Familia!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy my moly what a week it has been. SOOOO first of all travelling was fine. It was a long couple of days but i was able to sleep a little bit on the plane. I was not able to see any of Chicago or germany but it was fine. A cool thing happened on our flight from germany to Porto though. I was sitting next to this man. We got to talking, He spoke great english so we (me and a girl from my zone in the mtc) taught him about the gospel and got his contact info and he promised to read the book of mórmon! Heºs catholic but i donºt think he really practices it. What a great way to start my mission! Anyways presidente Amorim picked us up from the airport and we went to a hotel for the night. He told us we all just had one interview with him, had time to rest, and then have pizza at the mission house later. It was sooo nice to be able to rest and the next day we got to sleep in until 9!! President and his wife are super nice. He speaks great english but siser amorim is trying to learn. He is ALL about obedience. which is great because obedience is very importante! So on wednesday we had a meeting and received my companion! Her name is sister Smith and she is in her last transfer!!! so i will get a new trainer in 6 weeks. But she isnºt trunky or anything and she is super nice and patient with me and i love her! Oh and itºs hilarious because she went to homecoming with travis maddox. hahaha For this past week too sister sousa has been with us (she is brazillian) but she leaves tomorrow to become a travelling sister. She is hilarious but doesnºt speak hardly any english so we have been teaching each other.
Oh my Portugal is SO diferente from what I expected. I donºt really know what i was expecting but itºs cool. Everything is supes old. But itºs beautiful. I am in the área Porto um. So we are kind of just outside the city. We have taught a few lessons but most the time when we go to someoneºs house they arenºt home! Or they say they are too busy! But i have loved the people we have been able to teach so far, and at this point i donºt really remember their names.... but i still pray for them and do my best to study for them!! Everyone is pretty nice here! They always give you bejzinhos (little kisses on the cheek) . like always!!! Itºs fun. I pray for more charity so i can really grow to love the people. ~
OH MY GOODNESS i do not understand hardly anything anyone says!!! they have such a diferente accent from the mtc and also everyone talks so fast! However, from the first day to now i feel like i understand just a little bit more. In my nightly prayers i just pray to be able to understand just a few more words than the day before. Everyone is so nice and tells me i speak well but it is hard when i just have to sit there, smile, and say "sim!". but i am trying and thatºs all i can do! The Lord has blessed me so much already and i totally have faith in the gift of tongues.
Something way cool that happened this week was we were at the metro (ok we ride the metro at least 5 times a day) and our train wasnºt going to be there for like another 12 minutes. So my trainer looked at me and asked who i wanted to contact. I had seen a guy just sit down and i knew we had to go talk to him. So in my broken portuguese i went and talked with him and we ended up talking to him for the next 12 minutes! We gave him our info and a pamphlet and didnºt think much after that. (We do hand those out all day and usually nothing comes of it). So then we were sitting in church the next day and we got a phone call. Sister Smith answered and i didnºt know what she was saying but then she got off the phone and gave me a high five and a hug. She explained that it was Alberto, the guy from the metro and he said he cleared his Schedule because he really wanted to come to church!!! What a miracle!! She told me that never happens so i was pretty dang excited. We ran and found him by the metro and he made it for testimony meeting. We are going to meet with him tonight also so hopefully it goes well. I think he has great potential!!
I am trying every day to be better and think more positively. This week has had many ups and downs. It has been really hard for me to not understand or say the things I want to. Also i just feel so lost all the time!! But every day has sweet moments and iºm really trying to focus on those. I am blessed with a great trainer as well. She really just wants me to have the best mission ever. Some random things i have learned about Portugal.
1. Everyone smokes. Everyone. Especially while youºre talking to them. HAHAHA itºs awesome
2. It is HOT. i am just a pool of sweat all the time
3. They drive kind of crazy. I just always try to avoid getting hit by cars
It has been so so adventurous! Today for pday we went to the super touristy part of the city. I will send pics in a little bit but sister sousa still needs to email. It was beautiful!! i understand why it was so touristy!!!
Tchau Thcau e beijzinhos~
Sister Hulsey
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