John H. Groberg
John Holbrook Groberg (born June 17, ) has been a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since
Biography
Groberg was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in and was reared there after the Great Depression. After a year at Brigham Young University, and shortly after the Korean War, he served a mission to Tonga.
After much difficulty in getting to Tonga with strikes, visa problems, and problems finding boats, he served briefly in Los Angeles, Samoa, and Fiji while waiting to get to Tonga. When he finally arrived in Tonga, his first assignment was on a remote isolated island called Niuatoputapu, which with neighboring Tafahi, was a place whose contact to the outside world was an occasional telegraph and visiting boat. On this Island he suffered mosquitoes, a typhoon, and starvation. He spent nearly a year there.
He then returned to more developed islands and served as a district president supervising smaller congregations called branches. The branches he dealt with lacked unity and morality. He had little contact with his mission president. He nearly drowned when pushed out of a boat durin
John H. Groberg
Elder John H. Groberg is widely known for his missionary experiences in Tonga during his early twenties. His experiences were so moving that, under the encouragement of then Elder Thomas S. Monson, he wrote a book about them. That book was then produced as the world-famous film, “The Other Side of Heaven”. The miracles Elder Groberg experienced while serving in Tonga were often life-saving—more than once, he came close to death as a young missionary. However, there was more to his story than was portrayed in the movie, and a sequel was released in April that details more of his life after his mission and upon returning to Tonga later in life to serve as a mission president.
After returning home from his mission, he married Jean Sabin. Shortly after their marriage, he was made a bishop. Just ten years after his return from his mission in Tonga, he was called to return to his beloved country to serve as a mission president. Elder Groberg, his wife, and their five daughters set off for their next new adventure. Their next child, a son, was born in Tonga. He was born with a severe kidney defect and was taken back to Utah by Sister Groberg to receive treatment short
Newsmakers: John Groberg looks back on his life, time in Tonga and talks about new movie
In this edition of East Idaho Newsmakers, Nate Eaton speaks with John Groberg. Groberg was born and raised in Idaho Falls before being called to Tonga as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Groberg experienced many challenges while serving his mission. He suffered from mosquitoes, a typhoon and starvation. During his conversation with Eaton, Groberg recalls the morning he woke up and realized rats had eaten calluses off his feet. The incident could have resulted in serious infection had locals not stepped in to help.
When Groberg returned from his mission, LDS Church leaders asked him to write a book about his experience. It was called In the Eye of the Storm and later turned into the Disney film The Other Side of Heaven. He wrote a second book called The Fire of Faith, which is being adapted into a movie set to be released next year.
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In , Groberg became a General Authority for the LDS Church and he lived and served all over the world. He was given emeritus status in and then became president of Idaho Fall
Groberg was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho in and was reared there after the Great Depression. After a year at Brigham Young University (BYU), and shortly after the Korean War, he served a mission to Tonga. Groberg received a bachelors degree from BYU and an MBA from Indiana University. Groberg also served for five years as a bishop in Idaho Falls. He later returned to the Tongan islands as the mission president and later as a regional representative.
He wrote a book about his mission from his memoirs called In the Eye of the Storm. His missionary experiences in Tonga became the subject of the Disney film The Other Side of Heaven. In April , he was called to be a general authority of the LDS Church. In May , Groberg presided over the organization of the San Francisco California East Stake, the first Tongan speaking stake of the church in the United States. In , Groberg was given general authority emeritus status.
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