Transferências

Olá!


This last week was transfers, and I ended up getting a new companion. My other companion ended up finally getting to got to Angola. I will stay in Caldas for one more transfer too. My new companion is from South Africa, which is awesome. It'll be a fun transfer.


This transfer, we have the opportunity to take a car some mornings to some of the other towns in our area, like Nazaré, and São Martinho do Porto. Our area is really big, but we never had a chance to use the car to go do work anywhere else than Caldas. So it's been really cool to go explore some of the different places, and to meet and share the gospel with new people.


There was a devotional this last week that we had a chance to go listen to in Lisbon by Brother Erekson. He's a church historian, so we learned a lot of cool things about the church, and had some good discussions about some questions and other topics. He served in Brasil on his mission, so we also got to hear him speak in Portuguese which was super cool.


We had zone pday today. We all met together at a church building and played soccer, volleyball, and some card games. Lots of Egyptian rat slap, and Uno. 


Scripture of the week: Ether 12: 4
Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.


Até logo!


Elder Howard


Pictures:
- Cork Shoe store we found I Nazaré. Cork is pretty famous here. It's cool to see all the stuff people make out of it.
- Some pictures in the different towns in our area we visited.



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