Elder Lindquist 12/31

It was great to talk to you all on Christmas day! We had a good time visiting with members and opening a few presents. This last week was pretty crazy but it has been fun. Yesterday was transfers and the only person leaving our district will be Elder Flint. He's going to be a district leader up north so I'm stuck with Elder Rissi for at least one more transfer. Ha I'm kidding he's a great missionary. The work has picked up in the last week which makes me happy because sometimes I wish there was more members and more people to teach but we're trying to make it happen. We have two new Brazilian investigators and I think we're going to try and mark Pedro, (the gypsy kid) for baptism this week. So I'll let you know how that goes. A couple days ago we were at their house and Paula Cristina fed us a wild hogs head or something. I'm not sure what it was exactly but it was way good, the teeth on that thing were huge. I think they cooked it in the ground or in a stone oven or something. I had some neck meat and half of the nose, which was crunchy but good. I had a funny experience this last week, we were walking to visit an old member of our branch and on our way there I saw an old man sitting on a bus bench and decided to talk to him. When I started talking to him he said "Eu sou um testimunho de jahova" I thought he said I have a testimony of Jesus so I said oh! Me too! (What he really said was I'm a Jehovah witness...) and then he was like "não nós accretitamos o opposto de vocês." (No we believe the opposite of you all) and I thought he said no we believe in apostles. So I was like "oh apostles we have those too! Twelve of them." at this point in time Elder Rissi was laughing uncontrollably and sat down next to him on the other side of the bench and saved me from further humiliation. I love this language but sometimes it doesn't love me. I hope one day I will be able to have a conversation with someone without telling them I'm a Jehovah witness. I love it here in Portugal and thank you all for your prayers and support. I hope you all had a good Christmas and hope you have a happy new years eve tonight.Love Elder Lindquist