Another week down, another transfer in the books!!! This past transfer seemed like a breeze! I cant believe how fast it flew by.
Well, I got transferred again! But before that let me tell you about the week.
Well last Monday started off pretty rough. We almost ended up in a brawl with three punks on our way home at night. We had passed these three guys on the street earlier and they were saying bad jokes about us and making fun of the church and stuff so we basically ignored them. So we were walking home at around 9:30 and we see them on the street that we needed to take to get home. They were about 27 years old each. So we walk by them and they said something to Hilton and he got mad so he goes up to them and we talked and they were smoking weed and still acting dumb and he like poked Hilton super hard in the chest and Hilton`s like don´t touch me. and we were like whatever so Hilton like pats his shoulder and says okay bud, we are leaving and he pushes Hilton and says don´t touch me! So Hilton pushed him back super hard and I started to jump in just in case he punched Hilton and the guy backs up and hes all ready to fight and Hilton says lucky for you i cant fight or ill get sent home. And the guy was like yeah you`re lucky because if we fought these guys would jump in and kill you guys. Man oh man my heart was pounding and the spirit was saying to leave so we did. Hilton said he felt the spirit the same so luckily we obeyed and didn`t get our butts kicked. We saw those guys three times after that night driving around and they yelled at us so i think its a good thing we got transferred.
So we taught Luis and Neusa again, and invited them to schedule a day for their baptism/wedding. She said she had prayed about the Book of Mormon and felt a different feeling and we kept testifying that that was the holy ghost. So Luis said he will get married but he has to settle some things and he will be ready for marriage in 15-30 days.. so we were like perfect! We can do it on Christmas or something! So we were all excited about that. Then we taught another girl we found knocking and she really accepted our message and was all excited about reading and praying. So we were like yeah!!! Three solid baptisms right there!!!
Then on Tuesday we get a call from the mission president, President Tavares, and he asks us about Luis and Neusa and how they are doing. He said that he felt inspired to call us and tell us to read more of the BOM with them. We got our confidence built up! And we were thinking now forsure we wouldnt get transferred.
Well, come saturday night we get an early call saying that costa da caparica would be whitewashed(Both missionaries leave the area) they kept saying dont worry it was nothing you guys did the Lord just has other plans for you. So we were all bummed out wondering where we would go and who we would be spending christmas and new years with as we had to clean out house in prep for the other elders coming in. Then sunday after church we get a call from President again. He told us that this was a special phone call. We would be staying together as a companionship and we would be going to a small branch in Vila Franca de Xira to a new stake we are opening up called lisbon west. He said that we are going to baptize a ton in this area. he said that he had prayed about us and this area in specific and that the area is very prepared for baptisms, and that we are going to take care of it. We were like wow!!! Because staying together for a whitewash is rare. So we are really excited as we get to spend christmas and new years together!
So far this area seems pretty nice! Its kinda in the mountains so its reallyyy cold right now. Ive only been here for a couple hours but im already liking it. Except for the fact that the nearest supermarket is about 3 miles downhill from out house and so we had to walk 3 miles uphill with 20 lbs of food to get back which was tough!! So looks like this transfer ill be getting in shape! haha
I was also surprised that ive seen a couple Ecuadorians today! They were Otavalenios from Otavalo, Ecuador, so they has the long indian ponytail. I had a lot of fun talking to them in spanish and telling them about my family in Quito! It was really cool to see them.
We are starting off from scratch here, so we are going to need to work hard and talk with everybody! Im really excited to see what the Lord has in store for us though.
Have a great week everyone. Ill give you the update about this area next week.
love you all. Fica fixe!
Élder Brandon Michael Haroldsen
Missão Portugal Lisboa
Rua Jorge Barradas Nº 14C
1500-370 Benfica, Lisboa
Portugal
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