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Show The Church Gave Her A New Life MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY I really felt like I was born again when of the baptismal font," Mrs. Dolores Castillo Pres. Vicente C. Rubio talks TV sequence with Prof. Dolores Castillo (Rial), Norma C. F. de Mella, and Beth Rubio as cameraman shoots TV sequence. URUGUAY Vincente C. Rubio is a man full of energy and he uses every ounce of it in his many assign- ments. He is the engineer for the state telephone and electric service. He is president of the Montevideo Stake (as he says proudly, No. 445 in the Church.) He is director of the Montevideo LDS Institute, and teaches most of tie Gospel classes. The Institute is located in the downtown area of beautiful Montevideo. It is near the campus of the University of Uruguay as well as some of the higher level schools of the state. m Pres. Rubio is a bit disappointed In the number registered and the number attending, but he says we Photos and Story By JACK E. JARRARD will build it up so it will be a study haven for Mormon students and a good tool for the missionary work. There are approximately 200 students in the age group in Montevideo, but there are only 45 registered for Institute work, and about 14 attending. Many of the students have to work long hours so there are reasons why our registration is down. But the Institute gives a place where a student can come and study in a quiet place. We hope to build up our library so we can have reference books here, too, said Pres. Rubio. Pres. William N. Jones, president of the Uruguayan Mission, pointed out that the building is softly as she tells of her life before and after she became a member of the Church. Mrs. Rial, a columnist and political-labo- r reporter for one of Uruguays more influential newspapers and a professor of philosophy at the University of Uruguay, is a humble woman who is proud of her family and her membership In the Church. Her conversion came through her son, Francisco Guillermo (Billy) Rial, who was the first Uruguayan to serve a foreign mission. He labored in Italy, and his picture was included In a Church News layout of a missionary street meeting in Torino last fall. Billy also served as a labor missionary In Brazil and Chile in the Real Estate Department of the Church bee fore serving as a proselyting missionary in Italy. The Lord has been good to me," says Billy. The High Priests quorum helped me on my mission, and a portion of financ'al help came from a medical clinic in Bountiful, Utah. Ill always be grateful for the opportunity to serve my Father in Heaven. Mrs. Rial, who has been divorced from her husband for 14 years and according to South American custom uses her maiden name of Castillo, cared for her family through her two positions. She has a son at home who is not a member, and a daughter who lives in the United y States with her husband. Her daughter was married in the Salt Lake Temple fll. on used me was to to he when his labor write Billy mission and tell me of the wonders of the Church. I was never a religious person. I suppose because I had worked most of my life and didnt have time to attend church. But through Billy's urgings I read the New Testament and when I came upon the Sermon on the Mount, I cried. This impressed me very much, and I decided to join the Church which had done so much to change Billys life. I hadnt had any lessons concerning Church doctrine, but I felt the Lord talking to me the day I read the Sermon on the Mount. Billy came home and introduced me to the missionaries. These first missionaries I love as though they were my own sons, Mrs. Rial said. Billy was converted seven years ago when he heard the missionaries giving the discussions to a girl friend. I knew it was the truth the first time I heard It. I wanted to serve the Lord like those missionaries were doing. I hope I can serve him all my life, Billy related. He is in the lumber business with an uncle and his brother. full-tm- A Veiry lltasy M0NTEVIDO, I came out (Ral) says good-size- d being heavily used for other purposes. The Institute is under stake jurisdiction with direction from the mission. Pres. Rubio is holding a complete course in the Book of Mormon for the first time, and two other courses are now under way and Covenants and Doctrine for Approach to The Gospel Missionaries, Pres. Jones said. There are 20 stake missionaries taking the Approach to the Gospel course, Pres. Rubio said, and classes are held from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. School year for the Institute is March to December with the hours of study in the Institute depending on the students. There are also part-tim- e Institute classes, also taught by Pres. Rubio. Norma C. F. de Mella, stake Relief Society president, noted that her organization uses the building to teach girls and women of all ages both member and social graces. All programs of the Relief Society are taught to the women and also a class in a very important course in this country. Child care classes are most important The state has nursery schools and when women have completed our course here they can teach in state classes. We have had women of all creeds take our course here and they have gone on into nursery school teaching, Mrs. de Mella said. The building has a basement which also can be utilized and it is hoped that ceramics crssns can be held there. Pres. Rubios wife, Betty, is handling the public relations and secretarial work" as well as helping her husband In other ways. The Institute has a good-sizekitchen, plus the traditional patio within the building. The kitchen and patio are used for socials and parties. A record player adds to fun and also is used to aid missionaries who are teaching intermediary and advanced English.' all nonAbout 50 to 60 people attend these classes members and they open up the way for missionary work. baby-sittin- g, retumed-missionar- lst state-approv- d a returned missionary, strum guitar. WEEK ENDING MARCH 15, 1969 CHURCH- -7 |