Santarem 10/09/17

Aloha Família!

Elder Maloy, Former Missionary,
FM (Elder Gomes), Elder Kim
The two former missionaries served in
the Porto Mission, and were in the area visiting.

Just want to say I love you guys and that I hope you’re (all) doing okay. I sent some letters to you all, so you should get them soon....maybe? Haha. Anyways, this week was a good week! We had a rougher start, but we finished off strong. Could be worse, haha.

Miguel and Tânia understood the plan of salvation and liked it. They also like the idea of keeping the day of the Lord holy! But his work isn’t helping them with that. We are working with them so that they can better keep the commandments and receive the blessings that God wants to give them! It’s really cool cuz they really are recognizing the Spirit as we teach them. They feel the difference of living the gospel.

Samtarem

We taught another cool young couple, Marcelo and Mônica, with their little baby and they are awesome. They are feeling the Spirit in the lessons, and are developing the faith to follow God. They accepted baptism, and wanted to come to church but it seems like some things came up to impede them.

We’ve been doing well here in Sião (Zion). We’ve been working hard, and trying to do our best in everything that is expected of us. I am grateful for the patience that the Lord has with our imperfections; also for the opportunities that we have to get better. I’m grateful for the opportunities to develop and exercise faith. I know that as we consciously put Jesus Christ in the center of our lives with real intent and desire to follow Him, we will begin to see ourselves change for the better. A peace, happiness, and joy will enter in our lives, that can only come from God. Our lives are richer, our lives are more colorful, they have more purpose. As we trust in Him, our lives will be shaped and directed in ways that we could not have necessarily foreseen and that we may not understand, but as we do our best we gain the hope and faith and patience that all will work for our good. 

Family, I love you guys! Have a great week! Thanks for everything! Keep up the great work! Mālama pono!

com amor,

Élder Kim

On the hill is a former Muslim fortress named Portas do Sol.
It is in Santarem.

For exercise, we ran up to Portas do Sol, to watch the sunrise.
Unfortunately, it wasn't open yet. 

The five patches in the bottom row are from the cities I have served in while here in Portugal.
The one on top, for Porto, I bought since that is the namesake of the mission.