Elder Neil L. Andersen of your Quorum of your own A dozen Apostles, flanked towards the both sides by Elder Brent H. Nielson of your Presidency of one’s Seventy plus the members of new South usa Northwest Urban area presidency when you look at the a group photographs that have City Seventies and you can risk and you will goal presidents out-of Colombia and you will Venezuela while in the a leadership trained in Bogota, Colombia, to your Weekend, .
An indigenous from Venezuela, Older Pino said away from he had been plus “transferred to see the faithfulness of them brothers, inside times of challenge.”
Even though some Venezuelan management and you may Latter-time New orleans saints found they necessary to immigrate to other countries, “the things i watched and you will sensed about latest leaders made me know how brand new Church features was able to move ahead,” Elderly Pino said. “I discovered on these brothers an abundance of believe, work and you may determination. ”
Elderly Neil L. Andersen of one’s Quorum of the Several Apostles strolls certainly one of full-go out missionaries helping regarding the Quito, Ecuador, objectives if you are teaching them while in the an enthusiastic Aug. 26, meeting when you look at the Quito.
Counted by President Nelson
The new stakes, leaders and you can professionals are proof “the effectiveness of the work of men and women over the last four decades,” Elderly Andersen said, detailing the good fresh fruit out-of international missionaries going into the four places at first, with the latest strengthening of one’s members and you may missionaries from inside.
“As i said so it visit to South america to help you President Nelson has just, the guy said the guy recalled probably Lima when discover simply one stake president,” told you Elderly Andersen, listing it would have been when President Nelson is Sunday-school standard chairman regarding 1971 in order to 1979.
Celebrating his 98th birthday celebration earlier this week, Chairman Nelson was born in 1924, a-year till the region try dedicated for the preaching out-of this new gospel of the Senior Melvin J. Ballard, a keen Apostle plus the dad of President M. Russell Ballard, the modern Pretending Chairman of your Quorum of your 12 Apostles.
Once devoting South usa throughout the south nation of Argentina, Older Ballard prophesied: “The job of one’s Lord increases much slower for some time right here exactly as a pine develops slow away from an acorn. … Thousands have a tendency to get in on the Chapel right here. It would be divided in to one or more goal and can be one of many most powerful from the Church.”
One to “oak” were only available in Argentina, Brazil and you can Chile in advance of slower working to your north places, which in previous multiple decades enjoys served given that flourishing higher twigs.
Elder Neil L. Andersen of your Quorum of A dozen Apostles, Elder Brent H. Nielson of Presidency of your Seventy and you may members of this new Church’s South Western Northwest Urban area presidency, all in the center of the leading row, join Town 1970s and you may share and you may purpose presidents from Ecuador throughout the leaders training in Quito, Ecuador, into the .
Role off temples
Older Andersen and you may Elderly Nielson said temples played an option character in your community meetings. The room enjoys seven faithful and you will performing temples – around three when you look at the Peru, several when you look at the Colombia and one per inside the Bolivia, Ecuador and you may Venezuela. Almost a large number of is actually the new temples expecting upcoming dedications – a temple in Quito, Ecuador, that’s waiting around for the open house and you can effort; an extra forehead in Lima, Peru, likely to end up being loyal next year; and you will has just launched temples inside Bolivia (two), Colombia and Peru.
“Suddenly there is certainly so it flood of new temples,” told you Senior Andersen, who with his take a trip party produced check outs for the temples inside Lima and you will Quito.
Told you Elder Nielson regarding Senior Andersen from the Quito Ecuador Temple: “Once the guy watched brand new Formosa women dating temple in a position to own effort, everything in one to nation changed. Most of the agendas was from screen, and in addition we worried about this new temple.”