first week in odivelas

Ola família,
Well, I made it through the first week! Here I am in the heart of Lisbon. I´m still a bit lost as to a lot of what is going on... It´s a bit weird going to a new area. Everything looks completely new but also strangely familiar.
The Lisbon Situation:
Alright so. My area is Lisboa 5A, otherwise known as Odivelas. There are 3 duplas in the ward here, two of sisters and one of elders. The elders are Elder Seeley and Elder Bluemel. Us sisters all live together. The other dupla is Sister Salies (Brazilian) and Sister Anderson (Coloradian). My companion is Sister Derrick from Kaysville. She´s been on her mission about 8 months, so just a little less than me. She´s the youngest child in her family. Pretty short, so I feel like a super giant around the little portuguese people. But luckily most of the ward here is african young men who are all pretty tall, so that helps.
The ward has about 100 people, including a bunch of kids so we have a pretty good Primary. Church was very interesting. It starts at 9:30 and sacrament meeting is last.
Big events of the week:
-One morning during studies some Jehovah´s Witnesses knocked on our door. They saw our nametags and said "Oh" and left.
-I had a terrible dream that all my teeth were breaking and falling out. All of them, starting in the back. All I had left were little nubs. And I just had all these pieces of teeth in my hand. And Mom just said "Don´t worry we´ll just put a sealant on it". I kept saying "A sealant is not going to fix this!" But then I woke up and my teeth were still in my mouth so that was a huge relief.
-It was "Dia das Mulheres" yesterday (woman´s day). Nothing happened.
-Mostly this week I just realized how hard it is going to be to leave Portugal. Just leaving an area was hard enough. Even though sometimes it´s super rough, I like it here.
I am feeling a little better than last week, but it´s still kind of hard. My companion and I are getting along well, but I still don´t really know her. Also, our area is HILLS. Just hills. We walk uphill bothways everywhere. I don´t understand the physics of it.
Also, one interesting thing. When a new transfer starts, you get a boost of energy, that helps you work and just live. In the beginning of the mission, the new-transfer-energy lasted me about 5 and a half weeks of the six. a couple of trasnfers ago, it lasted till about week three or four. This transfer it lasted until Thursday. Haha. I don´t know what it is about a mission that just wears you out but I am SO tired. And every day you are the most tired you have ever been in your life, but you know tomorrow you will set a new record. It is actually pretty incredible that anyone even survives their mission :) But that is where rgrace comes into play. I don´t know why it´s called "serving" a mission like you´re giving some sort of service or something because I am not giving anything. Heavenly Father is doing all of it, literally. Because I am just too worn out. And so He helps me get up and walk around and talk to people. So really He is just helping me. The whole time. And I´m not doing anything. It´s like Mosiah 2:21.
There is a family here that we´re working with. The dad is a member, for about two years, but the mom and two kids aren´t yet. They want to get baptized so have the "remission of sins", but they don´t seem to understand that there is a requirement part beforehand, to learn everything and start living everything. I think they think baptism just changes who you are. And it does, but only if you have prepared for that change. ANy ideas on how to help them?
Not much else happened this week. I still don´t really know where anything is or who anyone is so, no big news yet.
Thanks for all the emails and prayers. I love you all tons,
com amor,
Sister Gidney
P.s. Pictures of Marta´s baptism, and the district in Braga.