Yes, it’s time for our next installment of the Millennial Messiah by Bruce R. McConkie. Before that, however, we’re doing a deep-dive into the history of the BYU center in Jerusalem. We discuss how it came to be, the hurdles overcome, and the strange and mysterious ways in which Mormon God works. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints punched far above its weight class in the sphere of international politics to shoehorn this place onto the Mount of Olives! Then we round out the episode with some happy news about scrap wood being used more sustainably.

 

Show Links: 

Interview of David Galbraith

https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-9-no-1-2008/jerusalem-center-near-eastern-studies-reflections-modern-pioneer

Orson Hyde: A Life of Lessons Learned by Roy Huff

https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-3-no-2-2002/orson-hyde-life-lessons-learned

Eliza R. Snow 1875 Jerusalem trip journal

https://archive.org/details/palestietourutah00smit/page/260/mode/2up

The Haifa German Cemetary and the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center

https://rsc.byu.edu/missionarys-story/haifa-german-cemetery-brigham-young-university-jerusalem-center

Mormon Missionary Miracle in Jerusalem

https://historyofmormonism.com/2012/10/11/mormon-missionary-miracle-in-jerusalem/

In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde by Blair Van Dyke, LaMar Berrett

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/in-the-footsteps-of-orson-hyde-subsequent-dedications-of-the-holy-land/

Provo becomes Sister City

https://www.newspapers.com/image/469494086/?terms=byu%20jerusalem&match=1

Couple Donates $267,992 to BYU Jerusalem Center

https://www.newspapers.com/image/286499702/?terms=byu%20jerusalem&match=1

Israeli Jews Fight New Mormon Center by William Claiborne 12/24/1985

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/12/24/israeli-jews-fight-new-mormon-center/2d7fe78d-4cac-4ed9-ab41-b76a69fb56d9/?fbclid=IwAR0IEoaFWdjjI0CsF3_7DJZ-G9v45a3EcaZieJrt9xYhb_OehR6xCYtudBw

Three sets of brothers…

https://www.thechurchnews.com/archives/2012-11-03/three-sets-of-brothers-serve-in-six-different-temples-as-temple-presidents-48850

 

Happy News:  

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/reforestation-hubs-trees-landfills 

 

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