This is the sixteenth in a series of caches named for and dedicated to the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This cache is named for the sixteenth and current president of the modern Church of Christ, Thomas S. Monson.
President of the Church from 2008 to the Present
Thomas S. Monson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 21, 1927. He served in the United States Navy near the close of World War II. In 1950, at age 22, he was called as bishop of the Sixth-Seventh Ward in Salt Lake City. Five years later he was called as a counselor in the presidency of the Temple View Stake. From 1959 to 1962, he served as president of the Church’s Canadian Mission, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Shortly after his return from Canada, at the age of 36, he was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 4, 1963. He has served as a counselor in the First Presidency since 1985, serving with President Ezra Taft Benson, President Howard W. Hunter, and President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Thomas S. Monson was called to serve as the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 2008.
“The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul. In many families, there are hurt feelings and a reluctance to forgive. It doesn’t really matter what the issue was. It cannot and should not be left to injure. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. George Herbert, an early 17th-century poet, wrote these lines: ‘He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven, for everyone has need of forgiveness.’”
Thomas S. Monson (Hidden Wedges, Ensign, May. 2002, 19.)