Zachary's Made it to Portugal and He is doing Great!!
This is Zach with his new Companion Elder O'Malley
HI MOMMA!!!
right now im serving in the Tomar, Santarém! holy crud i love it here so much! my companion is Elder O'Malley, he's from England, so i get to speak some English! its pretty cold here, but the coldest part is the houses, theyre all freakin made of concrete and tile, so it's always freezing in our apartment! haha im so grateful for this little heater we have that keeps our bedroom warm at night!
The language is coming along really well, and its amazing how fast im learning, but it's so hard to understand the natives because they slur their words together like no other! but slowly im catching on!(:
The food is pretty good, but its just like home... it all depends on who prepares it haha. the first night we had dinner at the mission home, and it was straight up the best lasagna i have ever had! but on the flip side, the cereal we have every morning in our apartment isnt all that great haha, but we bought some meat like two days ago and that was awesome for lunch! we dont have dinner very often cuz most of the time we're really busy teaching people, but the adjusment isnt as hard as i thought it would be, its crazy what the Lord can do!
Holy crap our ward is tiny! we dont have our own church building, its like a tiny little complex inside an apartment, but it's so awesome! there are about 14 members in our ward, and on Sunday there were about 10 who attended, including my companion and i, and two investigators! but everyone in our ward is so flippin awesome and i love every single one of them!
I HAD MY FIRST BAPTISM ALREADY!! well i didnt really do anything... i just helped a little in the last two lessons, and then she was baptized yesterday! her name is Inês, and she's 19 and is the only one in her family who is part of the church, so she has a killer testimony and curiosity of the gospel to do this alone!
this coming up sunday another man is marked for baptism, his name is Ivo, and hes about 35 - 40ish, and he really likes the church, he's just having a hard time quitting smoking, but two days ago we gave him a blessing and it's already working incredibly fast! i think he'll be ready by Sunday!
being a missionary is so flippin cool! portugal is sooooo beautiful! is like as green as freakin Jurassic Park here! i wish you could all see this Português keyboard im trying to type on haha. all of portugal is so rad, but yea there are a lot of more poor areas, but its just so different from anything ive ever seen and its so unbelievable cool!
i love you all so much and im running out of things to say, but just know that im super happy and yes im safe(:
Eu sei com todo meu coração que Jesus é O Cristo, e que porque Dele, podemos voltar e viver no Ceu novamente, com todas nossas famílias. Eu amo as pessoas de Portugal, e eu estou tão animado poder servir aquí por dois anos. Vocês em minhas oraçoés cada dia! Nosso Salvador Vive!(:
translation: (I know with all my heart that Jesus is the Christ, and that because of Him, we can go back and live again in Heaven with all our families. I love the people of Portugal, and I'm so excited to serve here for two years. You in my prayers every day! Our Savior Lives (!:)
com todo o amor na terra,
Elder Dayton
Zach didn't send an address in Tomar yet!! He probably forgot, I've been told mail is reliable and takes about a week, but we need an address for it to work :/ Here is his Mission Home address but he won't get things sent there until they have a zone conference.
Here is Zach's Mission Home address:
Elder Zachary Dayton
Portugal Lisbon Mission
Apartado 40054
1500 Lisbon
Portugal
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