"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).

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Saturday, August 8, 1970

Thursday evening we held family home evening with Aldo and his family. “Obedience” was the theme of the lesson.

Yesterday was unusual. Both sets of elders tracted about four hours straight each. All of us were somewhat sunburned and quite tired. I worked with Elder Christensen (Elder John to the members) while Elder Blackham together with Elder Smith worked in our area. At night we taught a lineage lesson to the Paulo Santos family. They have a bit of a problem in bringing their whole lineage neighborhood to church. Suely gave up her boyfriend last week. He finally gave her the choice between him or the Church, and she chose the right one. Too bad Hévia doesn’t do something similar with her boyfriend.

I nearly forgot to mention that last Tuesday Nádia had a good long talk with me, about an hour and a half, telling me all the problems she has had and has. She is so very sharp though and does an outstanding job at confronting those problems.

Tonight’s MIA sponsored Elder Smith’s lesson and an interesting game of spin the bottle.

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