Wow what a crazy week I had!!!
My new address:
Rua José Ladislau De Sousa Musico
Nº 29 2 ESQ
Montijo 2870-413
Monday
So today is when I left for Vasco da Gama. I left Guimarães at 8:30 in the morning on a bus to Lisboa. It took about 5 hours to get there. So when I got there I found some other missionaries there so I stayed with them. Later I got taken to the Mission office and later met my companion. His name is Elder Chantre and he is from Cape Verde and he is super tall. I don’t know how tall but he may be 6´6" I have no clue. He is tall and he only speaks Portuguese. So I am going to have lots of fun this transfer.
Tuesday
So today we unpacked all our things and cleaned the house up a bit. After Lunch we went out to do some work. We met a less-active that Elder Chantre already knew. He is super cool. His name is Rui. He loves the missionaries. He loves to read the Book of Mormon, but hasn’t read in a while. He has a problem with smoking but wants to quit. He knows that God can help him quit and we are going to help him stop. He was super cool. Not much happened today.
Wednesday
Today we had a Zone meeting in Barriro. It was a really good meeting. We learned how we can become more of a PMG (Preach My Gospel) missionary. Our zone is really cool. I have a blast here. Then after the meeting we waited for the bus to go back to our area. Vasco da Gama. But we live in a city called Montijo. So it rained today and Elder Chantre doesn’t like to work in the rain so we waited till the rain passed. It’s weird it will rain for like 10 min then stop and then it will rain again and then stop its weird haha. Then we got a call from Sister Fluckiger saying that my dad had talked with her asking if I was alright because I haven’t emailed for 2 weeks. I know my dad would do that J they are so caring. I love them so much. So I told her everything was alright just really busy.
Thursday
This morning I was looking through the house and I found some LEGO´s!!! haha it was just a small box of Lego’s but it was still pretty cool. I used to love playing with Lego´s when I was a little kid and still do haha. So I played with them for a while and then got ready for studies. Then later today I got to email my family (for last week) which was GREAT!! I missed my family so much and I love doing email. My family is so important to me and they mean the world to me. So it was nice to talk with them again. Today we had the chance to talk with a recent convert that was baptized last Sunday. She is so sweet. She told us about her life story and how she felt that this church was the only true church. She will be confirmed this Sunday and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. We passed the church today to use the bathroom and when I went into the bathroom I found a huge bug in the bathroom. It was freaky man. So of course I got a picture of it and then I killed it and flushed it down the toilet. Fun day haha.
Friday
This morning we went to go play soccer for our exercises. It felt so great to play soccer. I haven’t played it in a while. We played goalie to goalie. Jordan and I would always play that game back at home so it reminded me of him. It was so fun. Then we did our weekly planning for next week and planed for the people who we need to teach. We are getting to know the members and the investagators. We have a lot of potential here we just need to know where to find it haha.
Saturday
It rained a lot today and rain doesn’t bother me I love the rain but Elder Chantre doesn’t really like it. I told him that we needed to work anyways so we went out and started working with our umbrellas. We didn’t have much luck today but it was good to because we walked around a lot and got to know the area. Our area is smaller than it was in Guimarães. Guimarães was an area for like maybe 6 Elders. But here it’s a bit better. I like it here.
Sunday
Today we had church. Our church starts at 9:30 and we have the classes like back at home. We would separate in classes then go to our Sunday school classes and then at the end we would have sacrament. Today we had that lady confirmed and was given the Gift of the Holy Ghost. After church we stayed there for a little bit to let the rain pass by. Well when we were waiting the strangest thing happened apparently a pipe broke in the bathroom and water was going everywhere. So I walked in and tried to stop the water so I found a little level and turned it and the water stopped. I don’t know what happened but it was weird. We then we back home changed clothes and then cleaned up the mess. The church is fine and safe. All we have to do is replace the pipe and we are all good. Tonight we passed by a members house who wanted us to visit. They offered us dinner and we talked with them to get to know them more. They are super awesome. They are from Cape Verde. Lots of people here are from Cape Verde.
Ya that is pretty much my week. I love you all so much and hope all the best for you guys.
Com muito amor.
