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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Full Report Provided on President Nelson's Visit to Paraguay

Hello again, everyone! The Newsroom on the Church's website recently shared a full report on President Nelson's visit to Paraguay. One interesting thing that stuck out to me about this report is that, as President Nelson continued to offer remarks in Spanish, Elder Stevenson commented on how weird it was for him to have to wear headphones to hear the English translation of the prophet's remarks.

But Elder Stevenson also mentioned how amazing it was to see the Saints in these congregations responding to President Nelson speaking in their native tongue. President Nelson is truly a prophet to the people. It is not surprising in any way to me that his message has been the same everywhere he has visited this year. He is continually encouraging people to prioritize their families, frequent study of the Book of Mormon, and striving for temple worthiness.

That said, I had thought (when Asuncion was announced as a stop on his tour) that he would potentially meet with governmental leaders to see what could be done to get the renovation process started for the temple in that city. But given that the process started several days prior to his departure on this tour, it appears that such a visit was not necessary.

I will continue to provide coverage of this first leg of President Nelson's South American Tour as that becomes available. I likewise continue to monitor any other Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to pass word of those along to you all as I receive it.

That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post of any time. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

3 comments:

  1. Hello again, everyone! The Church News provided a more complete report on President Nelson's visit to Asuncion Paraguay. The web address of that report follows below. Having made the stop in Asuncion, President Nelson and his companions are now taking a 3-day break to catch their breath and recover from any jet lag, and they will move on to the final legs of their journey starting Thursday, when they will visit Montevideo Uruguay, before concluding this leg of the tour with this weekend's dedication of the Concepcion Chile Temple. I will continue to provide coverage of that tour this week. Thanks again to you all.

    https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2018-10-23/the-best-is-yet-ahead-president-nelson-tells-latter-day-saints-in-paraguay-48291

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  2. Edmonton Alberta Temple now opening Dec 4, 2018. This is published on the Church Temple site.

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  3. Thank you. I had been made aware of that through a comment on my blog from another user 5 days ago, and I provide a link to the post at which that comment was made. A letter on that subject was read over the pulpit in the stakes within the Edmonton Alberta Temple District last Sunday. Thanks again.

    https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-projection-for-what-november-2018.html

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