When I served in Santos, Brasil for a few weeks, Elder Costa was about 13. I don't know when he was baptized, but probably I did not know him. You might be interested to know that his quote from the 5th paragraph of his talk actually comes from the Portuguese edition of the triple combination, The Guide for the Study of the Scriptures. You will not find it in your English scriptures but it is a direct translation of our Portuguese books. That Guide is a great resource for teaching the Gospel here in Brasil.
In his use of the "Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet," he left us the challenge to regarding the last six of the fourteen. It was a family home evening challenge. He said "...to find these principles in the words and teachings of our living prophets, seers, and revelators during this general conference." I will make my own list of these last 6 and discuss them with Shirlyn as we read the talks.
It would be well to read again his information regarding Brasil connected to the Second Fundamental in his talk. The first Apostle to bless Brasil with a prophecy was Elder Melvin J. Ballard in 1925. It is all coming to pass as we observe and serve here.
Well, I guess now our Portuguese speaking kids will have to dust off their Mission Scriptures and get the added guide & helps to their scripture study.
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