6 months - August 19th

Isn't is crazy how time flies!? It is crazy! soooo first funny story...

 

Somebody in our ward asked my companion if I was from South Africa because of my accent. I guess she lived there for a year or so and thought I had a little bit of a south African accent. So that was interesting.

 

We also have this amazing recent convert. Her name is Lu. She is from the Filipins and I seriously love her so much! She actually reminds me a lot of Aunty Beryl. She is the sweetest lady and just so giving and loving. She is going to do baptisms for the Dead on Wednesday and is sooo excited. She loves family history.. If I didn't know better I would have thought she was a member for her life. But nope 3 weeks. Anyways she was at the mall and she gave away 4 pass along cards and she just talks to the world! She says all the time that ANY chance she gets to bear her testimony she will because she knows it will help. If all the members had her faith the church would grow so much faster!

 

So there is this towel. It is called Drylite sea-to-summit. I have no idea if it is expensive or what, but it is sooo tiny and light and works! If there was anyway you could look into it and send one to me so my luggage could be lighter when I go back to Portugal that would be amazing! Just you know thought I would throw that one out there.

 

My companions are sooooo amazing. Seriously I can't even begin to explain! Sister Ellgen is soooo service oriented that I can see myself become better and more charity centered and loving and selfless everyday because of her example. Like she will say something that nobody else would ever say and mean it so honestly. She is constantly serving and constantly complimenting and tries sooo hard to be better everyday. It is just amazing! Sister Peterson is sooo strong! I don't know how to explain it. On Saturday we found out that her Grandfather passed away and she is just pulling through it like a rock star and has her priorities so in line. Her biggest concern is for her family. It is just amazing. The people that we get to learn from and the opportunities that are giving to us on our missions. I am so blessed to be here it is amazing!

 

So as for my visa and it's status. I need to get the medical letter and a insurance letter from Portugal and one other thing that they have to send from Salt lake. So I think we will get everything together and ready by the end of next week is my guess. this week is transfers and things are kind of crazy! We have Elder Aidukaitis coming on Saturday a huge transfer meeting on Thursday and a bunch of other stuff as well. I have to go to the doctors three times this week and then hopefully all the paper stuff will work out next week. If we get that all worked out by lets say the 30th... then it will take from 3-6 weeks to get the VISA issued. So probably the 24th of September at the earliest. the Date of entry we are putting on the Visa is the 24th of September. Which means I will leave with in 30 days of that date. but it just depends on when we get everything done. It is a lot harder being on the mission, not having Mom to help me. We are getting it done though. I am trying to get everything in as fast as I can. but If I get called to train or something this transfer (today we get the calls about transfers) I will most likely stay for this whole next transfer. Even if I get my visa. soo... 7 weeks? We will see, I have never in my life felt something seem more in the Lords hands. President Tilleman said if I am here longer I will be training Spanish sisters. Which would be super interesting. haha we will see all I know is that God is in Charge. Literally in Charge of every little detail. Everything will fall in to place exactly when it needs to so I can be hear the amount of time I need so I can learn everything I need and so I can help everyone I need to. As for now I will continue to try speaking to people who only speak Punjabi and learn to love Surrey.

 

I talked to Elder Dallin Harding this week, we were passing off a reference to them. He is going home this week! So if you see him you can ask all about Vancouver and what I am doing. It was super funny. He had no Idea I was here and was a little shocked about the fact I was passing him a reference.

 

I am so changed familia! I am nervous. If I am this different already who knows what I'll be like when I come home! haha Of course I am still me. Maybe a little too goofy at times and things like that. but I have grownsoo much! My companions think of me as this super healthy, super high energy, super outgoing, bold, crazy person, Although I still love my naps. the whole 10 minutes I get at lunch sometimes and if we get time on p-day. haha I have grown so much physically, mentally, spiritually(of course), emotionally. I am looking forward to how the Lord will continue to shape me over the next year.

