Congatulations to Sam Clark on his baptism this week!!! Woohoo!!
Well here in the Algarve we are so so close to having a stake! We need to have 400 people in church in all the Algarve this week in order to send the papers to form a stake here!!! We were 13 people short last week, so we are almost there!!
We ended up contacting someone on the street that is friends with one of our investigator. it was definitely a miracle! He is a really cool guy with so so much potential! His name is Miguel and he is 23 years old. He hasn't gone to church in quite a while, so we are trying to warm him up to go. He said that he feels really comfortable with us and was telling us things that have happened in his life. I am really excited to get to know him more!
We also taught someone named Samora. He is from Cape Verde and we had taught him before, but said he wasn't interested in talking to us again. We decided to make an appointment to come back another day and he accepted. We went back this week and he told us that he couldn't see how talking to us would have any difference in his life, so we invited him to stop drinking beer. He laughed and said he wouldn't do it. Later on that day, he called us and said he hadn't drank beer with his friends. We went back another day and he told us that he honestly did not want to talk to us anymore. We told him that we would come back when he would call us and we left. I really hope that we can talk to him another day because he truly has so so much potential!!!
We have two friends that are fleeing from us. We have tried calling them and going to their house and they are not answering. We didn't try reaching them a all yesterday and are going to try again this week. I'm a little worried about them, but I know it will all work out!
I had exchanges with Sister Ogden and she is an incredible missionary! She has been out 6 weeks more than I have and I learned lots from her! We also ate lots of arroz doce (arroz con leche in spanish and I have no clue what it is in English. Desculpa!) and it was all incredible! The people here like giving us food when we're on exchanges. It never fails.
I love love being here in Portugal and seeing the changes this gospel brings into the lives of the people here. I love you all so so much!
Sister Restrepo
The Schlofmans and I after zone conference
Sister Ogden and I during exchanges
A gorgeous view of beautiful Loulé!
Castle in Loulé
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