Lunch With A Pastor

Olá everyone! 


Hope you all are doing well. I don't have a ton of time to write, so it will be a short one. 


We had the opportunity to have a few lessons this past week. On Saturday, we got to meet with one of our friends, Peterson, at a pastry shop. He was super nice, and we had a good lesson with him. He's a pastor for one of the other churches in Chaves, so it was interesting to talk to him about a ton of different things. We marked to meet with him again this next Saturday. We'll see how it goes.


I also got to go on an exchange with Elder Pollock, which was really fun. It was good to be with someone from home for a bit. It was super fun


We had our first member meal on Sunday. It was great. The Vila Real branch president took us to his house and had lunch with his family. 


Hope you all have a great week!


Elder Howard


Pictures 
- Exchange
- Christmas lights here in Chaves
- Dinner with branch president 


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