CARNAVAL COMEÇOU!

WHAT UP FAM!!!

Feliz semana do Carnaval!! The world famous Azore Carnaval has officially started. :)

I am really excited to see all the dancing they do this week and especially the water fights on the streets on wednesday! We are already buying water balloons to hit some people from off our balcony. it is going to be legit!

This past week we had the Azores zone conference in São Miguel. We had to fly on a plane in order to get over there. It was only a 30 min flight, but the hardest part was that we had to wake up at 5 am in order to catch our plane at 7. The conf. was awesome! We learned a lot of new things that we already started to apply into our teaching and it is really helping. My mission president is sooo awesome. He really shows his love for us missionaries and he feels like a father out here. 

We wern´t able to get in contact with Soraiah this week because she hasnt answered our calls and she wasnt home the two times we visited her, so we decided that she is ignoring us and moved on. It is a sad thing but it has to be done in order to save our time for someone who wants to hear our message. 

BUT this week we did find somebody who wanted our message. Her name is Margarita. We went over to her house for the first time and started to get to know her. She told us her daughter is a member in Angra and that she herself was born catholic and was never changing religions. Me and Puertas were thinking, "aw man.." But we kept talking to her. She told us she had been to our church before and then she started telling us all the things she realized were not correct about the catholic teachings that were different with our church. She said that when she went to our church she felt something way different than any other church and she felt a happy feeling inside that she couldnt describe. Instantly the spirit filled the room and we testified to her that that was the Holy Ghost speaking to her telling her that this church is true. We then moved on to the topic of baptism. The spirit was still very strong and I asked her, "If you come to church with us again, and you get these same feelings, will you follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized that same day after church?" She replied.. yes. She told us she was going to be working the next two sundays because of the carnival but she would come to church with us on the 14th of feb. We marked her for baptism that day and I know she will feel the same spirit as she felt before. We are super excited for her. It will be so awesome seeing her in all white!! 

As for today, we got a tour of the main attractions of the island. We went to an area called Biscoitos which is in our area but extremely far away. It is located right by the ocean and it was beyond amazing. It was the bluest water I have ever seen in my life! The whole time I was just wishing my family could be there to see it. We also went to an area that looks like the redwood forest in Cali. we took a bunch of pics by this pond. I loved it :)

Anyways.. I hope you are all doing well. Hope you have a great week!!

Eu vos-amo! Espero que fiquem bem e que tenham uma boa semana. 

Com muito carinho,

Elder Harry :) 

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Élder Brandon Michael Haroldsen

Missão Portugal Lisboa 

Rua Jorge Barradas Nº 14C

1500-370 Benfica, Lisboa

Portugal