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Then whatever is revealed is always so outside a lot of people’s realm of “what, who, or how things should be” that murmuring is inevitable. Buy Now. ��@���Nm��hy5�ι*���nL��t�� Their children had a hard time in Korean schools because of the “round eyes.” Does that mean they never should have gotten married? Either way it helps us abide and grow. I have personally experienced stinging examples of this bias: confusion about our children, surprise about us being together, and even comments along the lines that I “did it backwards” by being a white woman married to my Korean-American husband. In fact, according to an article … I’ll investigate Rosana. They did not begin dating until a few years later when Elder Gong was home for a few weeks from Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Also, doesn’t Sister Rosana Fernandes Soares identify as a woman of color? They understand that diversity is out there, but they haven’t lived it, and there is no substitute for living it. West-siders aren't thrilled. https://news-gb.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-gerrit-w-gong With Elder Gong in England and the future-Sister Gong at BYU, the two learned a few things about long distance relationships. He has traced his ancestry back 33 generations to First Dragon Gong, born a.d. 837 in southern China during the late Tang dynasty. Thank you, Cynthia, for your poignant thoughts. Join Facebook to connect with Susan Lindsay and others you may know. 100. For, say, a company whose mission is to suck oil out of the earth wherever possible, super-centralized leadership is not much of a problem; an organization like that just has to know how to focus its financial and political power like a laser, and acting at times like a steamroller is part of the game. Find family history information in a whole new way. The fact that they are an interracial couple didn’t even occur to em; I was just thrilled that there is finally some more international representation in the upper-most echelon. Big smiles from this multiethnic family too. I’ll check on her. Lindsay has 7 jobs listed on their profile. Thanks for the correction, Jones. The church desperately needed someone who represented Latin and South American saints symbolically and with experience in the 12. He and his wife are the parents of four children. To appreciate why this feels especially significant to me that we have not only an interracial couple, but specifically a Chinese-American man and a white woman, we have to have a frank talk about how racism in the United States manifests against Asians and Asian-Americans, specifically in regards to gender and sex. If I were to see him on the street, I would definitely think, (sorry for the non-PC stereotype) “white-guy”. Children: 4. Gerrit W. Gong "A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Gerrit W. Gong holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Oxford University in International Relations. Elder Gong married Susan Lindsay on Jan. 2, 1980, in the Salt Lake Temple. Big smiles in the Hedgehog home. Yet in this case and always the Lord calls his Apostles. The greatest Mormon blog in the universe. Forgive me, I’m not sure. So, I will clarify to satisfy you both. Although reasonable latter-day saints have long, long since realized there is no place for any disapproval of marriage based on race, this is still a big deal. Today we both celebrate and look forward. Perhaps social support could be encouraged rather than interracial marriage being discouraged. PDF Cite. @Felix, my understanding at least according to Wikipedia is that Elder Gong is the son of a Chinese-Immigrant-family-in-California father and a Chinese-immigrant-family-in-Hawaii mother. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sister Susan Lindsay Gong (Hong Kong) Elder Randy D. Funk (2nd Counselor, Asia Area Presidency) Sister Andrea Clyde Funk (Hong Kong) Breakout Presenters List. Race dynamics and categories in the US and Brazil are each independently complicated and fraught, and also very different from each other in subtle ways. They are the parents of four children and three grandchildren. My white cousin married a Korean woman and lived in Korea for several years. 100. � October 2020 arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.11560. Otherwise it would be hard for that person to win the confidence of the senior leadership. The Q15 are smart men, and they have an intellectual understanding of the church’s diversity, but culturally they are almost all the same: old white men from the Mormon Belt. He looks part white to me. Gerrit W. Gong was born in Redwood City, California. You were referring to citizenship and location of childhood ambient culture. He said, “Their condition is mild, but they are being cautious and their health is being carefully monitored by doctors. Ulisses Soares. Gerrit Walter Gong was born in Redwood City, California on December 23, 1953. I don’t know of anything further back in the family tree than that. I’m sorry for that feeling in the pit of your stomach–I know it all too well. Mica Nicole is sure she had encountered one but was out and about and couldn’t recall the specifics for me. It may also be that I have read today’s conversations about it incorrectly and that Latino is ok? SALT