Linda Lee RipplingerRandall and Linda Ripplinger are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with exposure to the church and its peoples. Following a brief courtship, Randy served as a missionary in New Zealand from 1970-72. During most of their marrid life, Linda dedicated her time to rearing seven children, and, later, as a school teacher for children with special needs. Randy worked as a television news reporter for 20 years. He later entered the public relations arena for two more decades. Job changes gave the growing family exposure to people of different values and cultures throughout Utah, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington. After raising their children, the pair again left the U.S. as missionaries to British Columbia, Canada, where they were assigned as authors for the new Canada.lds.org website. The couple published scores of articles for the website during their 23 month assignment. Then, the couple determined to return to the land of Randy's first mission - New Zealand. For three months, they scoured the islands, searching for stories of faith. After hearing scores of inspiring accounts from Matauri Bay in the northland, to Invercargill on the south, the pair put the compelling stories to print. In this volume, the reader will absorb the principles of sacrifice, sorrow, repentance, and satisfaction, and, it is hoped, gain an appreciation of a people who, with so little, make substantial progress toward the eternal. VITA - Linda Ripplinger Associate Degree, Brigham Young University, 1972 B.S., Special Education, Weber State University, 2009 Special Education Teacher, Davis School District, 2010-13 Ecclesiastical assignments Primary president Young Women president Relief Society counselor Read More Read Less