We´re done with our second week here.. already. It´s starting to go really fast. Part of it is probably that we have been working to the last possible minute every single day (we usually end up running home to make it on time).
We got fed every.single.day this week. So I´ve now eaten chicken foot soup, octopus rice (including the suckers..), bacalhau lasagna, and some other fine delicacies. ..Yep.
So we started teaching this AWESOME girl this week- Jessica. She is the friend of a member who just got his mission call. She´s probably the only blonde in Cacém, and she is SO elect. We marked her for baptism the first time we talked to her! She is 19 and was never baptized in any church, and said that right before we showed up she was looking for what she should be doing, if she should get baptized, or what should she do in her life. (Miracles happen). This weekend she came to a baptism at the capela and then to a ward activity, and then to all three hours of church, and the came back for choir. I think the most impressive thing though was that after the second lesson she asked "So what are the basic steps we need to take in this life?" So we left a 3ª lição panfleto and all the mandamento pamphlets and when we came back the next day she´d read all of them, the chapter we left in the Book of Mormon, and started reading the Book from the beggining. And her only question was "So how do we repent?" She´s really awesome. I am really really excited for her. Another awesome pesquisador we have is Nené. He is atheist, but after reading some chapters in Alma, he said he is starting to believe in God!
One miracle we saw this week was Quarta-feira night. The zone leader challenged all the areas to find 3 novos during the day. It was 9:20 and we still needed one more, and we also had to walk home. We stopped and said a prayer and said we knew it was possible, but that we needed to help. After we said ámem, we looked up and saw... nothing. No one was on the street. We stood there for a few seconds and then started walking up the street, away from our house, thinking for sure it was hopeless and that we would be late. At the corner we saw this car pulling up, so we awkwardly waited until they started getting out. The two ladies had a bunch of suitcases so we asked if they needed any help. They said no, but one lady started talking to us about her travels (she is from Madeira). We asked if we could say a prayer with her for her viagem the next morning... and she let us, with her friend. Turns out that the friend lives in our area, already has a Book of Mormon, and wants us to come back and explain it. We set up an appointment and then ran (as usual) home. We made it home on time AND found our new novo. Even though we were expecting someone to be like right behind us after we prayed, we still had the miracle we needed, because we took those steps of faith.
Okay one funny story to finish it up. We contacted this old man who was hanging out by a bus stop. We talked about Jesus for awhile and then he interupted us and said "You have beautiful eyes. They remind me of a fruit. Do you know which one?" We were confused and just said "uhhh..." and then he said something we didn´t understand. He repeated "Azeiton. You know, like the oil?" Yeah turns out he said Olives. So I have olive eyes so that´s cool.
Yep all in all we´re trying to get this area "up and running". We have a few great people to work with and are still working hard to find more. The hardest part here is that in our area (probably about the size of 3 BYU campuses) there are 9 churches. So please keep me and the people in Massamá in your prayers :)
I hope all is well with you all. I love you tons!!
Com muito amor,
Sister Gidney
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