How I Lead in Freetown, Sierra Leone | An Interview with Sahr Doe

Sahr Doe found the Church when he was eight years old but could not
be baptized until he was 13. His mission was delayed due to the
Sierra Leone civil war, and at age 21 he was called into his Young
Men presidency. He was then among the first missionaries to attend
the Accra Ghana Missionary Training Center, and served in the
Nigeria Lagos/Ibadan mission where he was an assistant to the
mission president for 12 months. Two weeks after his mission he
returned to the Ghana MTC as a tutor and driver for 18 months. Sahr
served as district high counselor in the Freetown Sierra Leone
district before being called as counselor in the district
presidency. He then served as administrative assistant to the
mission president of the Ghana Accra mission, Sierra Leone zone,
while working as physical facilities manager for Sierra Leone. On
his release from the district presidency, Sahr was called as the
elders quorum president in his branch, then as branch president. He
left to attend Brigham Young University-Hawaii for one semester,
without his wife and son, but had an accident while working at the
Polynesian Cultural Center and returned to Sierra Leone. He then
started a construction company and was called as the secretary to
the mission presidency, then as counselor to the mission president.
When the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak sent the mission president,
senior couples, and missionaries to Ghana, Sahr stayed as acting
assistant to the president. He later assisted with orienting new
mission leaders to the country and was called again as counselor to
the president. In 2016 he was involved in a serious accident that
left him partially paralyzed, and in 2017 was released from the
mission presidency and called as secretary to the Area Seventy. He
currently serves on the Kossoh Town stake high council. Links There
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the Core Leader Library Highlights 2:45 Kurt introduces Sahr Doe
and his background. 4:40 Sahr shares his conversion story. He was
baptized at 13-years-old. He has been a member since 1993. 6:30
Making the decision to serve a mission and the civil war in Sierra
Leone 7:50 What the church is like now in Sierra Leone in 2024
10:00 Sahr’s leadership callings 12:40 Getting called as branch
president 14:00 Responsibilities while serving in the mission
presidency 16:15 Working with the young missionaries and teaching
them that with a willing heart nothing is impossible. 19:50 Sahr’s
advice to missionaries that will go to serve in his country 20:55
Sahr is currently serving on the high council. He describes some of
his responsibilities. 21:30 Being grateful amidst the challenges
that present the people in Sierra Leone 24:00 Find an excuse to win
no matter what you are going through. 27:30 You are in control of
your pain. 29:30 Sahr shares a powerful leadership experience. When
Sahr overlooked a man for a calling the Lord reminded him that whom
the Lord calls, He qualifies. 33:50 More leadership stories and
things Sahr learned from them 36:00 The principle of listening.
Listen to people as our Heavenly Father listens to our prayers.
39:40 Great followers become great leaders and great leaders become
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