Elder Jeffrey R. Holland visited four cities in Brazil Aug. 14-24 — speaking to a wide variety of members and missionaries, training priesthood leaders and visiting the Church’s Sao Paulo Missionary Training Center.
The visit was “a wonderful opportunity for all the members,” said Elder Claudio R.M. Costa of the Seventy and president of the Brazil Area. “They were very happy, grateful, and full of emotion. They felt the love Elder Holland has for them.”
During the 10-day visit, Elder Holland visited Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo, Santos and Rio de Janeiro — the site of a future temple in Brazil. He was accompanied by Elder Richard J. Maynes of the Presidency of the Seventy and members of the Brazil Area presidency: Elder Costa and his counselors, Elder Jairo Mazzagardi and Elder Marcos Aidukaitis, of the Seventy.
“Brazil is on a strong, upward trajectory in terms of Church maturity,” Elder Holland said. “It has to be considered one of the strongest areas of the Church as we move into the 21st century. A large part of their priesthood leadership are returned missionaries, and a large number of their women leaders have served missions as well. It is a nation on the move spiritually.”
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What does Elder Holland mean when he says that "Brazil is on a strong, upward trajectory in terms of Church maturity..."?
And his phrase about Brazil being a nation on the move spiritually, how does that manifest itself to Elder Holland?