Get to Know Elder Gerrit W. Gong
Let’s get to know Elder Gerrit W. Gong better! With General Conference coming up, it’s always more enjoyable when you know the speakers. Discover fun facts then make a puppet in Elder Gong’s likeness.
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How well do you know Elder Gerrit W. Gong?
Amaze your family with your superior knowledge about Elder Gong by learning these fun facts:
The W stands for Walter.
He loves to go backpacking and hiking.
He convinced the cheerleaders to perform quiet cheers at a match for the chess team because moral support is good for everyone.
Elder Gong served a full-time mission in the Taiwan Taipei Mission.
He first met his wife, Susan, when he provided firesides at the Provo Missionary Training Center. She was one of the missionaries going to Taiwan. Two years later, they met again and dated every day for four weeks. They continued their courtship across the ocean as Elder Gong was attending England’s University of Oxford.
Elder and Sister Gong got engaged over the telephone.
He has been on the faculty at Oxford, worked on the staff of the Reagan-Bush reelection campaign, been a special assistant to the Under Secretary of the State Department, a special assistant to the U.S. ambassador in Beijing, China, filled several positions at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., and an assistant to the president for strategic planning at BYU.
He can trace his ancestry back to First Dragon Gong, born in AD 837.
Elder and Sister Gong raised their family for nearly 20 years in the Washington, D.C. area. They also live in Beijing, China for a time. They have four sons.
Did you know that Sister Gong helped develop the K-12 Chinese curriculum and training materials for Utah teachers and schools? She loves to read, garden, and cook too.
Now make a fun puppet of Elder Gong and read some of his General Conference talks to get to know his testimony of Jesus Christ better.
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Grab one of our General Conference Notebooks and keep learning about and from Elder Gerrit W. Gong this next Conference. The one pictured about is our Fall theme. What do you love about Elder Gong’s testimony of the Savior?
