Até Nos Vermos Novamente, Elder Peter Fraser

Elder Peter Fraser, son of Steve and Jill Fraser and nephew of Francie and Randy Cogburn, excitedly opened an email in late March to reveal his mission destination. He has been told electronically he will serve the Lord and His children for 24-months in the Brazil Sao Paulo Mission. He enters the Brazil MTC for several weeks of Portuguese language training on June 19, 2019 - only 3 1/2 weeks after his graduation from Dixie High School.

The history of the Church in Brazil actually began in Germany, danke very much. The first known member in Brazil was Max Richard Zapf, who was actually baptized in Germany in 1908 then immigrated to Brazil in 1913. After many years without contact with the Church, Zapf learned there was another German LDS family, the Lippelts, also living in Brazil. These two families—who became fast friends—represented the beginning of the Church’s permanent presence in the South American country.

In 1927, the first missionaries visited Brazil, and in 1939, a Portuguese edition of the Book of Mormon was published. 

The São Paulo Stake—the first in South America—was organized in 1966, and in 1978, the São Paulo Temple was dedicated.

Today, one in 187 Brazilians is LDS, making Brazil the country with the third largest LDS population of members (behind the United States and Mexico).

As of October 2018, the LDS Church reported 1,383,799 members, 34 missions, 354 family history centers, 268 stakes, 2,089 congregations with 1,651 wards and 438 branches, and 6 functioning temples.Nearly 1.4 million members, more than 2000 wards, 34 missions and 6 temples.

Que o Senhor o proteja e o leve àqueles que estão preparados para ouvir a mensagem do evangelho de você, Élder Fraser!