Wow! It has been a hot week here in Portugal, as
well as in the United States. We don’t
believe that it ever got quite this hot last summer. (106 degrees)
It makes our time at the office and church very much appreciated because
it is so much cooler there. Yesterday,
our P Day, we spent some of our time driving in our air-conditioned car and
also ate lunch and then just sat and enjoyed the coolness of the mall in
Montijo. The malls here have comfortable
seating stationed around in various places (I think it is for the husbands to
wait while the wives shop.)
Our
missionaries (2 sets) in the Caparica Ward are doing well. We have another baptism scheduled for this
Wednesday night. I’m glad that I already
have my cookies baked because it is too hot to be baking right now. I made some cookies a couple of weeks ago and
froze them just for an occasion such as this.
Our children
and grandchildren had a wonderful family reunion this past week and I must say
that it made me quite homesick just thinking about them enjoying this time
together and us not being there. We look
forward to the day when we can have our next reunion.
Elder Henry
and I have been asked to share some pioneer stories at a Young Single Adult
evening on the 26th of July. We
have been reading some stories on our kindles because that is our only source
of information here. We have some great
books at home which won’t help us in this instance.
We had a
great lesson in Relief Society about our freedom to choose. When we make the right choices and live the
commandments of God, it is followed by a clear conscience, confidence before
God, and happiness that cannot be found when we choose to make poor choices and
break the commandments. Things may not
always go as we would like them to, and we may sometimes feel that prayers are not answered; but if we will trust in God, all things will be made right in the
end. Righteous living will be rewarded. We are so grateful for the gospel of Jesus
Christ and know that it is worth every effort to follow His plan for us.
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| Old buildings in Moita |
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| Interesting paintings - building in Moita |
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| Common site along this highway--lots of red potatoes and other produce for sale. |
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