200,000 in six nations hear prophet
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Continuing his practice of visiting as many of the members as possible, President Gordon B. Hinckley traveled to 10 cities in seven countries Nov. 7-18, and spoke to an estimated half a million members.
In addition to speaking at various assemblies, he broke ground for two new temples, inspected the construction of the Bogota Colombia Temple, met with Dr. Jose Camilo Cardoso of the Argentina National Registry of Religions, and was interviewed for a national television news program in Chile.Among those he addressed were some 4,139 missionaries of 22 missions.
President Hinckley, 86, began his South American tour on Friday, Nov. 8, in Bogota, Colombia, where he spoke to 7,100 members and 306 missionaries in the Colombia Bogota Mission. He traveled to Lima, Peru, on Saturday, Nov. 9, where in two sessions he spoke to 28,000 members and 380 missionaries in the Peru Lima Central, East, North and South missions. (See Nov. 16, 1966, Church News.)
He arrived in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on Sunday, Nov. 10 where he spoke to missionaries of the Bolivia Cochabamba Mission, and to some 3,500 members at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cochabamba Bolivia Temple. He arrived in Santiago, Chile, on Monday, Nov. 11, where he spoke to 50,000 members in two sessions. He also spoke to missionaries of the Chile Santiago South, West, and North missions and the Chile Vina del Mar Mission.
The following day, Tuesday, Nov. 12, he arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and spoke to 700 missionaries of the Argentina Buenos Aires North, South and West missions, and to 50,000 members.
President Hinckley arrived in Brazil on Wednesday, Nov. 13, and spoke to 357 missionaries of the Porto Alegre North and South missions, and to 5,500 members.
In Sao Paulo, he spoke at two sessions to some 30,000 members and to missionaries of the Brazil Sao Paulo East, Interlagos, North and South missions.
He traveled to Recife on Friday, Nov. 15, where he broke ground for a new temple, addressed missionaries of the Recife and the Recife South missions and spoke at a regional conference to some 13,000 members.
President Hinckely concluded his visit to South America in Manaus, Brazil, on Saturday, Nov. 16, where he spoke to 72 missionaries of the Brazil Manaus Mission and 5,500 members.
