Faith in His Step and a Song in His Heart

In July 2008, Sister Paulsen had an article in both the Ensign and the Liahona about a member in Paraná. You can find the article on the Church Website.

From an e-mail Sister sent out on 24 September 2008:

In case you didn't catch this, in the July Ensign and La Liahona, my article on Paulo Tvuarde of Guarapuava was published. In the Ensign it's "Faith in His Step and a Song in His Heart," 24 - 26 and in the Liahona it's "Fe a Cada Passo e o Cantico no Coracao" (you'll have to imagine Portuguese squiggles), 22 - 24.

But the story alone would not have been as neat without the photographs. Elder John Kendall was the photographer with the addition of one updated foto by Odete Lustoza, wife of the Presidente do Distrito. (Odete also lined Paulo up with his wife, and because of that, there's a little boy Saulo!). Great job Elder Kendall!! (I gave him film and money so that he and his companion could go visit Paulo on his sitio on a P Day and take pictures. I knew that E. Kendall had been a photographer for a newspaper in San Francisco).

It only took six years to publish the article. . . church magazines somehow lost it for awhile and then it was scheduled, then bumped, then re scheduled. Anyway, it was worth waiting for. . . I just found this out, but it went out in 46 languages!! I've heard from a missionary in Peru that he used Paulo's story in church to motivate the members. And a little Primary kid in our ward gave a talk on it. Paulo thought he would never be able to serve a mission because he needed to take care of his mother's sitio. . . and now look, his story is being told by missionaries and others around the world. Paulo finally got his dream of doing missionary work.

Sis