Olá minha família!!
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| This sign is close by our house |
It's been a rather festive week here in Póvoa de
Varzim. I forgot to mention it last week, but this week, the people of Portugal
have been celebrating some of the famous Saints like Peter, James, and John;
people in the streets, blocked off roads, concerts, fireworks, the whole nine
yards. It's here for 2 weeks and sadly, we only decided to check it out in the last few days. :( To add to the festivities, the European cup is going on and
apparently, Portugal is still in, haha. Every time they win, people are out in
the streets yelling, and people drive by in their cars, honking the whole way.
It's pretty awesome in a crazy sort of way! We don't even have to be watching
to follow the games. We'll be walking through a neighborhood and we'll hear
everyone cheer, and we'll know Portugal scored, or we'll hear everyone moan,
and we'll know the other team scored haha. It's cool to see how into it everyone
is.
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| Viana do Castello |
On Tuesday, I held my
first District Meeting as District Leader. It was kinda weird cuz there were
only 4 of us. In Aveiro, there were 8 of us, now there's only 4, but it's all
good. The other two are sisters, who are serving in Viana do Castello, which is
about an hour away, north, by bus. Both of them are in their last transfers, so
it's interesting. I look forward to getting to know this new position better
and being in a better position to help.
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| Street decorations at the fair |
Despite the festivities,
we've been able to find some new people to teach. One of them is named Helder.
He's a rather interesting guy, to say the least, but is super cool. We taught
him the first lesson, and I invited him to be baptized, and he accepted! We're
working with him so he can be!
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| Vendors at the fair; churros being made on the left |
Elder Nunes has been
really cool. I like him a lot. We were having some issues, or at least I was,
but we are doing a lot better. He's a nice contrast to the Americans I've had
haha. Nothing against Americans, it's just different. I'm definitely feeling a
lot more comfortable with my Portuguese because I talk to him in Portuguese all
day, haha. It can be pretty funny talking to him sometimes just cuz sometimes
we'll fall into a topic of conversation where neither of us knows how to
explain it in the language of the other. Our phrase these last 2 weeks has been
"Vamos estar la no dia de julgamento" (I'll be there on the day of
judgement). We'll laughingly say this when we have a particularly hard contact
or encounter with people haha.
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| Elder Nunes and I eating churros that were made right in front of us at the fair. They were amazing!!! |
Cool experience: I was
fasting and praying this past week, one in thanksgiving, and two that me and
Elder Nunes could have the Spirit to be with us, and that we could be guided to
those who were ready to hear our message. As we were walking home from Church,
a guy contacted us and asked us if the building we just left from was our
church. We replied, yes. He asked us when our meetings were held, and we
responded, "at 9am every Sunday, that it had just ended". He was like,
'shucks, I wanna see how it is and visit, and that he'd come next week'!!! We
got his number and told him we'd talk to him this week and see him on Sunday!!!
I know that God loves
us. I know that He recognizes our efforts, even when we feel we're not moving
forward. I know that as we continue in faith, trusting that He's got our backs,
it'll all work out, and we will achieve our goals.
I love you, family!!!
Keep up the good work!!! Looks like you're all having a great time, which is
good. Go swimming and stuff for me!!! hahaha
com amor,
Élder Kim do Hawaii
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| An "old" photo... finally uploading pictures from the beginning of my journey in Portugal. This is an aerial photo of Porto as we were flying in/arriving, back in February. |
I am from Portugal but live in America and I do not believe in God bless America. I don't like the word about it. God bless Earth and not America. We Portuguese never said God bless Portugal. Since you are mormon and you should read the bible more carefully. Celebrating 4th of July is Pagan. The holidays are full of pagans. Read the bible more carefully! Jeez!
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