Elder Rusnell
My new address:
Rua José Ladislau De Sousa Musico
Nº 29 2 ESQ
Montijo 2870-413
Monday
So today is when I left for Vasco da Gama. I left Guimarães at 8:30 in the morning on a bus to Lisboa. It took about 5 hours to get there. So when I got there I found some other missionaries there so I stayed with them. Later I got taken to the Mission office and later met my companion. His name is Elder Chantre and he is from Cape Verde and he is super tall. I don’t know how tall but he may be 6´6" I have no clue. He is tall and he only speaks Portuguese. So I am going to have lots of fun this transfer.
Tuesday
So today we unpacked all our things and cleaned the house up a bit. After Lunch we went out to do some work. We met a less-active that Elder Chantre already knew. He is super cool. His name is Rui. He loves the missionaries. He loves to read the Book of Mormon, but hasn’t read in a while. He has a problem with smoking but wants to quit. He knows that God can help him quit and we are going to help him stop. He was super cool. Not much happened today.
Wednesday
Today we had a Zone meeting in Barriro. It was a really good meeting. We learned how we can become more of a PMG (Preach My Gospel) missionary. Our zone is really cool. I have a blast here. Then after the meeting we waited for the bus to go back to our area. Vasco da Gama. But we live in a city called Montijo. So it rained today and Elder Chantre doesn’t like to work in the rain so we waited till the rain passed. It’s weird it will rain for like 10 min then stop and then it will rain again and then stop its weird haha. Then we got a call from Sister Fluckiger saying that my dad had talked with her asking if I was alright because I haven’t emailed for 2 weeks. I know my dad would do that J they are so caring. I love them so much. So I told her everything was alright just really busy.
Thursday
This morning I was looking through the house and I found some LEGO´s!!! haha it was just a small box of Lego’s but it was still pretty cool. I used to love playing with Lego´s when I was a little kid and still do haha. So I played with them for a while and then got ready for studies. Then later today I got to email my family (for last week) which was GREAT!! I missed my family so much and I love doing email. My family is so important to me and they mean the world to me. So it was nice to talk with them again. Today we had the chance to talk with a recent convert that was baptized last Sunday. She is so sweet. She told us about her life story and how she felt that this church was the only true church. She will be confirmed this Sunday and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. We passed the church today to use the bathroom and when I went into the bathroom I found a huge bug in the bathroom. It was freaky man. So of course I got a picture of it and then I killed it and flushed it down the toilet. Fun day haha.
Friday
This morning we went to go play soccer for our exercises. It felt so great to play soccer. I haven’t played it in a while. We played goalie to goalie. Jordan and I would always play that game back at home so it reminded me of him. It was so fun. Then we did our weekly planning for next week and planed for the people who we need to teach. We are getting to know the members and the investagators. We have a lot of potential here we just need to know where to find it haha.
Saturday
It rained a lot today and rain doesn’t bother me I love the rain but Elder Chantre doesn’t really like it. I told him that we needed to work anyways so we went out and started working with our umbrellas. We didn’t have much luck today but it was good to because we walked around a lot and got to know the area. Our area is smaller than it was in Guimarães. Guimarães was an area for like maybe 6 Elders. But here it’s a bit better. I like it here.
Sunday
Today we had church. Our church starts at 9:30 and we have the classes like back at home. We would separate in classes then go to our Sunday school classes and then at the end we would have sacrament. Today we had that lady confirmed and was given the Gift of the Holy Ghost. After church we stayed there for a little bit to let the rain pass by. Well when we were waiting the strangest thing happened apparently a pipe broke in the bathroom and water was going everywhere. So I walked in and tried to stop the water so I found a little level and turned it and the water stopped. I don’t know what happened but it was weird. We then we back home changed clothes and then cleaned up the mess. The church is fine and safe. All we have to do is replace the pipe and we are all good. Tonight we passed by a members house who wanted us to visit. They offered us dinner and we talked with them to get to know them more. They are super awesome. They are from Cape Verde. Lots of people here are from Cape Verde.
Ya that is pretty much my week. I love you all so much and hope all the best for you guys.
Com muito amor.
Elder Rusnell