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AV Princesa Isabel, 342 - B
Santana
90620-970 - Porto Alegre - RS |
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For WK 49 SEE NEAT STORY. Click photo or postboard above to view past (or add new) photos &/or mssgs. |
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Jardim do Sol - Garden of the Sun |
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1/17/08 TRANSFERRED to Jardim do Sol (Garden of the Sun), Brazil Email: eldermscousins@gmail.com For pouch mail - try the 'write a letter' feature
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Latest Adventure:
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- A NEW FAVORITE - chocolate cake with avocado-lemon topping. Eating raw sugar cane, boiling H2O for hot water (all taps r cold), hand-washing clothes and 'clapping' doors - Brazilian custom for knocking |
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PIG EARS,ox stomach,cake w/avocado-lemon |
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Mail-Use mission address & ADD Elder Michael Scott Cousins as line 1, Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission as line 2 and BRAZIL(alone) as last line($.91 per oz) |
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"...your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." - 1 Corinthians 2:5
"...because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst." - Alma 32:42
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Address Lines 1-6
1) Elder Michael Scott Cousins**
2) Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission**
3) AV Princesa Isabel, 342-B**
4) Santana**
5) 90620-970 - Porto Alegre - RS**
6) BRAZIL** ($.91 per oz. I think)
WEEK 49 - 4/14/08
okay... this week has been really crazy mainly because we taught a lot and no one , and mom I hope that you don't change my e-mail when you send it out to everyone (the one that talks about there being only "one true church")... but please, let me explain myself.
Just so everyone knows, the following part in green is practically what we teach to people and something I have come to know for myself through a simple but sincere prayer to my Heavenly Father. Read with extreme open-ness with atempt to understand where I'm coming from, and I'm sure that you will better understand why I'm giving 2 years of my life to serve and share the message of the Restoration of the True Church with the people of Brazil. First of all, there is one specific reason I am here in Brazil - help people grow closer to their Savior Jesus Christ. As stated in the missionary purpose, "help people to come unto Christ through faith in him and his Atonement, Repentance, Baptism, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end." Now, let me explain the "one true church" statement made in one of the last e-mails.
During Jesus Christ's earthly ministry, before he made the Atoning Sacrifice, he established his church. This included the calling of apostles and prophets of whom he guided by revelation after he was resurrected and risen to the Father. Unfortunately, the people outside the church and even many of the members of the church in that era rejected the Savior and those he called to administer his gospel. Eventually, as recorded by the ancient records, the people killed the apostles and prophets ending the authority that Christ gave unto men. Because not one of the apostles passed this authority to anyone else as Christ had passed it to them, the only person that had this authority was Jesus Christ who had already risen and gone to dwell with His Father. With the death of the apostles and prophets there didn't exist anyone on the face of the earth that could receive direct revelation from God - no one had been appointed to do so, and everyone had rejected the truth. The original church of Jesus Christ no longer existed on the face of the earth. This was the fulfilment of the prophecy in Amos 8:11-12. The Church was physically never taken from the earth, therefore, it continued but instead of following God's council was conducted according to the wisdom of men. (See 1 Cor. 2:5) Therefore, after the Council of Nicaea (spelling) in 325 AD, many religious leaders were called together under Constantine's reign to discuss and decide on a imperial religion because the notion of many religions was threatening to tear apart his empire. This was the beginning formations cont...on postboard |
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