With the beginning of a new month, we were busy making lots
of contacts this week. I was a little
frustrated for a day a half because my program on the computer for making text
message contacts would not function.
But, it finally started working again and I was able to accomplish quite
a bit. Mike has still been doing
interviews in Spanish and Portuguese so he has been on the phone a lot.
We have also been emailing back and forth with Elder and
Sister Markham, who will arrive on the 19th of this month. They have had lots of questions and seem to
be grateful to have someone to respond.
We are planning to pick them up at the airport and get them to their
apartment. Yesterday we made a trial run
to the airport to make sure that we know where to go. We also stopped by the American store in
Lisbon and tried to find a Chilis Restaurant there, but it is no longer in
operation. We did find a place called
Paderia Portuguesa and had a nice lunch there.
I didn’t have my camera with me, so I was unable to get a picture. It was a busy, but fun place. On the way we dropped our old microwave( in
which I had started a fire) at the depository at the Almada Mall. We also had photos made for the recent
converts in our ward. They seemed happy
to receive them today.
After our meetings today we had another baptism. Rafael Andrade, a 10-year-old boy whose
father is an inactive member, was baptized.
His father and aunt were there and we are hoping it will lead the father
back to activity in the church. Our
stake president knows the father from a few years back.
This week we will be doing at least two apartment checks and
visiting an inactive in Caparica with the young Elders. This is a man that we tried to see three
different times in the past.
Elder Taylor, one of our newly-arrived Elders, plays the
piano. He is a little out of practice,
but did pretty well on some of the hymns today.
This will be a great opportunity for him to fine-tune his skills. We need him badly in our little ward. He also gave a wonderful talk—having been asked
on the spur of the moment to fill in during Sacrament Meeting. He is from Utah, his mother is from Brazil,
and he spoke great Portuguese. His talk
stressed the importance of serving the Lord.
Grandma Naomi Henry had a frightening experience last
Monday. She was making her daily walk
around the mobile home park where she lives and was confronted by two Pit
Bulls. One jumped up on her and
fortunately she had a cane and beat him off with it. She felt very lucky that she had her cane and
they weren’t able to take her down. She
is pretty feisty for a 93-year-old woman.
Tomorrow I have the spiritual thought for our
devotional at the office. I am going to
share a story about a couple who were returning from their mission to
Hawaii. Her husband was a large man and
the normal seats were very uncomfortable for him. They were able to find one empty seat in
first class and paid extra for him to sit there. Midway through the flight his wife wanted to
speak with him, but was told she could not enter the first-class area. This caused her to reflect on how it will be
in the three degrees of glory. Those in
the lesser kingdoms cannot visit the higher kingdoms, just like this lady who
was sitting in economy could not visit her husband in first class. Christ will minister to the Terrestrial and
ministering angels will minister to the Telestial. WORKING
HARD TO QUALIFY FOR CELESTIAL! |
| Rafael Andrade (10 years) with Aunt and Father and Elder Barnhart |
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| Deleinia and Max (our neighbor who walks in the park with us). |
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| Part of a large cement factory. |
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