Transfers

So, goodbye to everyone in São João da Madeira and hello to everyone in Vila Nova da Gaia. I am now serving there with.....Sister Call, the same one I served with in the MTC. We are going to have a blast Iam sure. She and I have come so far since then, it seems like an eternity ago, but also like it has only been two minutes. So we´ll be having a good time. We had some great lessons this week mainly because of the inspiration we received last Thursday. Sister Phillips and I had a great 4 hour conversation with Sister Greene (President Greene´s wife) We asked her how it is that she uses the atonement every day and we got all sorts of great ideas. They were very possibly the best 4 hours of my life up to now. We took lots of notes and then used these notes to teach our lessons the whole week. We had much more of the Spirit with us in our lessons and really had a great week.

Great story for the week...Sister Phillips and I had a great conversation with Margarida this week. She hasn´t been opening the door when we try to pass their house, but finally this week we got a chance to talk to her. We asked her how her week was going and she said, "So so" Then we said "so, so?" and she started talking for an hour about the problems she is having with her 16 year-old son and how hurt she is that he talks to her disrespectfully and everything. If only all of the doubts of the people we teach were that easy to find. We felt so proud of the way that we followed the counsel of our MTC teachers to clarify doubts. Then we listened to her, and felt very bad for the pain that we had caused our parents when we were adolescents (So very, very sorry!!!) In the end it was a great lesson. It´s funny how none of life´s experiences is for naught. There comes a day when every single one will be used either to help us learn, or to help us teach someone else.

So, in case any of you would like to send letters, any one at all.....My address is:
Vereda do Espírito Santo
Nº 12 - 2º esq\traz
Canidelo
4400 Vila Nova da Gaia

Mom, so glad you liked your birthday present. It was a good excuse to send home some things that I don´t want to have to pack. There may be more packages of that same kind in the future.

Aaron, so glad everything is alright with you...I just thought things like that happened here in portugal where the wiring systems are quite variable. You´re in my prayers.

Thank you so much for all of your faith and prayers on my behalf. Hope everything is going well for all of you. Sure do love each and every one of you. Keep up the great reading of the Book of Mormon. It´s the greatest book ever, really. It gets better with each reading.

ellen