot Facer Proctor
Africa is a continent of woes. This is a world where troubles are heavy and charitable instincts are stirred. Come to Africa and you want to help, yet as Georges Bonnet, the Church’s Director of Temporal Affairs for West Africa said, “Giving is easy in Africa. It is like a shotgun. Aim anywhere and you can hit something.” Yet, it is refreshing and impressive to see the Church’s method of helping in Africa. The humanitarian efforts are based upon the values of the gospel. Come and see. Read It...

Losing Rogerio
By Cindy Packard
Rogerio was the son of her heart, selfless, enthusiastic, and eager for his mission. His story highlights the tragedy of Africa and how important the gospel is in saving a continent.  Read It...

Joseph W.B. Johnson
Ghana’s Face of Light
By Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor
Without priesthood power and direction, without the authorization of the Church, with no hope of receiving the priesthood himself, with no hope for temple blessings, Joseph William Billy Johnson still felt compelled—even fired from his bone marrow-- to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Persecutions didn’t stop him. Disdain only sent him to his knees. The slow grinding of the years when he had ten congregations each bearing the handwritten signs “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” didn’t wear him down. Come and read of a remarkable living pioneer in Ghana. Read It...

A Day of Celebration
Text by: Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photography by: Scot Facer Proctor
President Hinckley asked that the Saints in Ghana have a day of celebration before the temple was dedicated. With African dancing, talking drums, and 700 children in white, it was a day like the Church had rarely seen before.