Comments on: A Telegram from the Colonies

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:12:50 +0000

As they should be. It’s truly a treasure. (serious face)

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:57:04 +0000

As they should be. :)

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:29:42 +0000

You’re welcome, Ardis. I guess I don’t understand how that all works. I just assumed that everybody who is interested in BCC is also interested in Keepapitchinin.

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:14:56 +0000

Mark, as an indication of the power of a blog like BCC to steer traffic with referrals like this one, Keepa had a 33% increase over its previous best day yesterday. Thanks.

By: Cynthia L.

Cynthia L. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:38:42 +0000

Oh Mark, you’ve got me all weepy at work. Thank you so much for sharing. Stories of the sacrifice and struggle against extreme odds that many have gone through for the gospel are always so humbling for me.

Ever since I wrote that post about the ‘dozen midwives’ that really forced me to put all in one place the blessings I’ve had from being in a ward family (verses hypothetically just practicing the gospel by myself) I’ve been completely overwhelmed by what a huge blessing a ward is. Every Sunday at church, or a the activities we’ve had, I’ve just looked around and thought “wow!!” and that I’m so lucky that there are enough saints here in this corner of the world that we can have a ward, and a building to be together in, and all of it. I guess it’s something I really took for granted before.

By: Jonovitch

Jonovitch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:23:33 +0000

One of my favorite East German stories is how they used to smuggle in Church manuals from the West, then stack 10 or 12 sheets of carbon paper in the typewriter, pound on the keys, and distribute those copies to the different units.

Jon

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:51:10 +0000

Wow. Thanks, Mark.

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:50:56 +0000

Those are the cool kind of things that make me beleive we are more than just a bunch of randomness. Thanks for the story, Mark.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:40:27 +0000

Mark, thanks for this. Those pictures really draw me in and I hoped others would have a similar response.

I want to say “wonderful memory,” but that doesn’t quite capture what I mean. It’s dreadful and poignant to think that Saints were so isolated that they had to seek such critical information this way, but it’s such a sharp illustration of the problem, as well as how far we’ve come and how fast, that *that* makes a wonderful memory.