An Attitude of Gratitude

Sleepover and Interviews
We went to Viseu for our interviews and we had to go up a day early
and stay with the sisters there!! :)! Ohhhh it was soooo
 fun!!!!!!!!!!! It was like a gaint sleep over. Haha the sisters that
live there are sister Fuller, sister Warburton, sister Duran, and
sister Briggs. They were all so fun!! :) We showed up and they were singing
 songs and made us hot chocolate and cookies. We squished all the beds
 together slept all in one bed haha it was so fun! ohhh but Visue is
sooo much colder!! I wanted to sleep in my coat it was so cold!

Interviews went great :). I love talking with President Fluckiger, he just helps so

 much. I asked him how I could know if I was doing enough and he just told me Heavenly Father loves me.  It was the perfect thing for him to tell me. 

After the interviews we went out to eat at this place in Visue that is popular there. They have these cornish bread things shaped like a tringle stuffed with cheese and ham. hmmm it was good :)

Investigators

So this week Heickel told us that he doesnt have time to talk to us.
 :(. Ohhhh i was soooo sad. He said that he has only been getting 3
hours of sleep and that he is starting a new course and now doesnt
have any time. I told him that we could just talk to him for twenty
minutes. I am so sad. I tried telling him how important these things
 are and how they will help him in his life. He said that he wants
these things in his life but its just too crazy right now. AHHH nooo!!
But even though he said that he doesnt have time we are going to try
to see him every once in a while.
 
Also this week we taught one of our investigators named Luis who is
from Brazil the first lesson. His house is sooo dirty. He thinks
that as long as we love everyone then we are fine. In that lesson we
focused alot about the importance of prophets. I felt the spirit so
 strong during that lesson and why its so important that we have
prophets. I am so grateful for our prophet and the guidance he gives us today.
 
Church
Church was great. We had the primary program for sacrament meeting and
 the children were so cute :). My favorite song was  "I hope they call me on
a missioin." It brought the spirit so strong. I am sooo grateful that I
am a missionary and that I am able to have this experience and help
 share the gospel with others.
 
I taught gospel doctrine at church it was on prophets receiving revelation
for us today. I talked about modern council given by our prophets.  I then
taught about the council to have family nights. I shared the story about one of our family nights.  It was on the one about everyone helping and keeping the house cleaner. I told them how you put a five dollar bill inside a crumbled piece of paper and left it on the floor. All day no one picked it up.... and you used that to make a point. ha ha.  I LOVE OUR FAMILY. I am
so grateful that we had family nights and that our home was a place
that I could feel the spirit.

Members

We had our first member meal!! :) it was with a menos activo Vera. She
made us soup!! Yum it was good!1 I really like the soup here. She said
 that she will teach us how to make it. Basically they just mix up lots
of veggies, its so yummy. She is so proud of her soup hah she calls it the
soup of Vera. We are trying to get her to come back to church because
 she is great and has a big family with lots of kids. She said that the
people at our church are wierd and she doesnt feel the spirit there. We will
work more with her.

Gratitude
So they dont celebrate thanksgiving here but I hope you all have a
great thanksgiving!!

But I have so much to be thankful for and so many blessings!! :)

I am sooooo lucky to have such an amazing
family. I am so grateful for this gospel and that I have this knowlege
and guide in my life. I am so grateful for the Savoir and his
 sacrafice and his love for us. I am so grateful to be a missionary and
the oppertuntiy to serve the people here in portaugal. haha they are

so funny. I am so blessed!!