 

KIMMY-SUE and NATHAN! CONGRATULATIONS! I was thinking of you a ton! Miss you love you and I need pictures and updates as soon as possible. I know that you probablly think you have other things to do like go on a honey-moon or live the married life, but I need pictures and updates! haha Just kidding. kind of. I hope everything was amazing! I love you soooo much and you both deserve this eternal happiness!

 

well... Thats where I am right now. Just loving it here. Having a car has been a nice thing. We don't teach as much here but I feel like the people we do we really make a huge difference. I love you all and miss you so much! Keep me updated, I want to know all the little details.

 

Sister Brooklyn Marie Mullen

August 12

Okay so I don't even know where to start. Not even kind of. This week has been sooo different.

 

 

It has been the most amazing experience though! This mission is so completly different it is insane! I have learned soooooo much and will continue to learn a ton I am sure. I'll try to do some kind of play by play of the week If I can remember becuase is has been quite interesting.

First off I was able to sit in Economy on the plane and we had like a stake dinner they provided a sleeping mask three course lunch, socks, pillow, blanket,tooth brush, the bathroom had lotion, we got a pen, a lot more space.... it was kind of like heaven.... so that was nice.

but then... I got here.

 

when I arrived I had a few concerns. First I was worried about how my language would fade. I wouldn't be able to remember things as well and I would struggle when I returned. Second I was worried about my visa and getting everything done so I could get to go back as soon as possible. I was really concerned about these two things. I was excited to have a new learning oppourtinity and stuff but my mind was still on portugal. When I arrived President Tillemen was there to pick me up. There where a ton of people there and I was kinda nervous that I would have been forgotten since they are mis transfer here. Anyways we got in the car and drove to the mission office. It was amazing how the things he said in the car ride just got me so excited to jump in to the work. He just new exactly what I needed to hear and addressed most of my concerns without me saying anything. Not only that but he got so excited to be here. Almost to the point was feeling pretty okay if I just stayed here for longer than two transfers.

 

Once we got the the office I had an interveiw, and got to know a little more about this mission. Things like there focus and motto. It was really good and I gained a huge love and respect for President Tillemen and Sister Tillemen. After He gave me a blessing. There were a few things said that where so exactly what I needed. It said that when I return to portugal my portuguese will be better than If I had stayed becuase of the fact that here I will be able to learn to to learn by the spirit and will apply it there in learning portgueuse. Also that there is a reason I am here and I will be able to see and know why I am here in Vancouver. It also said that these blessing are conditional on if I really dive in and give it my all here, and don't just spend my time here waiting to return. So I am doing what I can to fully dive and in do this work!

 

 I have learned a whole lot about obedience since I have been here. It is amazing. They have more rules that then handbook and everyone is soooooo obedient. I can't even begin to explain. I thought we were obident in portugal but it is a whole new level. Obedience brings blessings and I am seeing it. I have been sooo blessed. for example. The second day here we where talking to this lady. (so since I have been hear we have taught 1 family that is from canada, EVERYONE is from India, the Pillipeans, China, Korea, or pretty much anywhere else) but this lady Maria.. is from portugal. We are teaching her, and she is having a really hard life, she is catholic and her husband has Cancer. She is so greatful that we are there to talk to her. It is just amazing how God is in Charge? Also there is a man in our ward from brazil. So I have been able to speak portuguese a bit.

This Area is soooo diverse it is absolutly crazy! I was excited to see how to I could teach without the language barrier but now the barrier is Punjabi and hindu instead of portuguese. I am kinda missing the portuguese being the barrier. It is a ton of fun though.

 

It is weird how the things that are hard to adjust to are things like carpet, seeing Dairy queen, and Tim hortons, how Eggs are Yellow, just the most normal things seem so strange now. It is interesting to see how I have just grown the portugal lifestyle and differences.

 

Anyways, I am in Canada safe and sound. MY campanions are amazing! Sister Ellgen and Sister Peterson.

