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National Youth Convention - South Union, Brazil
April 3, 2018
Brazil
On March 29-April 1, 2018, a national youth convention was held in the South Union of Brazil, at the church property in Itu, São Paulo.

On March 29-April 1, 2018, a national youth convention was held in the South Union of Brazil, at the church property in Itu, São Paulo.

 

The youth convention was themed "The Best Things in Life". Guest lecturers included Brother Eli Tenorio (GC Secretary), Brother Rodney Martins (guest speaker), and several speakers from all over Brazil. Approximately 600 individuals registered and attended the event, and about 700 were present for the weekend meetings. Attendees came from all over Brazil, as well as neighboring countries, many arriving in buses after long trips.

 

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Lessons from the Resurrection: Blinded by Tears
Larissa Tenorio Gessner
April 3, 2018
Have you ever been so blinded by tears that you did not recognize the voice of Jesus? Have you ever experienced sorrow so deep that you could not feel Him near you?

Have you ever wondered what that Sabbath was like? The Sabbath right after the crucifixion. How confused, sad, worn, and turmoiled the disciples must have been. Perhaps their church services were canceled that weekend. Perhaps they went through the motions, trying to be comforted by each other’s presence.

 

Luke simply says, “And they returned, … and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment,” Luke 23:56.

 

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Lecciones de la resurrección: Cegado por las lágrimas
Larissa Tenorio Gessner
April 1, 2018

El sábado después de la crucifixión, ¿te haz preguntado alguna vez cómo fue ese sábado?  ¿cómo se sintieron los discípulos de confundidos, tristes, agotados y atribulados? Quizás los servicios de la iglesia se cancelaron por ese fin de semana... quizás realizaron todo por inercia, tratando de animarse con la presencia de los otros...

 

Lucas solo dice: «Y vueltas,... descansaron el día de reposo, conforme al mandamiento.»

 

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Getting Enough Fiber
Ophelia Gherman, M.D.
March 30, 2018
Fiber has the potential to keep many diseases at bay. Let's make sure we get enough of it!

Importance of Fiber

For years, studies have linked a high-fiber diet with lower colon-cancer rates. We now know that fiber also helps to reduce our risk for metabolic diseases, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, insulin resistance, ischemic stroke, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and even gallbladder disease. 

 

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Lessons from the Savior's Death: The Call to Watch and Pray
Larissa Tenorio Gessner
March 29, 2018
There is no time to sleep. The time to watch and pray is right now. Christ poses the same question to us as He did to Peter centuries ago: “__________, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?”

After partaking of the Passover supper for the last time, Christ led His disciples to the Mount of Olives and into the garden of Gethsemane. This was no strange occurrence as Jesus often led them there and would spend hours in prayer, often for His disciples.

 

“On these occasions, after a season of watching and prayer, [the disciples] would sleep undisturbed at a little distance from their Master, until He awoke them in the morning to go forth anew to labor,” (Desire of Ages, p. 686).

 

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