Back at Home in Tejo!
Hey Momma!!
hahaha, why dont you get Briggy to drive?! he should be pretty good at it considering he's been driving around that TANK for who knows how long hahaha (which by the way i would very much like to drive when i get home hahaha). (I had just got home from Utah and that long drive when I wrote him) hahahaha well i laughed pretty hard when i saw how FRICKEN proud of me you are hahaha(: okay, as soon as i get those essays done i'll send them to you(: and when you're doing the UVU and ASU applications could you also look at the ROTC options for the Army pretty please? i was talking to brandon about it a little bit, but he doesnt know too much about it. and sweet, im super excited to see all those pictures!(:
It's actually really awesome being back here in Tejo. i was sitting in church on sunday, and i felt like i had never left haha. like the past 8 months just feel like it was a dream or something haha, it just blows my mind how fast it's going. My comps name is Elder Oliveira, he's from Brazil and he's very... original haha. it's kinda like one of those "trial by fire" transfers haha, but it's not all that bad cuz im back in a 4 elder house, which totally rocks, and the other two missionaries are awesome. yea i've had some spiritual expiriences, but most of them are kinda personal haha, sorry(: But one thing that happened this week that was cool was when we were talking with one of our friends/investigators. He's like 27 and a really cool guy. he's got some problems in his legs and it's difficult for him to walk, and he also doesn't really have a house or much money cuz he cant work. but he's always positive. But so after we finished our lesson with him, which was just on a park bench, we took him to a little supermarket to buy him some food and water cuz it had been a while since he had eaten. He was super grateful for it, but the coolest part for me was this: while we were in line to buy the food, a really (and i mean REALLY) old, dirty, short, rather unpleasant-to-the-eye looking lady came up and said hi to him. Well it turned out that they are actually kind of good friends. he saw that she was waiting in line also, so he asked the people behind us if it would be alright if she cut us all in line so that she wouldn't have to wait as long. then he told her to wait after so that we could all walk with her and help her with her bags. the man has a pretty harsh limp and can only walk for about 200 yards at a time before having to stop and rest, but he helped us to carry this old woman's bags all the way back to her house. Im gonna be brutally honest, she was really homely and dirty, and a lot of people avoided her because of her appearance. But this man is so humble that that stuff doesnt even matter to him, right in the middle of the store with everyone watching he was having a nice little conversation with her (she cant talk much because she's really old and doesnt have teeth), but i really felt the spirit because of that. so that's one cool story that i guess i'll share this week(;
well i gotta run now, but i love you guys a ton!! haha those pics of Brig chasing that bear are SICK!!! does anyone remember on the 50 mile hike when we saw that bear and chased it off?? hahahaha, way to keep up that family tradition Brig haha(: LOVE YOU GUYS!!(:
no i still have not found out exactly when i will be going home, but on wednesday we have our zone meeting, and since im in lisbon now its right by the mission office, so i can go over and ask the office elders, but we should be getting our "trunky calls" either this or next, but ill still ask(: and im wondering if it would be better to come back and visit during the next summer, just cuz flights are so expensive around christmas? plus it's pretty cold and rainy during the winter here. but i would really like to pass my companions that are still gonna be in the mission field as well and take them out to lunch or something. i've had a few comps who came back to visit do that for me and it's super fun, plus i want you guys to meet them all, so if we wait till the summer most of them will be gone, plus it also gets pretty hot in the summer... haha, i dont know, whatever works best for the family! and i would also be okay with the trip of the 16th to the 23rd, but i know that the church doesnt travel a week before or after christmas cuz its so much more expensive. but i will do my best this week to find out when i get home(:
sorry about the lack of pictures for a while! i guess i just kept forgetting haha! this is a really cool elder from Cape Verde, he just went home, his name is elder Da Veiga
so the city of Faro is the motorcycle capital of Europe, and they were having a week long motorcycle festival......... oh my goodness it hurt so good
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