We have had
a nice week. Miguel, our mentor,
returned from his vacation with lots of assignments for us to work on. There are quite a few high-priority calls
which they would like us to make throughout the European area. The problem is that it is very difficult to
reach the young people—either they are not at home or their phone number is
incorrect.
We had an
interesting Family Home Evening in our apartment on Monday night with
Francisco, Olimpia, Nadia and Sisters Nelson and De Sousa. We gave the lesson on the importance of
families. We enjoyed the evening.
We sent to
the office for at least a part of the day every day, but we also had a few
other appointments. On Wednesday I had
my first haircut here—not too bad. On
Thursday, we left early in the morning to meet Elder Berrgeron at the mission
office. He is from Tennessee. He drove us to the place where we could get
our fiscal identification cards which we were told we need to have. We are hoping to get a better internet
situation in our apartment and we can’t make a contract without this card. There was a huge line outside the building we
were entering and we had thoughts of waiting a loooong time, but when we
entered the building we saw that most of the people were going elsewhere, so it
didn’t take long at all.
Friday,
after working at the office, we left a little early and went with Elder and
Sister Lund to Cascais. This is a
beautiful city on the coast. While in
the area we visited Boca do Inferno and Cabo da Roca, which is the furthest point
west in Europe. We also enjoyed a
wonderful grilled salmon dinner and later gelado.
Today at
church I was asked to give a talk on the Holy Ghost at a baptism to be held at
4:30 this afternoon. I had to scramble
to get it ready and didn’t feel very well prepared, but I did it anyway. The young missionaries here are having
baptisms every week so far. We enjoy
them very much.
The gospel
is true and we love being a part of the missionary work in Portugal.
We send our
love to our family and friends.
Below are a few of the sites we were able to enjoy this week:
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