Janath Russell Cannon<\/a>, were, with the Mabeys (who are mentioned in this article), among the four missionaries assigned in 1978 to open black Africa for the preaching of the Gospel. \u00a0There\u2019s a famous photograph circulating out there, of a white man standing in an African river or small pond performing a baptism, while a line of people waiting for the ordinance extends from the water\u2019s edge back toward the photographer and then altogether out of the picture. \u00a0That\u2019s my former president in the water, and I\u2019ve often chuckled that there were more converts shown in the photograph than we had\u00a0in an entire year in the Switzerland Z\u00fcrich Mission. \u00a0I\u2019m deeply grateful that President and Sister Cannon were able to have that (compensatory) experience. \u00a0They, too, were great Saints and servants of the Lord, and I pray his blessings on their memory and on their family.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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