Elder Lindquist 10/5/09

So this week went great. Conference was awesome! However, I must say it was a huge stress getting everything going for the members and investigators who were waiting to see it. Our Branch President is out of town so that means the Elders do everything for a couple weeks, (we usually do anyway) so we spent a while running around on Saturday trying to find a way to get internet so we could start watching conference, it could have been a fiasco but we ended up getting everything to work. And the sessions worked out well yesterday as well. Fogo pá Elder Holland laid down the law I hope to be able to preach the gospel like him by the end of my mission I also liked a bunch of others but too many to name. This morning we came to the chapel with our branch mission leader to watch the priesthood session on his laptop it was great as well. This week went by really fast now that I've been in Caldas a couple weeks I'm getting used to how things function here and things are going good. I know that Thomas S. Monson is our Prophet today and our church is led by modern revelation, our church is the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth. I know without a doubt this work is real and it will progress until it fills the whole earth. Even though our branch is small and at times very dysfunctional it will eventually grow to be a stake. Portugal is an amazing country, it has amazing people here. I know if we will work hard the Lord will bless the people here and with a little help from our Heavenly Father, (maybe the fall of the great and abominable church...) this country will accept more fully this gospel. Portugal is already the highest baptizing mission in Europe and will continue to grow. Have a great week I love you all and I love the Lord and his work, Love Elder Lindquist