431: Hans Mattsson Pt. 2 -- His years as an Area Authority Seventy.
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2013
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Hans H. Mattsson is a 3rd generation LDS church member from Sweden who served as a bishop and stake president before serving in the 3rd Quorum of the Seventy (Europe Central area) from 2000-2005 under LDS Apostle L. Tom Perry. In this 5-part interview, and accompanied by his beautiful wife Birgitta, Hans discusses the following: (1) His early years in Sweden, (2) His years as an Area Authority Seventy, (3) His interactions with LDS Apostles and the 1st Presidency, (4) His struggles with faith after being released as an area authority, and (5) His thoughts about the church today.
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| 0:28.8 | So how does one get called as a member of the Corps of the Seventy? |
| 0:32.6 | How does that happen? |
| 0:34.0 | I cannot relate to my own calling. |
| 0:36.0 | I don't know what that one was. |
| 0:37.7 | Okay. |
| 0:38.7 | I had a phone call from one general authority who served in Europe. |
| 0:42.7 | Okay. |
| 0:43.7 | And they asked if I can meet him together with my wife, wife at the airport in Stockholm. |
| 0:50.9 | And I said, yes, how can I prepare for the meeting? |
| 0:54.9 | And I said, just come over. |
| 0:57.3 | So we went up there. |
| 0:59.4 | I think it was Conde. |
| 1:02.4 | And we met there and we were sitting in a little room there and talking and saying, |
| 1:08.7 | I have a letter for the first presidency. |
| 1:12.0 | And of course, before that, I asked how I was, I was still living the gospel and I'm |
| 1:21.2 | healthy enough and so on. |
| 1:23.5 | And then I opened up the letter and read it that I was called and to serve as a Saturday |
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