There are more than 2.6 million Latter-day Saints, 13 temples and 65 missions in the countries the prophet will visit: Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil.
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President Nelson and Elder Cook are scheduled to meet with government and religious leaders, members, missionaries and friends in the following locations:
Saturday, August 24
Guatemala City, Guatemala
The Church leaders are scheduled to meet with Latter-day Saints in Guatemala City, a meeting that will be broadcast to all congregations in the country.
There are nearly 278,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 440 congregations in Guatemala. Missionaries arrived in Guatemala in 1947. There are now six missions and two temples in the country. The Guatemala City Guatemala Temple was dedicated in 1984, followed by the dedication of the Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple in 2011.
Sunday, August 25
Bogotá, Colombia
President Nelson, Elder Cook and their wives will speak in Bogotá at a devotional, which will be broadcast to meetinghouses in Colombia.
There are more than 205,000 Latter-day Saints in 246 congregations in Colombia. The country has five missions and two temples: the Bogotá Colombia Temple and the Barranquilla Colombia Temple.
Monday, August 26
Quito, Ecuador
A devotional will be held in Quito on Monday evening. There are nearly 249,000 Latter-day Saints in Ecuador. The first missionaries entered Ecuador in 1965. There are now five missions and one temple in the country.
Wednesday, August 28
Buenos Aires, Argentina
An evening devotional will be broadcast throughout Argentina. There are nearly 460,800 Latter-day Saints in more than 750 congregations in Argentina. There are 14 missions and two temples in the country.
Friday, August 30
Brasilia, Brazil
The prophet will travel to Brasilia, Brazil, where he is scheduled to meet with missionaries. Brazil has 35 missions and approximately 5,300 missionaries serving throughout the country (comprising more than 3,700 elders, 1,500 sisters and more than 100 senior couple missionaries). The meeting will be broadcast to all missions in Brazil.
Sunday, September 1
São Paulo, Brazil
The Nelsons and Cooks will conclude their ministry visits to Latin America with an afternoon devotional in São Paulo, one of the world’s most populous cities. The meeting will be broadcast to all congregations in Brazil.
Church membership continues to grow in Brazil. Nearly 1.4 million Latter-day Saints call Brazil home.
Brazil has six temples. The country’s seventh temple, the Fortaleza Brazil Temple, will be dedicated June 2. The other temples in Brazil are located in Campinas, Curitiba, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife and São Paulo. Additional temples have been announced or are under construction in Belém, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador.
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