"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).

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Monday, August 17, 1970

About 10:30 today Elders Christiansen and Greenhalgh arrived from Recife. I went to the church with Elder Christiansen to audit the financial records. About noon the rest of the elders from Recife showed up. Shortly thereafter we held zone conference in the chapel. We received the third scroll: “I Will Persist until I Succeed.”

In the afternoon we had arranged to play basketball at the SESC gym, but when we arrived there at 2:00 the baskets had not been put up. We bagged the idea of having a district-against-district tournament but put up a net and played volleyball instead. Recife and Madalena won two out of three games over Maceió and Boa Viagem. Then everybody played futebol de salão. Before returning to Recife, the elders ate at the Sayonara. Aldo’s family came to see Elders Camargo and Prisbrey.

Tomorrow President Johnson will be in Recife. He is closing a deal on land being bought in João Pessoa for a chapel. A major transfer is in the wind. Elder Christiansen was instructed to buy four tickets south, but he does not know who is leaving us. Hopefully (and probably) Maceió will remain untouched.

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