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Live the basics, President Russell Nelson urges Guatemalan Latter-day Saints

In today’s increasingly complex world, President Russell M. Nelson had this advice Saturday for Guatemalan Latter-day Saints: Keep it simple.

In the first stop on his nine-day, five-nation tour of Latin America, the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged thousands of members gathered in an outdoor stadium in Guatemala City to remember God and live divine decrees.

“My counsel today is very simple: Please keep the commandments of God,” Nelson said, according to a church news release. “Please teach your children as well as each other about the Lord Jesus Christ.