Ola
Hello once again and welcome to the weekly report of none other than Elder Rusnell haha ! This week has been awesome! We got to meet some new people, go on a division, and watch people run away from bulls! ya awesome week.
Monday
So today was our p-day and like always we like to keep it chill. Today we basically relaxed and visited some places and took pictures. Not much happened today.
Tuesday
Today we had our district meeting this morning. It went great like always. That went for a while and then we got a bus back to Montijo. We came back and tried passing by some people but no one was available. We saw this one lady on a bench and we decided to go and talk with her. Her name is Maria. She was a really sweet and kind lady. We asked if we could sit next to her and share a message with her. She told us that we could and that God was very important to her in her life. She was happy to hear about our message. We ended up teaching her the first lesson right there on the bench. It was pretty funny and a man walked by us and Maria told the man that he needed to hear the message from these two young boys (haha) it was awesome. Then later we passed by a less active. Her name is Vergina. When she opened the door we saw that she had a black eye and she looked really tiered. Later she told us the story about her eye. Apparently her son is really mean to her and they had a fight one day and her son punched her in the face and gave her that black eye. This is the 2nd time that he has done this. She called the police and got him kicked out. She told us she was so happy to see us and that she needed God back in her life. So we shared a small message with her and invited her to church. She said she would go. We tried to get her to laugh and be happy. This was a sad thing that happened in her life, but she feels that she needs to go back to church and have God back in her life. I know that this will change her life for the better.
Wednesday
Not much happened today but we ended up having a really cool lesson with a less active named Rui. After our lesson he wanted to sing a song to us, so I asked if I could film it and show it to my family and friends and he said "Yes man do it I will be famous in America!!!" That was basically the highlight of the day haha.
Thursday
Today was just fantastic! Today we had a division with the Zone Leaders. So Elder Chantre stayed here with Elder Heart and I went to Berriero with Elder Gjika. Elder Gjika is so awesome. He is from Albania and he is 23. He speaks four different languages Albanian, Italian, English, and Portuguese. He actually learned English from listening to a rapper named 2pack. Ya how crazy is that. He speaks really well. We had such a great day. We ended up marking 4 people for baptism that day and it was just fantastic. We had such a blast. Elder Gjika is an amazing missionary. I think he said he is the first person to serve in Portugal from his country. How cool is that. Today was just an awesome day.
Friday
So Elder Gjika and I for exercises played ping-pong this morning in the church. He likes to play ping-pong. So we had such a fun time. Then we got ready for the day and then we went back to our area. Elder Chantre and I didn’t have much success today because here in Montijo they are having a week long party. It is basically a holiday for them. I think it’s called the week of São João. Everyone goes to this party so it’s hard to try and talk with people. We actually walked by a part of the party. They had a fenced off area and they had one bull in it and people were playing with it dodging it while it runs after them. I got a video of it. It was really cool. Portugal has some really cool traditions.
Saturday
So today we had to go to Berriero for an interview. Elder Chantre is a District Leader and so he can do interviews. I actually had the opportunity to teach this person on Wednesday when I did the division. He is super cool. His name is André. Then later today we found a really old lady named Lords (I think that’s how you spell it) she was so nice. She came up to us and asked us what we were doing and we told here who we were. Then we shared a little message with her and invited her to church with us. She said that she would and that she loves Jesus. She was such a sweet old lady. She also told us she wants to stop smoking she has been smoking since she was 17 years old. And she said she was 75. That’s along time. But we can help her with that. We also passed by a member and helped her with her talk on Sunday. She is giving a talk about temples. I gave her some advice that my dad gave me when I was preparing to give a talk. Man it reminded me of my dad. I miss my dad he is such a wonderful role model in my life. LOVE YOU DAD!!!
Sunday
Today was a great Sunday. We had 5 investigators come to church today. That old lady ended up coming after all it was so cool. She has lots of potential. After church we went by some members that Elder Chantre baptized when he was here a year ago. They are from a place called Guine which is in Africa. They gave us some food to eat and it was a recipe from Africa. It was the first African food I have ever eaten and it was really good. After that we tried to pass by some more people but lots of them fell. So we found a member Adelson, he was next to the bull ring thing and we watched the bull thing again with him for a little bit which was really cool. One man was so crazy he ran towards the bull and the bull to him and the man jumped the bull. He actually did it twice which is crazy. Man Portugal sure is awesome.
That was basically my week. It was a great adventure. Hope you all enjoy my letter this week and that I could put a smile on your faces. I love you all so much and keep doing great things
Com muito amor,
Elder Rusnell
From Tyler's Dad: Below is the web address of two videos I uploaded to YouTube. These are the videos Tyler talked about in his letter. You will need to copy and paste them into your web browser to watch.
