Vote For Pedro

Olá todos! 


Hope you all are doing well. Everything is going great here in Lisbon. Not a ton of stuff happened this last week. There were a few awesome parts though. One of our amigos, Pedro, accepted a baptismal date, which is super cool! He is progressing like a beast and loves reading the scriptures. He always marks a ton of stuff and has about 20 bookmarks in the Book of Mormon. Last Thursday, we taught him the word of wisdom, and he really liked it. Coffee is the only thing he said he needed to work on, but he was so determined to give it up. In fact, on Sunday, he came to church and was excited to tell us he hasn't even touched it since that lesson. He is awesome.


We also have a new amiga that we are teaching every Sunday during the 2nd hour. She is from Nepal and grew up Buddhist, and doesn't speak portuguese at all, so we teach her in English. She is super nice and also enjoys being taught. It is actually super weird to teach in English, which is strange since it should be the opposite, haha.


For pday today, we went to the Castelo dos Mouros, which is in Sintra next to that palace we went to a few weeks ago. It was super cool to have a super high view above almost everything. There were a lot of cool things to see there, and cool little towers to go in. Afterward, we came back to Lisbon to go get food to eat. It was a pretty good day.


Scripture of the week: 3 Nephi 12: 14-16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of this people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house; Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.


Tchau!!


Elder Howard


Pictures
- Castelo dos Mouros
- View of the palace
- Super old tomb with cross bones
- The cistern 
- We got a Little Caesars that opened here in Lisbon, so of course we went.





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