Former LDS missionary returns to Ukraine, meets his hero President Zelenskyy
“We did a lot of crying” — Utah bishop returns to the place he preached a gospel of peace and finds a country devastated by war.
(Ukrainian Presidential Press Office) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets Ukraine's honorary consul in Utah Jonathan Freedman at the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.