Hello once again and welcome to the weekly report of none other than Elder Rusnell haha ! This week has been awesome! We got to meet some new people, go on a division, and watch people run away from bulls! ya awesome week.
Monday
So today was our p-day and like always we like to keep it chill. Today we basically relaxed and visited some places and took pictures. Not much happened today.
Tuesday
Today we had our district meeting this morning. It went great like always. That went for a while and then we got a bus back to Montijo. We came back and tried passing by some people but no one was available. We saw this one lady on a bench and we decided to go and talk with her. Her name is Maria. She was a really sweet and kind lady. We asked if we could sit next to her and share a message with her. She told us that we could and that God was very important to her in her life. She was happy to hear about our message. We ended up teaching her the first lesson right there on the bench. It was pretty funny and a man walked by us and Maria told the man that he needed to hear the message from these two young boys (haha) it was awesome. Then later we passed by a less active. Her name is Vergina. When she opened the door we saw that she had a black eye and she looked really tiered. Later she told us the story about her eye. Apparently her son is really mean to her and they had a fight one day and her son punched her in the face and gave her that black eye. This is the 2nd time that he has done this. She called the police and got him kicked out. She told us she was so happy to see us and that she needed God back in her life. So we shared a small message with her and invited her to church. She said she would go. We tried to get her to laugh and be happy. This was a sad thing that happened in her life, but she feels that she needs to go back to church and have God back in her life. I know that this will change her life for the better.
Wednesday
Not much happened today but we ended up having a really cool lesson with a less active named Rui. After our lesson he wanted to sing a song to us, so I asked if I could film it and show it to my family and friends and he said "Yes man do it I will be famous in America!!!" That was basically the highlight of the day haha.
Thursday
Today was just fantastic! Today we had a division with the Zone Leaders. So Elder Chantre stayed here with Elder Heart and I went to Berriero with Elder Gjika. Elder Gjika is so awesome. He is from Albania and he is 23. He speaks four different languages Albanian, Italian, English, and Portuguese. He actually learned English from listening to a rapper named 2pack. Ya how crazy is that. He speaks really well. We had such a great day. We ended up marking 4 people for baptism that day and it was just fantastic. We had such a blast. Elder Gjika is an amazing missionary. I think he said he is the first person to serve in Portugal from his country. How cool is that. Today was just an awesome day.
Friday
So Elder Gjika and I for exercises played ping-pong this morning in the church. He likes to play ping-pong. So we had such a fun time. Then we got ready for the day and then we went back to our area. Elder Chantre and I didn’t have much success today because here in Montijo they are having a week long party. It is basically a holiday for them. I think it’s called the week of São João. Everyone goes to this party so it’s hard to try and talk with people. We actually walked by a part of the party. They had a fenced off area and they had one bull in it and people were playing with it dodging it while it runs after them. I got a video of it. It was really cool. Portugal has some really cool traditions.
Saturday
So today we had to go to Berriero for an interview. Elder Chantre is a District Leader and so he can do interviews. I actually had the opportunity to teach this person on Wednesday when I did the division. He is super cool. His name is André. Then later today we found a really old lady named Lords (I think that’s how you spell it) she was so nice. She came up to us and asked us what we were doing and we told here who we were. Then we shared a little message with her and invited her to church with us. She said that she would and that she loves Jesus. She was such a sweet old lady. She also told us she wants to stop smoking she has been smoking since she was 17 years old. And she said she was 75. That’s along time. But we can help her with that. We also passed by a member and helped her with her talk on Sunday. She is giving a talk about temples. I gave her some advice that my dad gave me when I was preparing to give a talk. Man it reminded me of my dad. I miss my dad he is such a wonderful role model in my life. LOVE YOU DAD!!!
Sunday
Today was a great Sunday. We had 5 investigators come to church today. That old lady ended up coming after all it was so cool. She has lots of potential. After church we went by some members that Elder Chantre baptized when he was here a year ago. They are from a place called Guine which is in Africa. They gave us some food to eat and it was a recipe from Africa. It was the first African food I have ever eaten and it was really good. After that we tried to pass by some more people but lots of them fell. So we found a member Adelson, he was next to the bull ring thing and we watched the bull thing again with him for a little bit which was really cool. One man was so crazy he ran towards the bull and the bull to him and the man jumped the bull. He actually did it twice which is crazy. Man Portugal sure is awesome.
That was basically my week. It was a great adventure. Hope you all enjoy my letter this week and that I could put a smile on your faces. I love you all so much and keep doing great things
Com muito amor,
Elder Rusnell
From Tyler's Dad: Below is the web address of two videos I uploaded to YouTube. These are the videos Tyler talked about in his letter. You will need to copy and paste them into your web browser to watch.
https://youtu.be/YiY1fKYR3_4
https://youtu.be/40oLaFjOIK4