 

Sister Ellgen is from Colorado, and she is the most charitable, kind, loving, sincere, straight and narrow kind of person I have ever met. It is kind of intimidating. AMAZING yet I feel like if I try to serve her she feels like she is sad becuase if I do the dishes she is missing out of the chance to bless me. She is constantly asking if I need anything like a massage my hair brushed... It is crazy! If I ever am at the point she is with her desire to serve, I will be extreamly content with were I am in life. Yet I have a long way to go. haha

 

Sister Peterson, is so awesome! She cares soooooo much about the people we teach and has this amazing knowledge of everything. Like litterally everything! haha she knows the scriptures so well and is so profound. and she is very dilligent as well I don't know what we would do without her.

 

 I feel a little useless at times being the new companion mid transfer but at the same time I can see how I am making a difference in my companions and also there are some people who we teach who I think needed someone who can be a little more relaxed at times. I am learning that one of my strengths is my ability to make other people feel relaxed, becuase I can still be relaxed but focus at the same time. I have soooo much to learn from these two sisters though. It is just amazing!

 

and....... I GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE!!!!!!

 

I love you all sooooo much! Miss you and hope everything runs smoothly with the wedding!

 

Sister Mullen

 

OH BY THE WAY! I HAVE A NEW BEST FRIEND NAMES SOOKVINDER! He  is from india and told me we are best friends. I am actually really excited about it.

Okay - August 1

so I have no Idea what to write. And honestly I don´t really have time to write. because I am on the computers in the mission office and they kind of need them. I don´t know. It´s complicated. but I will fly out tomorrow in the morning to Vancouver. I have no Idea how things are going to work. I hope there are some Portuguese people there that just need me! People that don´t speak English for some reason. That would be sooo sweet. but hears hoping. It has been sooo weird. I HAVE LOVED this last transfer. Sister Hickey and I have grown soo much the last week or so. I feel like I am starting to get this worked out. I guess that is why I am getting transferred to Canada. God just knows how to push me! haha It is just crazy! Everything is changing. but Sister Hickey will still be in Miratejo so at least I know I am leaving them in good hands. I love those people so much! Oh I miss them already! haha 

so cool story of the week.

Aisha (our investigator) invited us over for dinner, and we arrived and she didn´t have any food. she was balling because she literally had NO money to give us food to eat. like literally nothing. It was nuts. she starting balling and poured out her heart to us and life story. I was able to bear my testimony and teach a short message about fasting. We fasted for her. the next day we came by after church to check up on her and she told us out that morning this lady who owed her like 20 euros, showed up with the money. so she was able to buy food and eat for the first time in three days. We should up after church and she told us that story and told us that she promised she would go to church next week. It was AMAZING!!! I really hope she learns to follow the Lord because I know that she will see soo many blessings because of the gospel.

Sister Hickey is really stuggling with me leaving. which as sad as it is.. makes me feel like I am did something right with trainging. It was a challenge but it was such an amazing experience. We cleaned our old house for two days this week. It was crazy! It was sooo nasty. but super fun. a recent covert was there with us. It was awesome. Not a super productive week in the work but I cleaned really hard. Also I LOVE this ward. I am super sad I am leaving Miratejo! I LOVE the people in that ward. And they love me! haha I hope that I will have the same love for everyward that I serve in like I do for Miratejo.

Anyways I am surrounded by like 200 CRAZY loud missionaries and am stuggling with the focusing thing. so I think i´ll end this email because I have a couple other people I want to write quickly. but if you have questions or anything I am here for a little longer.

Sister Mullen

Week...losing count...I have no - July 29

Well this week has been interesting! Tuesday I was in benfica getting my visa extended so I could finish up the transfer before I head back to Canada. It was actually a ton of fun. We got nothing done in the way of the work though. So that was frustrating. Elder Brady the financial secretary that helped us was there for the whole day with us and then the next day we moved houses. I was thinking... How do the office Elders EVER do anything in regards to the normal work and stuff. It is just amazing. I have a new found respect for the leaders in the church and their sacrfices because of The Office Elders here. It is just amazing what they do for us. 

