The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating a local power transformer to Kiribati's Public Utilities Board as part of one of the Church's building projects.
In order to bring power to a new Latter-day Saint chapel under construction in Temaiku on Kiribati's main island of Tarawa, the existing transformer needed to be replaced.
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The Public Utilities Board had not budgeted for this, so Church leaders offered to fund the upgrade.
As a result, not only will the Mormon chapel have power, so too will local residents and businesses.
"Whenever the Church comes into a village or neighbourhood, power comes from heaven into the lives of individuals and families," says Iotua Tune, a Latter-day Saint leader in Kiribati.
"But in this case, there will be earthly power coming to the people, as well as heavenly power."
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