Life on the lovely island

Madeira

This week was good. :) It was a little challenging. We were rejected a lot. But it was still

great haha I cant be sad for too long I just look outside and I

remember, oh yeah I am on an island... :) It really is the best thing

ever!!!!!! :) It is the prettiest place that I have ever seen!!  I just need to work

harder and be positive.

Family Night

This week we had a family night at irma Eduarda´s house with Rita.

It was soooo great!!! We watched the Joseph Smith film. I love it. I

feel the spirit soo strong every time. Ahe fed us a really yummy

dinner and I made cookies. Portuguese people love cookies. But I

just love Rita sooooo much. This week she invited us over to meet her

family. Her family is soo great. She has three daughters that dont believe

in God and a husband that is Catholic. It was sooo much fun!!

They are all really nice. They talk really fast and basically it was

only in Spanish (from Venezuela). I understood 90% of it haha. But they had so much

energy and I love them :). They also made us some Venezuelan food-- it

was alright.. haha. But Rita is great and she will be batized this

Saturday. (She atually found the sisters

and asked them what time church started and she had been looking into

the church for about a year.)

Beach Baptism

The other sisters had a baptism on the beach.. well it was like a big rock

beach... and  it was windy and they kept getting knocked into the

rocks... hah the man getting baptized was determined to get batized

there. It took a long time. :)

I know that God loves us. I know that the church is true. I know

that through Christ we can change and can change the lives of others.

I know that God listens to our prayers. I am grateful to share this knowledge with others.

Hike

Today is Sister Briggs Bday and a member took us on the prettiest

hike. Pico Ruivo, its the highest peak in madeira, 6,200 ft. We

were like on top of the clouds. IT was the coolest thing that I have

done on my mission.