Our new house has been amazing. Everyone says that it is the best apartment in the mission. the only problem is we don´t have a fridge or freezer. so we can´t really eat anything except rice... and canned corn... but we will get a fridge today or tomorrow I hope. Thats what they said. Then Everything will be great! It is such a nice apartment though! 

other exciting things that happened this week...our investigator Nelson took my shoes got taken off my feet during a lesson and started ripping them apart. Then he gave them back with a leather covering on them... I´ll attach a picture. I´m not sure how to explain... anyways it was weird. but I am glad. they are more comfortable now. 

We had 4 investigators in church this week and it was super exciting. One Castro thought that there where only young people in the church. So when he came and saw that there are people above the age of 20 he was shocked! He LOVED IT! it came late because he had to pick out his outfit (he is a 60 year old man) but he made it and absolutly loved it! it is moments like that that make the work worth it. I think he will take us a lot more seriously now. 

It is weird to think that people actually listen to us. We are two 19 and 21 year old girls who can´t even kind of speak this language. who go around telling people to repent. It´s nuts! That´s why we need the spirit. If we tried to do anything without faith and the spirit this whole mission thing would be a complete waste of time. 

We have been eating a lot more this last couple weeks. Our investigator Aisha LOVES COOKING. It becoming a problem. She would feed us everyday if she could and it is soooo much food! haha She is so amazing but I jut litterally want to explode everytime we leave. People get super sad if we don´t eat a ton. 

I wan´t sister hickey to send you guys her emails because she has this weird ability to just write for hours and hours. I don´t know what she says but I am sure it is about what we do all week. It would be sweet if I could have that same ability. but I am what you got! haha 

Well.... I have been chatting with Dustin in Portuguese so maybe he will translate for you. but I don´t have to much more to say right now. Except I love you all sooooooo much! 

Sister Brooklyn Marie Mullen

Loco + Transferred ... kind of - July 22

Okay so I am sending this first so that if you have questions you can respond. I have a problem with my visa and am being sent home for a transfer. To A mission in Canada I don´t know which yet but I will fly home at the end of this transfer and spend a transfer or two in canada and wait for my visa. when I get it I will come back to portugal. I am excited to see how another mission functions. but it was for sure a surprise. 

2nd email:  LOCO

This week has been absolutly crazy! It has been a ton of fun and super hard at the same time. I got kims wedding invitation and looks like you are doing good without the maid of honor I love it! 

So on monday we learned that we are moving houses finally! We are moving in this wednesday and it is going to be crazy! Apperently it is hands down the nicest apartment in the mission though so thats nice. I am sooo excited, 

Then tuesday I went into Lisboa to get my residency. But we learned that the wrong visa was issued by the canadian goverment and I´ll probablly have to go home for a transfer. So that was a shock!!! Also our envistgator Aisha fed us and I felt sooo sick. I am starting to think it is a blessing we don´t get fed by members. haha. but I am grateful for her kindness but boy I can´t eat the food here very easily. 

So we taught this one lesson.... and our investigator who is marked for baptism brought his cousin and she wants to get baptized too... but she doesn´t believe any of it. just wants to get baptized for no reason. I don´t get it.. it is for sure not a normal situation. Their whole family wants to get baptized and we keep telling them they have to hold off to have a testimony to some degree. You can´t get baptized if you don´t believe in God. Just doesn´t make sense. 

This week we had a zone conference too. It was amazing! Or zone leaders and amazing and I learned a ton! I just have to learn how to apply it in english now! haha It will be a hard adjustment I think but it will be good.  But We talked about the Book of Mormon. I remember before I left I gave a talk on the role of the Book of Mormon in missionary work. Boy how I had no idea How key it really was. It is ensane how important the Book of Mormon is in this work!! 

