Bowling

Olá gente!

Not a whole ton happened this last week, but it was fun! On Friday, I had the opportunity to attend a baptism in Alverca, a town near Lisbon. My companion was teaching someone last transfer, and they asked him to perform the baptism. So I got to hang out with some of the people in the ward there, and it was super fun. 

Pday was fun this week. Our whole district got together, and we went around town. We also went bowling, finally. Turns out, after about 6-7 months without bowling, you lose every ounce of skill you had. It's not fun getting the lowest score out of everyone, haha.

This last week, I read about the abrahamic covenant. In what I read, it talked about how Abraham was a very righteous man, and followed all of God's commandments. Because of his righteousness, God made a covenant with him that his posterity would be numberless, and that all his descendants would receive many blessings. But what about those that aren't part of his bloodline? Would they receive blessings too? in Abraham 2:10, it says, "And I will bless them through thy name; for as many as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father." I thought it was really cool that anyone that believe in the gospel, make covenants, and keep commandments with Heavenly Father will be numbered amongst Abraham's posterity, and therefore receive those many blessings promised by God. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Até lá!

Elder Howard

Pictures:
- Bowling
- I saw a car from Texas all the way over here in Portugal. Pretty cool.
- Other cool things I saw walkibg around Caldas



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