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Brazilian Youth Connect Family History, Temple Work
José A. Moscão was noticing a trend: the youth who were coming to the Campinas Brazil Temple had a lot of “down time.” Brother Moscão, the director of the family history center located adjacent to the Campinas Temple, knew that because of the distance many youth had to travel to get to the...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil and the Amazon Region
The first known members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in Brazil were two German families who immigrated to Brazil — one in 1913 and the other in 1923. During the decade that followed, others joined the Church, and the first congregation was organized in Joinville in...
Manaus Brazil Temple open house and dedication dates announced
Mormon Life says: There's a pretty photo gallery of the temple interior.
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) has announced open house and dedication dates for the Manaus Brazil Temple. The public is invited to visit the...
Two LDS missionaries battle back from brain injuries
Mormon Life says: We hope they recover soon.
Two missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are fighting their way back from serious brain injuries suffered while serving in Brazil and Canada, respectively. Elder...
Helpings Hands Program Opens Way for Missionary Work, New Stake in Amapa, Brazil
On Saturday, March 10, 2012, 21 people—including both families and individuals—entered the waters of baptism. This is the largest number of people in recent years in the Brazilian states of Para and Amapá, both part of the Brazil Belém Mission, to receive the ordinance of baptism on the same day...
Nurses see 'miracles' happening for LDS missionary injured in Brazil
Nurses say "we are seeing miracles" in the life of Elder Britten Schenk, the LDS missionary who was injured in a bus incident in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 16. According to the daily blog maintained by Elder Schenk's parents, Steven and Karla Schenk of Hyde Park, Utah, one of the nurses...
Injured Mormon missionary continues making 'small improvements'
Elder Britten Schenk, the full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was injured in SÃo Paulo, Brazil, last Friday in a bus mishap, continues to make "small improvements" day by day. "We witnessed miracles and small improvements again today," Elder Schenk's...
LDS missionary in Brazil severely injured in bus accident
Mormon Life says: Our prayers are with this missionary and his family.
A full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was hit by a bus Friday and suffered severe injuries that required emergency neurosurgery to relieve swelling on the...
Single Adults in Brazil Respond to Blood Shortage
The public affairs committees and single adults of two Brazilian stakes—the Campo Grande Brazil Stake and the Campo Grande Brazil Monte Líbano Stake—recently organized a blood drive to help relieve a shortage of blood in area hospitals.
Book of Mormon translation in Portuguese came soon after new mission
Editor's note: This is one in a series on the Book of Mormon translations and translators. O Livro de Mormon. It's the Book of Mormon — in Portuguese. When the translation was published in 1939 in Brazil, there were about 200 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in that...
Manaus Brazil Temple Open House and Dedication Dates Announced
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) has announced open house and dedication dates for the Manaus Brazil Temple, the 137th temple in the Church. The public is invited to visit the temple during an open house from Friday, 18 May through Saturday, 2 June...
Church in Brazil realizing its prophesied potential
More than eight decades have passed since Elder Melvin J. Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve stood before a small Sabbath gathering of members in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and offered prophetic words about the future of the Church in South America. His declarations are well known by members and...
Apostles Visit Members in Brazil
From January 20 to 29, 2012, Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, along with Elder Jay E. Jensen of the Presidency of the Seventy, visited Church members in Brazil. The Brethren were accompanied by their wives, as well as by the Brazil Area...
