Throughout the world, President Hinckley helped people find this “great hope” in striving to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. The blessing of living with my family beyond this mortality gives me great hope as I strive to do all that I can to be with my family forever.” 3 “Today, because of a temple in our land, I am married and sealed to my husband for time and all eternity. The excitement on everyone’s face, the happiness, the shouts of joy are all still clear in my mind. … Hinckley’s visit to Ghana and his announcement of a temple in our Motherland. “I still have a vivid picture in my mind of the Prophet Gordon B. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said that when President Hinckley made this announcement, the people “stood and cheered, wept and danced, held each other, and cried.” 2 Years later, after the temple had been built and dedicated, a woman who was present that day recalled the feelings of joy and expressed how the temple had blessed her: 1 He stood before them, with a smile on his face, and announced the long-awaited news that a temple would be built in their homeland. They came to welcome their prophet, President Gordon B.
On February 16, 1998, about 6,700 Latter-day Saints gathered at Independence Square in Accra, Ghana.
