On Monday morning we had a meeting at the office with three
visiting authorities from Frankfurt, Germany.
They gave a presentation and talked about changes in the administration
of different church office functions.
Then they said they would be meeting individually with 4 of the church
employees who work in our office. One of
them was our leader, Miguel Adriano. As
it turns out, he is staying and also Gustavo Silva, who is the stake president
of the Lisbon Stake. We are very happy
about this. We will be losing Olinda
Silva and Luiz Silva, but probably not until the end of July.
I ended up missing two and a half days this week because of
the way I was feeling, but am starting to feel quite a bit better. Mike was able to find Sinutab at a farmacia here,
since I was using up all of the Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus which I brought from
home. The pills have a nasty taste, but
I believe they are helping. I slept on
the couch for about a week because I found that I could breathe much better
with my head elevated. So far Mike has
remained healthy, for which we are grateful.
We had noticed that Elder Oliveira in Caparica came to the
mission with really worn-looking shoes, so this week we were able to buy two pairs
for him at one of our many Chinese stores for only 23 Euros. He was very thrilled. He is the only member in his family, and a
very sweet Elder. Our Elders are doing
well in our little ward. They have
several investigators who are progressing toward baptism. One of them, a lady named Domingas, sat with
me in Relief Society today and slept through most of it.
Last night our stake president’s daughter was baptized. Sister Graca had invited many of her
co-workers, so there was a huge crowd.
President Graca had the opportunity to speak with many of the group
afterwards and someone commented about the different spirit that they had felt
there. After the baptism, which was very
nice, we had a “banquet”. If I hadn’t
known better, I would have thought we were attending a nice wedding reception.
Today Annica Rosa, who was baptized a few months ago, gave
her first talk in church. She gave a
wonderful talk on prayer. She was also
called to be a counselor in Relief Society.
Our RS president, who is about her age, has been a great fellowshipper
for her.
This week we have a holiday on Tuesday for Carnival. It doesn’t seem to be as big here as it is in
Brazil, but we will see. There have been
lots of Halloween-type costumes out in the stores and Mike saw a group of
school children dressed in costumes last week.
We love the gospel of Jesus Christ and know that it is only
through Him that we can return to live with Him and His Father if we can
qualify ourselves for this great privilege.
We send our love to all!
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| Sara Graca at her baptism |
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| Some of the "Banquet"--They kept adding more! |
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| The Birthday Cake |
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