"Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God. A man filled with the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race" (Joseph Smith Jr., Dec. 15, 1840; in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969], 174).

"All I can offer the world is a good heart and a good hand" (Joseph Smith Jr., July 9, 1843; in Teachings, 313).

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Wednesday, August 6, 1969

President Johnson left this afternoon for São Paulo to meet with President Hibbard and take care of business there. He will return sometime Friday. Whenever the President and his family travel, the mission office remains pretty quiet.

Elder Raymond Carter left the mission today, eventually to be re-assigned to another mission. He had been here six months, working last in Jardim Botânico, where I came to know him. A number of factors lead to the decision to send him home, including sickness and other problems, but topped off by the death in Vietnam of a very close brother. He flies to California, will be at home a few days for the funeral, and then travels to Salt Lake and reassignment.

Late Sunday night Elder Walters finally arrived from the North. He was not acting or feeling sick, except he was a bit yellow. Jaundice is generally associated with hepatitis. We rode up to the Hospital Silvestre with him and helped check him in there.

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