Hello everyone!!
Hope you all had a great week!! This week it rained. a lot. I don’t
want to talk about the ridiculous amount of money I have spent on umbrellas
here in Portugal. I think I am on my 6th umbrella here... wind and rain just
aren’t my friend.
To answer my mom…We live in an apartment complex. This one isn’t
that big. We live on the 3rd floor (the top floor) Its actually an apartment of
someone in the ward who died and gave it to the church, and elders lived here not
that long ago. In other words things are very old and we find gross things in
closets some times.. Its been fun. I left my sheets in Mafra because I didn’t
have enough room and every apartment has sheets.. also I still have my blanket
but it would of been so easy to just buy one here. I don’t know why I stressed
about little things like this but didn’t think about other things that they
don’t have here (like bringing more makeup or deodorant haha)
I like the new missionary schedule. Its good, but at the same time
we have a lot less time to study. Its different for every mission so for ours
President decided we only need half an hour of companion study and a lot of
times we don’t have enough time in the day to do it if we have lunch with a
member.. but we are getting used to it and its nice to have some free time at
night. Its been good with reading the Book of Mormon. I am already in Ether and
should finish on Wednesday so its been good to just read for an hour every
night haha.
But anyways we had a good week here! We have been tracking down some
less actives here. Its hard to find people at home (or more like hard to find
people who will open the door for us), but this week we have found a lot of
less actives at home who let us in and talk to them! I am excited to work with
them and help them receive the blessings of the gospel in their lives
again!
But yea I really don’t have much to say this week in this email so
here’s a warning that this email will be pretty lame. You can stop reading now
and scroll down for the pictures.
This week we haven’t had anything exciting happen like broken
fridges, messed up washing machines. I mean we did run out of gas as I was
trying to make chocolate chip cookies, on a Sunday when we couldn’t buy anymore
gas so that was really sad. Maybe even worse is the fact that my hair is way
greasy but I am refusing to wash it in ice cold water #vida. Yes here in
Portugal you have to buy gas for your apartment and you never know when it will
run out.. also ovens are gas and not electric which is probably one of the
worst things ever!
Yesterday night we stopped by the inactive family that we found last
week. Their names are Erica and Filomena. I already love them so much. We got
there and they insisted on us eating dinner with them (they are from Cape Verde
and they don’t take no for an answer when it comes to food there). They
literally served me the biggest plate of food, and while the food was good I
thought I was going to die. I was so full and I was only half way through my plate.
I finally ate all that I could and tried to hide a little bit of the food on
the plate. But Filomena did not let that fly. She gave me that look and said
"we don’t leave any food on the plate in this house". So in other
words, I am still full today from our dinner last night.
Also yesterday we had a church meeting that was so good. The spirit
was really strong there and I was just to grateful for the opportunity we have
every week to go to church, feel the spirit, and take the sacrament. It is such
a blessing in our lives and I think I take it for advantage too many times.
Also during relief society our lesson was on being optimistic. It was a really
good lesson! One thing I have learned, and am continuing to learn, is how big
of a difference an attitude can make. There are so many things we can’t
control, but the one thing we can control is how we react. It’s all about
finding joy in the journey. And that is one thing we have to do a lot here as
missionaries. Find things everyday that can make us laugh and lift our spirits.
È vida boa!! Also love President Hinckley and all of his teaching!
But yea I think that’s all I got this week for you guys! Hope you
have a great week, continuing choosing the right, and say your prayers!!
Love you all!! (Oh also Happy Valentines Day :)
Sister Jones~
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