The Worldwide Church Continues to Spread

FHE

We had a wonderful family night with Zita and Eduardas

family! They made this huge power point about the plan of salvation

and then we had a huge dinner! :) They are so wonderful.

Lisbon

This week I had to go to Lisbon to renew my residency. I traveled by

myself..It was so weird not having a companion with me. The best

part was that I was able to see some former companions and Sister Beard!!!!

:) I love her!!! It was soo fun to talk to her. After taking care of the  residency, we

went to this little American Diner... it was sooo cute. I got a yummy

milk shake. It was fun!! :)  On the ride back to Madeira,  I got to sit in

1st class! It was so nice. They treated me like a princess and fed me

this nice little dinner. I sat by this man that was from England that

owned a airplane company and has traveled the world. He said

that Madeira is his favorite place. He said that he has already heard

about our church and said I didnt have enough time on the plane to

convert him hahah... I invited him to church and to pray. He was a

really funny guy. It was quite the adventure :)

Zita

Zita has been doing well. We helped make a plan to help her

recognize a answer. She is going to pray, read the scriptures, and quit

drinking coffee. Unfortunately, because I have been in Lisbon its been

hard to keep in contact with her...  she didnt show up to church but

we are going there today.

Divisions

On our division with our stls and I went with Sister Mullen (my trainer)!!

:) it was soo great to see her too!! It was so fun teaching with her

now that we both know how to speak.. haha. We taught our

investigators Christana and Alexandre who are amazing!!!!! We marked

them to be baptized. It was such a powerful lesson. They woke up sick

this week and were not able to to come to church but we will remark

them for baptism this week! :) they are so great.

Other New Investigators

We also marked another investigator for baptism, but she didnt come to

church either because her uncle died but, we will try and mark her this week

again. I just feel so blessed!!! sooo many miracles!!  I hope I get to stay here and

be here for these baptisms.  I probably will be transferred back to Portugal

till I come home and be in a threesome.

Also Rita our recent convert gave us a reference of this family from

Venezuela. They are sooo great!! They only speak in Spanish..

haha but I understand almost everything.  We are going to pass by

there again this week.

Yesterday at church Ritas husband always drops her off for church and then

leaves but I went out and grabbed him.  He stayed and came to church with us..

:) haha he is so funny!

A Worldwide Activity

We also had our Activity this week. Our members did so much, it was a

great activity. We have sooo many members from different countries so

we had everyone talk about the history and music and food of their countries. It was so

fun! Everyone had sooo much pride for their country. We

had lots of food!! Next time we need to help more people come! I made

American cookies and Elder Porter did the history and music! It was a

great activity and we just have a great branch.