I Love Consulates...

Olá everyone!


This last week was a fun one. We were able to find a few new people to teach, so that's awesome. A family in our branch had us over for Thanksgiving, and it was the best thing I've eaten in months. We also watched the Brasil vs Serbia game. So that was super fun.


I was also asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting this Sunday, but I only had two days notice to write it. So lots of my free time over weekend was spent writing it. 


Good thing I was stuck in a consulate (again) for hours, with nothing else to do but write. My companion was originally called to serve in Angola, but he was having tons of visa problems, so he was reassigned here in Portugal. He's been here for about a year trying to get his visa stuff figured out. So this last Friday, we drove to the Angolan consulate to pick up his visa, which has been ready since August. But no one told him it was ready until last week. So when we got there, waited for hours, and finally got our number called, oy to find out the visa expired because it wasn't picked up within 30 days. They said to come back this Monday to get the renewed one. So today, we drove back to Lisbon to pick it up. After a few more hours of waiting, he finally got it. 


Since we were in Lisbon, we decided we would walk around a little. We saw a couple monuments, the Tower of Belém, and we stopped to get some Pastéis de Belém, which are probably the best thing I have ever tasted. Now I understand why they're so famous. 


Afterwards, we drove back to Caldas, and we were able to watch the Brasil vs Switzerland game today, which my companion has been dying to watch, since he's from Switzerland. 


Tchau!


Elder Howard


Pictures:
- Pastéis
- Cathedral in Belém
- Tower of Belém
- Portuguese exploration monument 
- Thanksgiving dinner
- We've got a peacock that roams all around Caldas







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