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President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Corm of the Twelve Apostles of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former missionary to the British

Isles traveled to England and Scotland this October to address members and missionaries.

He also used the opportunity to visit significant church history sites.

Joined by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and Elder Quintanel Cook, both of the Corm of the Twelve

Apostles, and themselves former missionorm of the Twelve Apostles,

and themselves former missionaries to the British Isles, the trip marked a coming home for the

trio of senior church leaders. President Ballard first arrived in Great Britain as a young missionary

in 1948, just three years after the end of World War II. Elder Cook arrived in England in September of 1960, followed by Elder Holland in October of the same year.

They would serve together as companions in the summer of 1962.

Sister Patricia Holland and Sister Mary Cook accompanied their husbands on the trip.

This episode of the Church News podcast features highlights of the historic moment in time, shared in the leader's

own words. President Ballard, who as a young missionary preached from Hyde Park in London,

reflected on the historic occasion during an interview in the Hyde Park Chapel.

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