Hey, hey, hey, it´s Elder Mortensen again!! Hope you guys haven't quite gotten annoyed of me just yet haha!
Wow, what a week it has been! We had two more residency appointments on top of lots of travel planning for the missionaries that are leaving. We currently have the party house of the mission with 2 other sets of missionaries staying in our house for 5 nights in a row. Portugal decided to pass a temporary law that makes it so this holiday weekend you can't travel out of a certain region of the country, so we had to bring them all here to Lisbon and they are staying with us for a couple of days, so we are just making the best of the situation haha. But it truly is a party, they are all super good friends of ours!
Oh we also celebrated Elder Covington's birthday on Tuesday with an awesome Brazilian grill for lunch and a small surprise party later that night!
We also have transfers coming up next week for our mission, so guess who is frantically working to get everything ready to go? THESE GUYS!! ✌It's super fun to be here and be a part of it all, I love it, but that doesn't mean it isn't stressful haha!
Anyways, that is basically the extent of our week in a nutshell. Here is my favorite quote of the week that I want to share with you all, given by Elder Neal A. Maxwell:
"We can trust, worship, and even adore Him without any reservation! As the only Perfect Person to sojourn on this planet, there is none like Him!
In intelligence and performance, He far surpasses the individual and the composite capacities and achievements of all who have lived, live now, and will yet live!"
I know Jesus Christ is perfect and that He lives! We can fully trust in Him and He will comfort, console, and strengthen us!
Sorry, I have to go and plan the rest of transfers but I will see you all next week!!
Your Favorite Portuguese Elder,
Élder Mortensen