"Something is developing here that is very important for the service of God. Ask the Lord God that it comes out well and is brought to light. I earnestly ask you to treat this race, that is, the leaders and then all the people whom you have, with great love; for if you are on good terms with your people and are loved by them, you will render great service to God. Learn how to endure their frailties with great patience, remembering that if they are not yet good, they will be so in time."
Francis Xavier
To Francis Mansilhas, in Punicale
From Manapar, March 27, 1544
