Idaho State & BYU In Lisbon?

Olá everyone! 


This last week wasn't super exciting in terms of new stuff. It was pretty vanilla, but it was still good! We continued to have lessons with all of our amigos, and they're all awesome. We teach one of our amigos, Pedro, in him and his fathers restaurant. It's a cool little diner, and they always give us bifanas to eat, and they are amazing. 


We had a group of BYU students doing a study abroad here in Portugal come to church on Sunday. There are a ton of them, so sacrament meetings are gonna be a lot more full for the next couple of months. So that will be fun to have here in Lisbon. 


For pday today, we decided to go to Castelo de São Jorge. It was my third time going, but it was still fun to visit. There were a TON of peacocks there this time. They also have a big camera obscura in one of the castle towers that we got to go see. There was a periscope that looked around Lisbon and projected the image onto a huge white disc inside. It was pretty cool to watch.


General Conference quote: "The Answer is Always Jesus Christ" Pres. Nelson


"Will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you? “… Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive.” Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ extends that same invitation to you today. I plead with you to come unto Him so that He can heal you! He will heal you from sin as you repent. He will heal you from sadness and fear. He will heal you from the wounds of this world."


Tchau tchau!


Elder Howard


Pictures:
- We were at a store here in Lisbon, and they had Idaho State shirts, which I thought was pretty interesting 
- Cristo Rei from the castle
- We found Ronaldo 
- There was a cool ship we found do
cked next to our apartment 



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