Santarém 9/18/17

Aloha Família!

This week was actually pretty good. Not as good as we hoped or planned, but we did our best, so no can complain. Could've been worse I guess, haha.

The first few days of the week were kinda hard on us because Élder Maloy had sore throat and fever. He hit 103˚F one time! Not good! We went doctor though, and we got some meds. He's getting better. He's a trooper.

Élder Maloy & Élder Kim in front of a Catholic Cathedral.
Beautiful architecture! If you look closely, there are statues
of Mary, (to the left and right of Élder Maloy's head)
behind glass, embedded in the building's facade.

We found some cool Brazilian youth that we taught for a couple days. Sadly, they were only here for a couple more days, so we'll have to wait till they come back to teach them again. Was super cool though because the Spirit was always really strong, and they just understood everything! It was kind of awesome to have someone just understand so easily!

We also went to a funeral of a man from the ward. What was interesting was that last week Sunday we had been called to give this man a blessing. So we gave the blessing. I felt prompted to also offer the wife a blessing, and she accepted. After we left, they went hospital and he passed away. I was super grateful for the opportunity that we had to serve as God's hands right there at the end to give him a blessing. I'm so grateful for the knowledge that we have about the Plan that God has for us, that life doesn't end with death, and neither does our progress, knowledge, or our relationships! 

I had to jump thru our neighbor's window onto our balcony on the 3rd floor cuz we got locked out of our house, and we had a pizza guy waiting for us downstairs haha. #survived #buckwild

I think that's about it for this week. Fam, stay strong, keep going hard, keep doing your best! You guys are awesome! Thanks for your guys' examples! Tenham uma boa semana! (Have a good week!)

-Élder Kim

From last week's "adventurous" Council of Leaders in Gaia, week of 9/11/17.

L to R: Élder Q ("grandson"), Élder Nunes ("son"), Élder Kim ("father")
A "three-generation" photo
Élder Kim trained Élder Nunes, who trained Élder Q.

Blue tiles in Santarém

Art in a local Santárem park.

Élder Kim adding spice to his life, appreciating art in the park.

Prior do Crato António - claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis,
sometimes called "The Determined," "The Fighter," or "The Independentist."

Art in a local Santárem park.