LAKE CITY — A top leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has successfully completed quarantine after earlier testing positive for COVID-19. He married Susan Lindsay in January 1980. Personal Life. “…for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”. Brother Lindsay was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. Gerrit W. Gong was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by President Russell M. Nelson on March 31, 2018. What I hope for is a group that comes from different cultural backgrounds that can consider and represent a worldwide church. His father was teaching at the university, and Gerrit had planned a two-week visit. Since there is a sub thread discussion about race here, I’ll just highlight this very good and enlightening piece by PBS from a few years ago about race in Brazil. Elder Gong was on my list of best case scenarios. You’d think we’d try to start making trends on this issue as opposed to following them. In what way have you narrowed that definition that causes you to think you can exclude him from that? "Dr. Gong is Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and has directed the CSIS Asian … He has deep credentials (both in church service and big worldly accomplishments), and he is born and bred American. Blessed be the name of the Lord…. [16] They first met when Gong was a BYU student who would give presentations on Taiwan's culture to missionaries about to depart for Taiwan from the Missionary Training Center , among whom was Lindsay. Thanks for calling attention to the interracial marriage barrier being broken and what this can mean to many families. Feel free to delete this comment after the edit.). It was my biggest hope for the conference. :) Hope all is well. The OP’s own experience of external challenges is evidence enough that race is a factor to consider! Although it is 2018 and one would hope the simple fact of an apostle in a interracial marriage wouldn’t be a big deal anymore, it is. Revelation: 2 I also designed a celebrity bra size page that shows pictures of celebrities so you can see different bra sizes. Cynthia you make a great couple. But it’s something a couple should acknowledge and prepare for. It takes strength to keep sustaining when one is ready for shifts and even sees wisdom in them, but they don’t come. When I realized that they were the new Apostles, I had chills all through my body, the hair on my arms stood up, and I felt so joyous. Susan R Gong , … Elder Gong’s and President Nelson’s love for this land are, I hope, positive signs of things to come. Bensen, recounting your personal experience with “a few interracial marriages in [your] own family” and supposing you can generalize from those experiences with those few particular people to arrive at broad statements about how race functions in marriage is, at the very least, “a trifle naive.” It’s also more than a trifle condescending, considering that you’re trying to correct someone who has actual first-hand experience of the potential issues you’re describing. I agree. Anyone who thinks otherwise is giving themselves a little too much credit. * I can attest that there are challenges inherent in my interracial + intercultural marriage, but there are challenges in every marriage. My last post must have sounded like trolling as it has disappeared. This is because, in the white supremacist schema that subconsciously permeates our thinking, the latter is seen as “marrying down” in a way that the former is not, even though both are examples of interracial marriages. BTW, given that oil often is found in strange places, experience and comfort with a wide range of cultures is a pretty big advantage. Spouse: Susan Lindsay. 100. Spouse: Susan Lindsay. Susan Wei, Michael R Kosorok. I seriously doubt President Nelson was pandering to progressive Mormons. I can also attest that there are benefits inherent in my interracial + intercultural marriage. (If they are, it will be a pleasant surprise.) Reading the D&C, it seems that revelation is often (indeed, almost always) responsive to external realities. Um das nationale Interesse an und die Unterstützung für die Metropolitan Opera zu erhöhen wurde 1952 durch August Belmont das Metropolitan Opera National Council gegründet, das seit 1954 den jährlich stattfindenden Gesangswettbewerb Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions ausrichtet. Communication not at its best. Some are fifth- and sixth-generation … PhD in … Elder Gong married Susan Lindsay in 1980, and together they have four children. Sister Susan Gong, right, talks with her mother, Marian Lindsay, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Taylorsville Utah Temple in Taylorsville on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. But sucking it out by reducing the surface pressure below 14.7 psi won’t accomplish much. Susan's father served in the Second Quorum of Seventy from 1989 - 1994. And that, I believe, is a blessing for all concerned. 