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Church History in the Pacific & Asia Conference

Friday, March 03 - Saturday, March 04
Heber J. Grant Building

Join the Church History in the Pacific & Area Conference with the theme Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in the Pacific and Asia (no registration, no charge).

This year’s conference will include over 20 presentations considering stories, achievements, and voices of women who have helped shape and realize the Latter-day Saint experience in the Pacific and Asia.

Schedule

Friday

7 pm – 7:50 pmHGB 273Faith, Family, Future
Keynote: Dr. Lynette Suliana Sikahema Finau
8 pm – 8:40 pmHGB 113Nā Wāhine Manaʻoʻiʻo o Hawaiʻi (Faithful Woman of Hawaiʻi): Chiefesses and Missionary Wives Who Helped Bring Forth the Word of God in Hawaiian
Alohalani Housman
HGB 115

Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in Mongolia
Po Nien (Felipe) Chou & Petra Chou

Chinese Temple Matrons in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Petra Chou, Po Nien (Felipe) Chou & Sophia Lestina

HGB 117Micronesian Women Navigate Cultural Crosscurrents
R. Devan Jensen & Rosalind Meno Ram
HGB 123“Tsune Ishida Nachie: Japanese Pioneer, Modern Missionary, Temple Trailblazer in Japan and Hawaii”
Jennifer Kajiyama

Saturday

8:30 amHGB 273Opening Session
A Time of Transition: Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS) to Church History in the Pacific & Asia (CHPAC)
Eric Marlowe
9 am – 9:40 amHGB 113

Mormon Missionary Wives in Nineteenth Century Hawaii
Riley Moffat

Prophecy Being Fulfilled: The Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center
Riley Moffat, Barbara Morgan, & Fred Woods

HGB 115

“Out of Small [People] Proceeds That Which is Great”
John Hilton III

“From Palace to Dust, From Dust to the Clouds”
Chaniporn Tangsitpan (Rose)

HGB 117"Behold, It Was the Faith of...": Stories of LDS Women from Papua New Guinea
Ronette Taeoalii
HGB 123Helen Foster Snow: A Latter-day Saint Woman Who Changed China
Peter Chan & Joyce Tan
9:40 am – 9:50 amBreak
9:50 am – 10:30 amHGB 113Riding the Breaking Waves
Mele Ongo'alupe Taumoepeau
HGB 115

Emma Broederlow Lobendahn and the Beginnings of the Church in Fiji: An Intergenerational Legacy
Caryn Lesuma

Wetekia Ruruku Elkington: A visionary woman of truth
John Elkington

HGB 117Terii: Healer, Host, Musician, Diplomat
Robyn Spears
HGB 123The Life and Teachings of Sister Chieko N. Okazaki
Mark D. Ogletree
10:30 am – 10:40 amBreak
10:40 am – 11:20 amHGB 113The Matrilineal Puzzle: Women, Gendered Authority, and the Church in the Marshall Islands
Phillip H. McArthur
HGB 115Mildred York Kwai Chun Goo: A Voice through Writings, Instructions, and Service
Gerry Nihipali & Family
HGB 117

"What a contrast between joy and sorrow"
The mission of Louisa Pratt and Caroline Crosby in French Polynesia, Sisters Serving in a Strange Land
Rebekah Kay Strain

Lilia Wahapaa: Founding Mother of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kauai
Mary Jane Woodger

HGB 123Latter-day Saint Women in Education in the Pacific School
Casey Griffiths & Christian Ames
11:20 am – 11:30 amBreak
11:30 am – 12:10 pmHGB 113THE TOUCH: Women of Unity and Faith at Kalaupapa
Fred E. Woods
HGB 115Olivia Sessions Waddoups, Mary Waddoups Bradford, Mary Lou Bradford Bingham: Three Generations of Desert Mothers Searching for their Sisters in the Islands
Mary Bingham Lee
HGB 117“Have You Tasted Leda's Lilikoi Pie?”
Luana Kalilimoku Kotobalavu
HGB 123

“The Most Desirable Above All Things”
Jihae Kwon

“Be Not Weary in Well-Doing”: Josefina Villanueva and the Growth of the Church in the Philippines
May & Aaron Shumway

Contact Information
Eric Marlowe
eric.marlowe@byuh.edu
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