Hola friends and family!!!!
I hit my two month mark on my mission! It has definitely
seemed like I have been on my mission for an eternity, but also that I just got
here.
Who came up with cobblestone?! It was probably the worst
idea. It gets slippery when it's wet, I imagine it takes forever and a half to
put down, Sister Truman and I keep tripping because it is all uneven, and the
little stones come out all the time...... what a waste of time..... I look like
a weirdo that can't walk on sidewalk. Oh well.
We have been teaching this guy Isaias who has been such an
amazing example to us! He has so much faith and has been learning a lot from
us. He moved houses, so he is no longer in our area, so Friday was our last
lesson with him and I cried. A lot. He is such an amazing person, and it is
definitely hard to hand him to the other missionaries in Amadora. Every time we
get transferred, it is going to be really rough.
Claudia Coelho is the relief society president, and that
whole family is absolutely perfect!!!! I love them so much! She invited us for
dinner and made a lasagna that was absolutely delicious, so I asked for the
recipe! (Don't worry mommy, yours is still much better). We get lunch and
dinners here pretty frequently. When we get lunch and dinner on one day, we feel
like throwing up because of how full we are. The people here have big lunches
and then eat really late at night. The kids here also stay up really late.
There is a bakery/pasteleria on every single corner and they
all smell like heaven!! The bread is SO AMAZING EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!
I really really don't like stopping people on the sidewalk
to see if they would like to hear more about our church, but Sister Truman
bribed me. She told me that if I could get someone's information, then we could
go to McDonald's to get ice cream. This day was as hot as could possibly be, I
love ice cream, and the ice cream here is easily 10 times better than in the
U.S, so of course that bribe worked. I went out and contacted every single
person I possibly could and no one said yes. When it was the last second, I
contacted two men at a bus stop and was able to get their information as they
entered the bus. Ice cream never tasted so good. I have been a little better at
contacting since then! Also, The McDonalds are high tech here. You order on
some screen thing and they have more desserts here! I ate a caramel sundae today and I am convinced
that the caramel was real arequipe / dulce de leche.
We visit this 80 something year old woman named Amelia and
she is easily my favorite person to visit. She shows us soooo many things in
her house and everything has a story. We try to share our message with her, but
she starts talking to her cat and she is hilarious!! I love her so much. Our
messages with her are really short because she moves on to talk about the
flowers she picked that day or what happened when she was like 5. She is
amazing!
Some more facts about Portugal
The two most popular cars here are Citroen and Peugeot
There are people that are randomly on horses, but those are
usually the gypsies, and we don't really talk to them.
Now I know what Fogo de Chão means!!!! Fire of the floor. It
makes absolutely no sense, but there it is!
I absolutely love a drink from Brazil called Guaraná
I love you all so much!!! Never forget that you are all
children of God and that He loves you with his whole heart. Never forget your
worth!
Have an amazing week,
Sister Restrepo
We
went to a house and they gave us goodie bags after dinner
We
found a blockbuster!!!!
It is of course out of business, but it was still a
beautiful sight!
A
beautiful city named Belas that we think is in our area,
but takes forever and
a half to walk there
The
outside of our apartment.
Ours is the one with the bed sheet over the
window,
that room is our living room
Claudia
Coelho's son! He made that sign for us!! SOOO ADORABLE!!!!
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