4 0 obj He hasn’t aged at all. A conversation between ASU President Michael M. Crow, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife, Susan Lindsay Gong, explore topics ranging from the evolution of education in the 21st century and how education shapes democracy to resources for Latter-day Saint students and the university’s continued commitment to other faith communities. When the prophet starts allowing his decisions to be influenced by every wind of political and worldly doctrine everyone loses. Elder Gong has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Taiwan Taipei Mission, high councilor, high priests group leader, stake Sunday School president, seminary teacher, bishop, stake mission president, stake president and Area Seventy. And definitely in Brazil Soares would be considered “white.” I’m excited for Elder Soares’ calling as are my Brazilian friends in our ward here in Brazil. Loursat wrote: “I don’t expect that these men will be cultural or political reformers.”. Susan Wei is a lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. By that, I mean, sure he’s of Asian decent, but he is still the same mold as all the other GA’s/Apostles. I commented on another thread here how much I admire Sister Susan Gong. It will always be Top down, not bottom up. Media in category "Marriott Center" The following 67 files are in this category, out of 67 total. Elder Gong has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in Taiwan, high councilor, high priests group leader, stake Sunday School president, seminary teacher, bishop, stake mission president, stake president, and Area Seventy. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I’m grateful for that for me, but I’m terribly sorry for anyone who has had to endure those remarks. Quotes. If the supposed universal differences between men and women are assets in a marriage, why not differences in race? 100. More than anything he is American. I’m very comfortable standing by that statement. Work to make it different, but live in reality, too. Sister Gong on Our Greatest Hope. Elder Gong has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Taiwan Taipei Mission, high councilor, high priests group leader, stake Sunday School president, seminary teacher, bishop, stake mission president, stake president and Area Seventy. Who is Elder Gong's wife? There is, in fact, a slightly higher divorce rate for interracial marriages. Next I would really love for Adam and Eve in the temple videos to be an interracial couple. Welcome! %PDF-1.3 Elder Gong has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in Taiwan, high councilor, high priests group leader, stake Sunday School president, seminary teacher, bishop, stake mission president, stake president, and Area Seventy. From one who knows nothing, I couldn’t help but see Elder Gong being placed in position to help open up China. They are the parents of four children and three grandchildren. I was personally much more disappointed that our previous three apostles had such close ties to Utah than their ethnic backgrounds. Similarly, we were happy and hopeful to learn of President Nelson’s ties to this wonderful land. The Church will follow all … That being said, my thoughts are that we may be making more of Elder Gong’s lineage than is really there. His known family tree is extensive (bless the tradition of Chinese family genealogy record-keeping) and is 100% Chinese. We’re an international church, and the PTB clearly have worked hard to get our leadership profile to more closely mirror that reality. Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife, Susan Lindsay Gong, tested positive for the virus, days after missing the faith’s semi-annual general conference. But perhaps she was thinking of a 70 or something. While for *me* it’s not a big deal to see two races come together in marriage, to pretend it’s *objectively* not a factor at all is a trifle naive. Having people who know about petroleum extraction is always useful! She’s everything one would hope for someone in that role. I hope my expression of joy in today’s news does not in any way detract from any mixed feelings others may be having. Why treat it like a zero-sum game? Photo by Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News. stream Her research interests include statistics, machine learning, and deep learning. A few early apostles married Scandinavian immigrants, but that’s really stretching the definition of interracial marriage. This is a big deal. It’s nice to have this forum where you can say what you are really thinking rather than in a classroom at church where you pretty much have to say the party line. Yes, my heart feels especially full today in seeing what I believe is the first interracial couple in the Quorum of the Twelve [1], and in knowing that my son and daughter can see children in the family photo of an apostle that look like them, too! Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife, Susan Linsay Gong, tested positive for the virus Oct. 5, prompting other leaders to be tested. Church Service. Oh Lord, hasten the healing of our unbelief. I also rejoice in the callings of Elder Gong and Elder Soares. Cannot load blog information at this time. A lot of good viewpoints and thoughts. Hopefully I’m not missing anyone, but I do not see that any of the members of the Quorum of the Twelve married Native American women. These appointments in terms of age and church experience were right In the sweet spot consistent with recent apostle picks. Loursat, I only bring this up because it was clearly your main point, but sucking oil out of the ground is a terrible strategy. 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