(Sister Ellsworth)
It always seems like PDAY comes around way too fast and I
have no idea what happened during the week. There's always so much to do and
not enough time during the day to do it all. It was a good week. We found some
new investigators who are really cool (I know I always say that but it's true.
They are all fixe "feesh" which is Portuguese for cool). We've been
working really closely with our members and other missionaries in the area and
the work here is progressing quickly.
It's really exciting to see and help these people! WOOT! Haha.
We had divisions this week, next week, and the week after.
My companion is the Sister training leader which is basically the leader for
the sisters in our area. It's been so fun to get to know more Sisters and learn
new ways to teach. We taught a variety of people this week as well from a 13
year old boy to a 19 year old mom to a 85 year old grandma and her grandkids.
It's been truly humbling to see some of the sad situations some of these people
are in yet they are still smiling and eager to learn. I think one of the most
exciting things we did on our divisions was we found this guy who we knew was a
drug dealer or something but he was always really nice to the missionaries
since he was raised by a God fearing woman. He told us he wanted to change and
that he didn't want to be sad or angry with God anymore. We taught him the Plan
of Salvation and how faith is a choice. He asked us how he could change and we
told him that faith is a choice. It's a hard choice and sometimes it's
difficult to know if you are acting on faith but one way to know if you are
acting on faith is if you feel good. If you feel the warm whisperings of the
Holy Ghost in your heart. He thought about it for a while and then asked if he
was allowed to come to church and to pray and clearly we said yes. No one is
unworthy to pray! It was a great experience.
We also went to Lapa this week which is the touristy area of
Lisbon. It's old winding cobblestone
streets and cathedrals for miles and miles. We just wandered around and talked
about life. If any of you guys want to visit Portugal... visit Lapa!!
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| Lapa |
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Also Lapa. At the very end of this street is the Rio Teijo
and across the river is Barreiro!
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Portuguese people are very short. I'm 5 foot 5 and I smacked
my forehead on this door.
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This is how the decorate old abandoned buildings.
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| They have mangoes here that are bigger than your face. This is only half of the mango. |
Ate Logo! Amo vocês!
Sister Ellsworth
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