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Dieter F Uchtdorf - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 10th Apr, 2011 - 11:30am
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Yes, he is. Elder Uchtdorf had a very interesting life, full of challenges of many kinds. Elder Holland wrote a nice biography about him, sharing some of those challenges. Here is one, feel free to check the link and comment:
QUOTE On December 17, 1973, the president of Lufthansa German Airlines in Frankfurt, Germany, received alarming news. Five terrorists had hijacked a Lufthansa 737 jet in Rome, Italy, and were making their way to Athens, Greece, with hostages on board. As they did so, 32 people lay dead in Rome, and one of the hostages now in flight was soon to be mortally shot and summarily dumped onto the airport runway in Athens. With guns to the heads of the pilot and copilot and with hostages trembling in terror, the unstable hijackers directed a bizarre path from Rome to Beirut to Athens to Damascus to Kuwait.
In an instant, the president of Lufthansa ordered into the air his chief pilot for the 737 fleet. Thirty-three-year-old Dieter F. Uchtdorf was to take a small group of emergency personnel and follow the hijacked plane wherever the guerrillas took it. In every setting possible he was to negotiate for the release of the plane, the pilots, and the hostages. Then, when all of this had been accomplished, he was to fly the hijacked 737 back to headquarters in Frankfurt.
With fortunately no more bloodshed, this mission, like so many others he had been on personally and professionally, was successfully accomplished. Unknown to him at the time, it was a portent of more important missions yet to come.
In an instant, the president of Lufthansa ordered into the air his chief pilot for the 737 fleet. Thirty-three-year-old Dieter F. Uchtdorf was to take a small group of emergency personnel and follow the hijacked plane wherever the guerrillas took it. In every setting possible he was to negotiate for the release of the plane, the pilots, and the hostages. Then, when all of this had been accomplished, he was to fly the hijacked 737 back to headquarters in Frankfurt.
With fortunately no more bloodshed, this mission, like so many others he had been on personally and professionally, was successfully accomplished. Unknown to him at the time, it was a portent of more important missions yet to come.
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"In the middle of [the] despair [of postwar Germany], my family learned about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the healing message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. This message made all the difference; it lifted us above our daily misery. Life was still thorny and the circumstances still horrible, but the gospel brought light, hope, and joy into our lives. The plain and simple truths of the gospel warmed our hearts and enlightened our minds. They helped us look at ourselves and the world around us with different eyes and from an elevated viewpoint."
Ref. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Have We Not Reason to Rejoice?" Ensign, Nov. 2007, 19)
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Think swan, not ugly duckling, Pres. Uchtdorf says
President Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the speaker at the fireside originating in the Marriott Center on the Brigham Young University campus. Besides the several thousand college-aged young adults attending there, many more participated via the Internet and satellite broadcast in Church meetinghouses and other locations throughout the world. Ref. Source 7
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Gov. Herbert, President Uchtdorf among Bronze Minuteman honorees
Utah National Guard honors those it sees as good role models
SALT LAKE CITY - Gov. Gary Herbert and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and five others were presented with the Bronze Minuteman award Wednesday night by the Utah National Guard. Ref. Source 4
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Pres. Uchtdorf salutes U.S. Military personnel
President Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was the featured speaker at a special military fireside held in the church's Draper Utah Stake Center. The event drew members of four branches of the military. In addition to the chapel congregation of more than 1,000, some two dozen personnel deployed in Iraq - where it was 3:30 a.m. - viewed the fireside proceedings live via the Skype service over the Internet. A live scene of those gathered in Iraq was displayed on a screen in the chapel throughout the meeting. Ref. Source 1
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President Uchtdorf Receives the Deseret Foundations 2011 Legacy of Life Award
Salt Lake City | 2011-04-08 | President Dieter F. Uchtdorf was given the Deseret Foundations 2011 Legacy of Life community honoree award 7 April 2011 during a banquet at the Little America Hotel.
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