President Monson's daughter shares insights to her father

President Monson's daughter shares insights to her father

Published: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008

REXBURG, Idaho -- Ann M. Dibb, a member of the Young Women General Board of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the daughter of President Thomas S. Monson, spoke to Brigham Young University-Idaho students in a recent devotional address about the extraordinary characteristics her father exemplifies.

"I'd like to tell you a little about my father, the prophet," she said. "He is a great man, and you might be interested in learning about him."

Recalling her father's years of military service, Sister Dibb spoke of how he stayed true to the commandments given him.

"He honored and used his priesthood," she said. "He made the choice to keep the Lord's commandments. Because he did so, he qualified for the companionship of the Holy Ghost, and he received the promised blessings."

Sister Dibb described President Monson as a happy man of great faith who always prays.

"His prayers are prayers of gratitude for the many blessings we receive," she said. "As the family has grown, my father and mother still pray for each family member in their daily prayers."

She also testified of her father's discipleship and talked about the "most powerful testimony" she'd ever heard from President Monson.

"It was in his home ward during a sacrament meeting," Sister Dibb said. "He related his experience of going to the Holy Land, walking on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and walking where Jesus may have walked . . . Then he said: 'I may have walked where Jesus once walked, but what is more important to me is that today, I can walk where Jesus would walk if he were still with us. I can listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and minister to those the Savior would minister to today."'

Sister Dibb began her address by expressing her love for President Gordon B. Hinckley.

"My life has been blessed because I have known President and Sister Hinckley," she said. "They are choice people."

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