April 28, 2It was a beautiful spring week in Portugal until Saturday when the wind blew with a passion. It gusted and howled the entire day. It’s much nicer today.  Lara, a 10-year-old daughter in a less-active family was baptized today. Her mom and younger brother have come to church several times with her and we hope that they will continue to attend. Brother and Sister Lima, who moved into our ward and came for the first time last week, have a son who is a wonderful pianist. He played for our Sacrament Meeting today and brought a sweet spirit into the meeting. Elder Oliveira also plays quite well, so for the time being we are enjoying this wonderful blessing of good accompaniment for our meetings. In the past we have sometimes sung a cappella. We always sing a cappella in Relief Society, sometimes with me as the chorister wondering what hymn we are singing because the titles are quite different in Portuguese. It was very quiet at our office this week because the two people who make the most noise were gone to Germany to find housing. They will both be moving there this summer. There was also a holiday on Thursday, so some of the employees took days before or after off to have a longer break. There was a churro stand set up for the holiday so Mike bought churros filled with white chocolate. (very yummy!) We have another holiday this week—May 1st is their Labor Day. We went to Cascais one day and did some apartment checking for new missionary residences in two different areas on another day. There is a large group of new missionaries coming in a couple of weeks and I am sure it is a huge challenge to be ready for all of them. I started Family Search indexing recently and have really enjoyed it. I am almost at 1,000 entries. I feel it is a positive use of my time. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.013

It was a beautiful spring week in Portugal until Saturday when the wind blew with a passion.  It gusted and howled the entire day.  It’s much nicer today. J

Lara, a 10-year-old daughter in a less-active family was baptized today.  Her mom and younger brother have come to church several times with her and we hope that they will continue to attend. 

Brother and Sister Lima, who moved into our ward and came for the first time last week, have a son who is a wonderful pianist.  He played for our Sacrament Meeting today and brought a sweet spirit into the meeting.  Elder Oliveira also plays quite well, so for the time being we are enjoying this wonderful blessing of good accompaniment for our meetings.  In the past we have sometimes sung a cappella.  We always sing a cappella in Relief Society, sometimes with me as the chorister wondering what hymn we are singing because the titles are quite different in Portuguese.

It was very quiet at our office this week because the two people who make the most noise were gone to Germany to find housing.  They will both be moving there this summer.  There was also a holiday on Thursday, so some of the employees took days before or after off to have a longer break. There was a churro stand set up for the holiday so Mike bought churros filled with white chocolate.  (very yummy!) We have another holiday this week—May 1^st is their Labor Day.

We went to Cascais one day and did some apartment checking for new missionary residences in two different areas on another day.  There is a large group of new missionaries coming in a couple of weeks and I am sure it is a huge challenge to be ready for all of them.

I started Family Search indexing recently and have really enjoyed it.  I am almost at 1,000 entries.   I feel it is a positive use of my time. 

Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Remember faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.

Lara Victoria (center) who was baptized today.

Elder Oliveira (of Brazil) and Elder Oliveira (of Portugal)
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Pretty tree near our office (Love the trunk)

Statue in honor of David's role in Pirates of Penzance (seen in Cascais).