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President Hoyt Missionaries

Memories & Miracles - President Blair and Sister Marion Naomi Hoyt   Missionaries 2002 - 2005

A Legacy of Faith in Finland. President Blair Hoyt and his wife, Sister Marion Naomi Hoyt, served the Finland Mission from 2002 - 2005. Over 20 years later, their missionaries have gathered to honor them with Memories & Miracles, a book of personal stories that will be presented to the missionary group in the April 2027 Finnish Missionary reunion. Explore these pages to rediscover the spirit and stories of those remarkable years.

A Message to the Hoyt's
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Our Book

     This book holds the special experiences we hope will last far beyond the pages that hold them. We are honored to preserve the memories and miracles that unfolded during our missions in Finland, under the leadership of President and Sister Hoyt.

     Like the missionaries who came before us, we came to know the dark, the cold, the snow, and the ice — and found, in the midst of it, something warmer. Looking back on these experiences now, we see more clearly how Heavenly Father works.

     We learned that this is His work, and we are simply His hands within it. In most cases, we were the seed planters — He was, and is, the Harvester.

     May you enjoy these experiences with us.

The How

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Write an article about what you learned from President & Sister Hoyt. Write a tribute to them.

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Write several articles.  Now that you've had many years to use your mission experiences in your life, how has your mission helped you?

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Write an article about your sauna experiences.

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Write an article about receiving your mission call.  Write an article about your experience in the MTC.

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Write an article about special experiences you had while tracting.  

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Write an article about something you learned when working with a companion.

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Write an article about something that happend to you.  Did you get thrown down a set of stairs?

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Everyone has a dog story - what is yours?

About my article(s)

RULES FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

 

Contribute an article, or several articles.  The following instructions will help you.

Length of article - short or long.  A few sentences or several paragraphs.  An article may be two or three pages long.  Length may be adjusted in some cases by the editors.

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Content - Write about missionary memories.​

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  • Miracles you have witnessed

  • Your call to serve

  • Advice from a mission president or mission mother

  • Learning moments

  • Conversion stories

  • Stories about planting seeds you witnessed

  • Family History experiences

 

Photos - submit only photos of yourself at the time of your missionary service.  No photos of other people per GDPR rules.

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Use of AI - Artificial Intelligence - AI will be used to improve spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, article flow, structural improvements, clarity, and eliminate redundancy. Additionally, relevant cultural contexts, may be included as necessary. Frequent use of artistic AI generated graphics will be used, which include pencil drawings, charcoal drawings, realistic photos, and watercolor drawings. Editors appreciate your cooperation in utilizing AI. If you need further adjustments, let me know!

 

Submit an article - email the article in a WORD file to a unique email address that will be made for your group.  

 

Presentation to the Church

  • Memories and Miracles - will be submitted to the Church History Department - your group will help do this.

  • Memories and Miracles - will be submitted to the Church FamilySearch Department using the FamilySearch website.

  • Memories and Miracles may be presented to Elder Renlund.  If this happens, someone in your group will help do this.  Your book will be added to his collection of Memories and Miracles - Finland.

 

Submit this statement with each article submission.  Put it at the top of each article:

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I hereby grant permission for any article I submit for the "Memories and Miracles" book to be utilized in any manner by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, within the Historical Department or the FamilySearch Department.

 

Best practices in writing your articles –– some don'ts:

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  • Do not use dates or times.  Use instead "early in the morning."

  • Do not use names of other churches.

  • Do not copy and paste from your journal, rather, tell the story.

  • Do not use full names of investigators or acquaintances.

  • Do not use Church titles you acquired during or after your mission.

 

Best practices in writing your articles –– some do's:

Always give your article a heading - like these:

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  • Finland Helsinki Mission - Brian Thompson - 2017 - 2019

  • Finland Helsinki - Susan Wix - 2015 - 2017

  • Finland Helsinki Mission Al Capone - 2018 - 2020

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Email your article (s) to FinlandMemoriesAndMiracles@gmail.com

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