BOISE, Idaho — It’s not often that a sacrament meeting is interrupted with applause. But on a February Sunday in Boise, Idaho, reverent quiet gave way to joyful celebration as a new bishopric was announced — marking the creation of the first Swahili ward in the United States.
For members of the Treasure Valley Ward (Swahili), the moment represented years — if not decades — of faith, sacrifice and divine preparation.
“These men were prepared before this life,” said W. Blake Bybee, who served as president of the Treasure Valley Swahili Branch before it became a ward in the Boise Idaho Stake. “God was simply waiting for His time to place them in these callings.”
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