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[[image:Mormon Missionaries.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Mormon Missionaries]][[Bellota A Roble Project (Acorn to Oak)|Bellota A Roble]] was independently established in early 2006 by returned [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] who hope to establish a private LDS school in Latin America. At the end of Elder Melvin J. Ballard's mission (1926) to Argentina, he prophesied:
:"The work of the Lord will grow slowly for a time just as an oak grows slowly from an acorn... The work here is the smallest it will ever be. The South American Mission will become a power in the Church."
Undoubtedly, the Church has grown by leaps and bounds - but not without its struggles. Today the Church struggles with the public image of an American church, many unemployed and underemployed members, and a weak [[Latter-day Saints]] (LDS) business network. Also, many young, faithful Saints have difficulty in finding a companion because LDS communities are often small and geographically dispersed.

Bellota A Roble represents both Hispanic and US born LDS returned missionaries who are committed to the creation of a private higher education [[Church Educational System|LDS institution]] in South America for the local Saints. They are either young professionals or university students, and hold the hope of gathering the expertise and resources needed to establish such a school. The hope is that the creation of an institution of higher learning in South America will foster the development of a much stronger LDS community among the local members (as is occuring on the campuses of [[Brigham Young University|BYU-Provo]], [[Brigham Young University-Idaho|BYU-Hawaii]], [[Brigham Young University-Idaho|BYU-Idaho]], and [http://www.southernvirginia.edu Southern Virginia University]).

Anyone with a desire to help this effort is invited to become a member of the Bellota A Roble project at [http://www.bellotaaroble.org http://www.bellotaaroble.org] or in [http://www.bellotaaroble.org/espanol.php Spanish]

[[Category: Education]]