432: Hans Mattsson Pt. 3 -- His interactions with LDS Apostles and the 1st Presidency.

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Dr. John Dehlin

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🗓️ 18 July 2013

⏱️ 61 minutes

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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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0:29.3	I want to turn a little bit to your interaction with the general authorities and with the
0:35.1	apostles and the first presidency. I don't have any desire to ask you names. Feel free
0:40.1	to not use names. But what are the, did you ever meet members of the first presidency
0:47.7	or apostles? And was it very rare? Was it common? Did you meet President Hinckley?
0:57.3	Of course, every year when we were in Salt Lake for training, we talked to them, we shake
1:03.7	hand with them, we eat luncheon together. Just during General Conference weekend or? Yes.
1:11.8	Was it the whole week or? We were there three days before. Oh see, so those, those
1:18.0	brothers and before General Conference are training and training, area authorities and general
1:22.6	authorities all that week long before the last that week. And what are those, what are those
1:27.4	days like? Are they all church headquarters? Yes. Where are they at church headquarters? We are
1:32.0	in the, where is it kind of an audience area there? Is it in the big tall buildings? Yes, in the
1:38.4	basement. You go in and go to the right. Okay. In the end. I don't know what to say. And down in
1:44.7	the basement of the big tall buildings. Yes. And that's where all the general authorities are trained.
1:49.8	Yes. I see the areas. Okay. First President, all this conference and I teach and talk to us and
1:57.2	and then the 12 comes and then the presidents of the 70 comes in. Okay, so Hinckley, it was Hinck
2:04.1	President Hinckley. Yes. Monson and who? Who's in the first presidency? Who's the iron? No.
2:11.4	Okay. Foust? Was it Jamesy Foust? Okay. Okay. What were they like as, as leaders or teachers?
2:21.8	You know, so would you just like shake high, high nice to meet your president Hinckley? And that
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