WHOTDILCH 22 December

What Happened ON This Day In LDS Church History?
 

On this day in LDS Church History, in 1945, the first Presidency assigns Ezra Taft Benson to go to Europe immediately and assess the spiritual and temporal needs of the 30,000 Latter-day Saints in Europe.

Links to Further Understanding

https://www.lds.org/manual/church-history-in-the-fulness-of-times-teacher-manual/postwar-recovery?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-05-1304-ministry-of-ezra-taft-benson-a-mission-president-in-europe?lang=eng

Ezra Taft Benson as U. S. Secretary of Agriculture