Another Hillarious moment this week\horrifying. We taught these three men. And one was completely drunk. We had a member without and it completely freaked her out. He started yelling at us about crazy deep false doctrine, and then he started like taking his shirt off. Of course we all Were freaking out and everyone was looking to me to know what to do. becuase ana is a recent convert and I am training sister hickey. But he was just showing us a wound from when he was shot in Angola one time. It was just intence. but it ended up being a really cool experience becuase once we left Ana was freaking out and I think he testimony was a little shaken... but she turned to lord and was strenghtened because of it. and now she is so excited to get out there and help us even more becuase of that extra strength she has now.  Hope this story isn´t too much! don´t freak out haha We are smart and safe and protected by the Lord! And we have a million rules that we follow to help us be safe. It was cool though. 

I also reached my 5 months in the mission this week! Nuts eh?

Last but not least today sister Beard and Sister Pinto had an emergency transfer to another area because of sister Pintos allergies. But it was a bit of a shock. It was kinda nuts. we found out during studies and they are already gone. so It is just sister Hickey and I now. I am sad they are gone but once again. Heavenly Father is over all. I am sure they are needed there. It has been a crazy week though! but I have grown a lot. I feel a lot stronger and more confident in my testimony. God is literally there everytime I have a doubt or a moment of weakness he always lifts me up. I see miracles everyday. I feel like I am a walking miracle. I SPEAK PORTUGEUSE! haha 

Anyways I still need to write some people and don´t have a ton of time. but I love you all soooo much!!!! 

Sister Brooklyn Marie.

Familia - July 15

Okay! So I think everyone is added. I added Bailey and Shaye(even though I´ll have to change shayes soon!!) changed Nanas email and added kim. Hopefully this is all. I think Nathan is on here too now. If anyone has anything that doesn´t work still sorry. Just keep reminding me and I´ll change it.

 

Hmm where to start. This week. I don´t remember what i say every week but I hope you all enjoy what I say. Things are super complicated still with the whole living a half an hour away from my area. We eat lunch at the chapel almost everyday. and do language study there also. Apperently our chapel is one of the nicest in portugal so thats awesome. It is like an institute building a family history center and like everything all in one. It is really nice. And there is filtered water there. We can´t drink the water so we just buy like 5 liter jugs every 3 days. haha and then when we are not home there are 12 cent water bottles in the minipreco that we buy like 6 a day. I probablly drink 3 liters of water a day. It is crazy hot. It got upto 47 degrees this week. It was absolutly nuts! This is probablly one of the hottest areas in portugal right now.

 

We are teaching this lady Aisha right now who is just HILLARIOUS! She is from france and speaks criol french german portuguese and french. But not really english so we just speak in portuguese. But she is a cook for events like weddings and stuff! and she said she will make us food sometime which is sooo exciting becuase we haven´t been fed by members once this transfer. Last trasfer we got fed once a week by the same family. This ward is like 3 times bigger but I think they just have more going on. Everyone in portugal is either like working 3 part time jobs and has 10 children and 6 callings or doesn´t have a job and isn´t married and doesn´t know what to do with their lives. It is really interesting to see what the economy is doing with he humility of these people. But we just try to help where we can.

 

I am thinking that getting this ward involved in the work would be a really good Idea. I am trying to figure out a way that we can be more involved in the visiting teaching of less actives and also use the less actives and recent converts to help us do divitions and teach. I am learning more and more how this work is completely upto the members. We taught Iolanda and Jessica this week about service and Missionary work and Jessica is just jumping for joy at the thought she could come out with us and start preparing now for a mission (she is 14 and got baptised last week) he mom calls us all the time becuase she shared a panphlet we gave with a friend and just wanted to let us know. She is inviting her whole family from all over portugal to come to her house so she can get them to come to church cause she wants nothing more for her children to know the truth! They are just the most amazing examples. Oh I have never been sure of what the difference between a baptism and a conversion is untill I met them. All of our baptisms have been solid though! they are all strong active no doubts!

 

Another thing that is just amazing to me is Nuxa! Oh I love her sooo much! She was a less active we taught last transfer I don´t know if you remember her. but She is going out with the missionaries EVERYDAY all day she switches between the sister and the Elders in Almada. It is just so weird to think that 2 months ago we knocked on her door and she said she wasbuddest and didn´t believe it anymore, and now she is a hard working missionary than the rest of us. She even uses a missionary planner.

