Senior Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of your own 12 Apostles, flanked to your each party because of the Older Brent H. Nielson of the Presidency of one’s Seventy additionally the people in the fresh South usa Northwest Town presidency into the a group pictures having Town Seventies and you will share and you will purpose presidents off Colombia and you can Venezuela while in the a management trained in Bogota, Colombia, to your Weekend, .

An indigenous out of Venezuela, Older Pino told you regarding he had been together with “relocated to comprehend the faithfulness of those brothers, even in times of difficulty.”

Though some Venezuelan leadership and you will Latter-time Saints are finding they wanted to immigrate to other countries, “the thing i spotted and you can sensed on newest management made me know the way the new Chapel possess were able to move on,” Elder Pino told you. “I found throughout these brothers a great amount of trust, perseverance and you will determination. ”

Senior Neil L. Andersen of your Quorum of your Several Apostles guides among full-time missionaries helping on Quito, Ecuador, missions if you find yourself training all of them through the an Aug. twenty six, conference into the Quito.

Measured by Chairman Nelson

The newest stakes, leaders and you may members try proof “the efficacy of work men and women within the last four years,” Elder Andersen said, noting the brand new fresh fruit of foreign missionaries entering the four countries initially, followed by the fresh new strengthening of members and you can missionaries from the inside.

“Once i said that it stop by at South america in order to Chairman Nelson has just, the guy told you he recalled likely to Lima when there’s merely you to stake president,” told you Elder Andersen, noting it might was basically when Chairman Nelson was Sunday-school general chairman regarding 1971 to 1979.

Remembering their 98th birthday celebration the 2009 week, President Nelson grew up in 1924, a year before continent was faithful towards the preaching out of new gospel by the Elderly Melvin J. Ballard, an Apostle therefore the pops from Chairman M. Russell Ballard, the current Acting Chairman of the Quorum of your Several Apostles.

Immediately after dedicating South usa in the south nation off Argentina, Older Ballard prophesied: “The task of the Lord increases more sluggish for a while right here just as a pine grows more sluggish from a keen acorn. … Plenty have a tendency to join the Church here. It would be divided in to several purpose and certainly will become among most effective from the Church.”

One “oak” started in Argentina, Brazil and you can Chile in advance of reduced working towards north countries, which in present numerous years enjoys supported given that thriving top twigs.

Senior Neil L. Andersen of your own Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Elderly Brent H. Nielson of Presidency of Seventy and you will people in the latest Church’s Southern area American Northwest Town presidency, all in the center of the front line, signup Urban area 1970s and stake and purpose presidents out of Ecuador throughout the leaders trained in Quito, Ecuador, on .

Part out Salvador wife of temples

Older Andersen and you may Elder Nielson told you temples played a button character in the area group meetings. The room has actually eight loyal and you may doing work temples – around three when you look at the Peru, a couple of inside the Colombia and one for every single in the Bolivia, Ecuador and you will Venezuela. Nearly many was this new temples planning on coming dedications – a temple within the Quito, Ecuador, that is waiting around for their unlock household and dedication; an extra forehead within the Lima, Peru, anticipated to feel dedicated next year; and you may recently launched temples into the Bolivia (two), Colombia and you may Peru.

“Suddenly there’s which flooding of new temples,” said Senior Andersen, whom together with his traveling people made visits to the temples in the Lima and you may Quito.

Said Older Nielson from Senior Andersen at Quito Ecuador Forehead: “After he spotted brand new forehead in a position to have work, all things in you to definitely nation changed. Every agendas was indeed from the window, and now we concerned about brand new temple.”