Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Elder Lindquist 9/23/09

Wow time is flying by! It scares me to think that my time in the mission is more and more limited but I look at it like the mission cup is half full, not half empty. Elder Larsen's B-day is tomorrow as well so we're going to party it up. Caldas da Rainha is sick! I really like it here but it took me a few days to get used to it here. Even though it's close to Torres and the city is similar the work is very different. Once again I'm out in the middle of nowhere, even a million miles away from people in our district. Our branch here is very small, about 20-25 people. But there are some sick members here. The mission leader in the branch is awesome. He's a 25 year old guy named Christophe and he walks with us and teaches with us every day for the rest of the day after he gets done with school. That's a big help. We do service here every Friday morning at a soup kitchen for homeless people it's pretty cool we kind of help prepare the food then we serve it and do the dishes after it was cool. And we've got two really good investigators right now who are progressing really well, Ana and Joana. We marked Joana for baptism the other day; she'll be baptized in October. She has a cousin that's a member in our branch and that helps a lot. And Ana is still praying to know if the Book of Mormon is true and I know she'll receive an answer because she's one of the most down to earth sincere people I've met. We have family night every Tuesday here and it was a good one last night the members here are pretty cool, there's not a lot of crazy people like there is in other branches. My district here is huge; there are 8 of us including our zone leaders so it will be a party. Oh by the way President Torgan moved P-day to Monday, starting this coming Monday so make sure to send your emails on Sunday night instead of on Tuesday. I had a sick dream last night, Elder Larsen and I visited a music store on P-day and I played the drums for like ten minutes it was amazing. That reminds me the other day Elder Wheeler and I were proselyting in Torres and I heard drums coming from an apartment. We rang the door bell like a hundred times but no one answered :( it's alright I'll eventually get my chance. I was way excited to hear that Aspen will be getting a little brother! That's awesome I'm excited to see him when I get back. When will Nat and Isaac have their baby? Well I'll end with my testimony on the priesthood; I know the power of the priesthood is real and that holders of this priesthood can lay their hands on someone’s head and cure them in the name of Jesus Christ. Have a great week.
My address here is:
Elder Jordan Lindquist
Rua fonte do Pinheiro
Nº43 3ºESQ
2500-Caldas Da Rainha

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