This past weekend our family enjoyed watching church at home! It was our semi-annual general conference. We loved having friends over for the Sunday "morning" session which was actually afternoon for Brasil. I had gone upstairs with my little one to lay her down for a nap right as the session was starting. A few minutes later I heard a huge shout, scream and joyful yelling. I figured it had to be our prophet announcing a temple. A temple in Brasilia, Brazil! What an awesome thing to get to witness.
(From lds.org) Temple Announcement:
On April 2, 2017, President Thomas S. Monson announced the BrasÃlia Brazil Temple, Brazil's tenth temple, during the Sunday Morning Session of the 187th Annual General Conference. There are six operating temples in Brazil including the Campinas Brazil Temple, Curitiba Brazil Temple, Manaus Brazil Temple, Porto Alegre Brazil Temple, Recife Brazil Temple, and São Paulo Brazil Temple. Three other temples are announced or under construction including the Fortaleza Brazil Temple, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple, and Belém Brazil Temple.
BrasÃlia is Brazil's beautiful national capital, renowned for its unique architecture. More than 1.3 million members of the Church live in Brazil, more than any nation in the world other than the United States and Mexico. The BrasÃlia Brazil Temple will bring the blessings of the temple closer to the thousands of members living in Brazil's vast interior. There are five stakes in the immediate BrasÃlia area with five additional nearby stakes and more in the surrounding region.
Passing the time with couch cushions and rainbow loom
One of the families brought cinnamon rolls with chocolate chips! Why has that thought never crossed my mind before? Goodbye raisins, bring on the chocolate.
