Heatstroke And Old Bookstores

Olá todos!


This last week has been pretty crazy. We had all the events for this world youth day pilgrimage going on. And there were literally MILLIONS of people flooding the streets walking to one of the big events with the Pope on Saturday. Imagine every single person living in Idaho, but even a bit more walking together on one single street. So, because they were all walking past the temple, we had this thing we did as a district where we would give tours of the temple chapel to anyone who wanted one, or as a sort of like a rest point, since it was 104⁰ outside all day. There were a ton of people passing out and getting heatstroke. It was crazy. We got to meet lots of cool people from all over the world, which was awesome. It lasted all day, starting super early in the morning, until about 9 at night.


Anyways, other than all that, we had a mission-wide deep summer cleaning too, which was fun. We spent hours cleaning, sweeping, mopping, and finding lots of random things all over the apartment. It was awesome to see the apartment so clean. Who knows how long it will last.


Today for pday, we just kinda walked all around town. We stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe in Lisbon, which was really cool. And surprisingly, we found a gun shop, which was awesome. I thought I'd never see anything like that here in Portugal. We also stopped and got some gelato at this really good geladeira, and stopped at the world's oldest bookstore, which was really cool, but it wasn't really anything crazy. They modernized it a bit, which is a bummer. 


Scripture of the week: 3 Nephi 14:7-8
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.


This one caught my eye this week, even though it is a bit well known. I think a lot of people forget the meaning behind it. If you get anything out of it, just remember that if you need help, you need to knock, or ask for it, or no one will open the door. Heavenly Father has promised us that He will ALWAYS help us if we ask Him in prayer.


Até logo!


Elder Howard 




- We set up a whiteboard with a question for all the pilgrims to answer. We got some cool ones.
- Gelato
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Gun store
- Oldest bookstore






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