 

It is soo nice to see the fruits of our labours. I know that we won´t always get to see how things are going with the people we teach. That sometimes we will never know what is going to happen from a street contact or from an invitation to go to church or knocking on a door (even if nobody answers). But it is sure nice to see sometimes. At the same time I just know that what we are doing is have such a huge effect on this small little portion of the world that God has trusted me with. It is amazing to think of the trust that He has in me. A immature 21 year old and her trainee can just start a new area and work miracles everyday. But at the same time I am not sure if it is just because he trusts me or becuase he knows that he is in control. Because there is not a chance that anything would happen if it was just upto me. By small and simple things great things come to pass. I feel very much like that small and simple thing. I have never felt so humble in my life. I know that it is just a matter of faith. If we have faith God will let us witness miracles. How cool is that. We just have to know that things will happen and they will. This gospel is just so simple. I don´t really know what it says in english but doctrine in covenants 82:10 "Eu O senhor estou obrigado quando fesest o que Eu digo, mas quando não o fesest nao tendes promessa alguma." basically if we do what he says we will be so blessed it is insane. Litterally insane. I am so blessed! I can´t even explain how blessed we are.

 

As for the little things. Everyone in the country has fleas right now. Including us. bugs are everywhere. From the size of the tip of a pencil that just hang out on your body to giant cockroaches they are everywhere! The mold is gone though so thats nice. We will be moving a think on the 24th to a new apartment though. A lady in our ward is moving to germany and she we are moving into her house while she is gone. She lives in our area so that will be nice. I´ll probably get the adress that week. Sooo yeah. but if you want to send something today or the next day I will still be here. things normally take about a week to get here. The address I gave before is right. The one kim sent stuff too. It´s right. I haven´t got that stuff yet though. When did you send it kim?

 

People keep mistaking us for jehovas witnesses... so thats sad. but apparently I look like one. OH!!!! So we where knocking doors in this predio and this lady was sooo excited to see us and had us come in and we started talking and she tried to convince us that we where of the devil and that we should become testimonuho da Jovah. It was a little awkard but I learned a lot about what they believe. It was super interesting for me. My companion was freaking out though. Sister Hickey reminds me a lot of the type A´s in our family. Mom and Alanna mostly. She just wants everything to be perfect and planned to a T. It is a hard thing for her to just go with the flow. And sometimes we just have to. But we are working it out. Just practicing a ton so she feels like she is more prepared but in a different way.

 

We have one other investigator that is marked for baptism and he is great. I mean it´s awkward when he leaves chuch inbetween meetings to smoke but we will work on that. His family is amazing though he has two daughters and they are all going to be at church next sunday! We taught him though this week and his aunt was there. She is a die hard catholic and everyword we said she was cut us off and start saying some prayer trying to cast the devils out of us. And then if we didn´t say amen she would get really offended becuase we didn´t like her prayer. It was poco strange. But once again it is amazing to see the diligence and faith that these people have in their religion.

 

I am learning a ton!!! We have zone conference tomorrow and I am soooo excited! We are so blessed. We have so many funny\amazing experiences everyday! We are learning how to be better missionarys litterally everyday.

 

I pray for you all every day and miss you and love you! It is crazy to think that kim is getting married and that everyone is growing up! and KAI YEE IS MARRIED?! what? weird. Anyways. Keep me updated. I love love love hearing from you.

 

Até a proximo,

 

Com Amor, Sister Brooklyn Marie Mullen

Semana 14 - July 8

So Mom sent me a bajillion questions that I have answered. I thought everyone else would like to hear too. If not... I guess don´t read it haha. I will start writting my other email now. but it might be short cause even though the answers are short. Till took a while. haha Love you all.

How is your new area - It is great I am learning a ton. It is sooo different and I miss being right no the ocean but it grows on me everyday. 

 Does it feel strange to be in a new area when that is pretty much the only thing that changed? Kinda yeah.. but it is amazing how big of a change that is. 

 I know your companion is the same but did your district or zone change? I talk about this in my other email

 Is the heat getting worse?  yes. It is absolutly CRAZY!!!!! it was 47 degrees this week.

Do you walk everywhere?  yes

 

Are you tracting? yes. My comp LOVES knocking on doors it is hillarious. She says it´s like a giant surpise everytime. You have no idea who is going to be there!

 Do you stop people on the street? yes

 How is the language coming? I can speak when I need to but I have a really really long way to go. 

  Do you go to a different ward? yes. It is a bigger ward but I have only been once so I don´t know that much. I had to teach gosple doctine and speak in sacrament meeting. 

 I would imagine the answer to that one is yes.

 Have you had much opportunity to go into homes and teach? Not in this area. It is hard! But we try everyday!

   Do you feel like you can carry on a decent conversation with people now? I can get the point across. but it is not always easy. We use the dictionary mid contact probably a little too often.  

 How is your companion doing? she stresses a ton but we are learning a ton together and starting to really get a long a lot better

Do you ever see your previous companions...like from the MTC or your first transfer? Sister Gange is already home in Hawaii. I need to write her. And I haven´t seen Sister Da silva but. Sister Pinto and I still live together. I love her sooo much! We have become really close!

 Are you feeling well?  I am feeling soooo great. I am eating better than I feel like I have in my whole life and I drink like 3 liters of water everyday. (if you don´t you will probablly pass out) I am working out my arms more because I have come to realize this is my weekness. I am down to 173 today. When we started that board thing I was 186.

Are you eating well??  Já (this means already)

Have you received any interesting letters?? Some people from school have written and Jordan. Other than this I only get mail from family. NANA, Gran and Aunty Beryl and Aunty Carolyn have been AMAZING! I I don´t know how to thank them enough. Other than that I don´t really get mail.

 Do you still correspond with Jordan? Yup we write everyweek. And chat on email on p-day

 Any other friends? just kelsie Nagle and Zach Glaus and Kyle Martin

Do you love being in Europe? It is really weird! It is way different. I don´t know how to explain how.

Does it feel very different from home? Já

How are the bathrooms? they are fine. I am becoming a HUGE fan of the bidé (i don´t what they are called in english. but that little washing thing beside the toliet. I give myself pedicures in them almost every night. It is hard to take care of your feet. I love that little thing though. It is seriously like the most genious thing ever. I will have one in my house. haha

Are there nice showers? nope. The shower doesn´t really have a thing to hold it up so we have to turn it on and off to rinse out selves off and such. also our gas ran out so we can only take cold showers. but we fixed the mold so thats good... Cold showers feel amazing though it is soooooo hot!

2nd email:

Well.... I hope that other email was imformative becuase I am feeling pretty out of things to say.... hmm..... we had two baptisms this week.. It was soooooo amazing. I felt like I did nothing to help them it was the easiest baptism ever. They where like begging us to get them baptised. but they where so grateful for all we did for them. It is been absolutly amazing. I have grown sooo much this transfer. I am getting to the point that the language isn´t my biggest flaw and so I can start focusing on other areas I really need to be better. It funny how the once the language isn´t as big of a problem you learn that there are about 7 million other areas to improve. but we are work hard and we are rewarded. We have a strength of finding novos. last we found 27 and this week 19.. the mission standard is 10... the whole teaching them again though is where it gets tricky. Also keeping up the energy in this heat!!! We have sooooo much to learn but it is amazing how when you put in the work it pays off! I don´t know if I said this but our Zone leaders are the only other people in our district. So the four of us work together a lot. Elder Faias is from portugal and Elder Terry is from Utah. I am learning soooo much from them. It has been amazing to work so closely with the zone leaders. (Elder Terry is our District leader too) They are such amazing examples for us. I am excited to see where this whole mission thing will take me.. becuase I have already grown sooo much!!!

Sorry I don´t have more time!!! I was chatting with Mom...

NANA THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH I have gotten all your letters and Packages and I sent thank you cards but maybe they didn´t get there!!! I added an A so hopefully you get this!!