Well actually less than two days!!! It's so crazy that I'll actually be in Portugal in a few days. I'm sooo ready to get out of the MTC. It's been great, don't get me wrong but six weeks is a long time to be in a classroom for 9+ hours a day.
Anyways.. This week's been kinda crazy.
Tuesday, we got to hear from Elder Soares and his wife. When I saw his picture on the big screen I flipped out. It was like that part from Elf when Buddy is told that Santa is coming and he screams, "SANTA'S COMING? I KNOOOOW HIM!" (that was a rough quotation) Yeah that was me. Elder Soares spoke about obedience and Sister Soares spoke in Portuguese while Elder Soares translated. She has the sweetest testimony and I was able to understand her! It was awesome :) Also, while he was translating for her, she switched into English and he just started repeating what she said into English. It was hilarious! Afterwards, I got to talk to them and get a picture with them. Brazilians are the greatest and happiest people in the world!
Yesterday we got to do TRC again through Skype!! We talked to this girl in Lisboa who moved there from Angola about 7 years ago. Her name's Isabel. She's amazing!! She's probably about 18 years old and she's planning on serving a mission in January. We talked to her about gratitude and not being afraid to share the Gospel with others. And surprise! She already has a friend who's meeting with the missionaries. I'm kinda sad that I won't get to see her in Portugal. Also, Sister Nance and I could understand her so that's a plus! But man..that accent is so strange sounding..
We had to say goodbye to our teachers today. That was so sad.. Irmão Barlow and Irmão Read are seriously amazing. They have helped me grow so much in my testimony and help me really learn Portuguese. Ahh they were the best! We gave them thank you cards and chocolate because as missionaries, we think that's the best present in the world :)
Well, we leave on Monday at around 3:50am to start our 24 hours of travel! Super duper excited.. Wish us luck!
Quero prestar meu testamunhoa vocês. Sou muita grata pela oportunidade para estar aqui no CTM e para servir uma missão. Sei que esta igreja é verdadeira e que se nós tentarmos a ser melhores cada dia, vamos a receber ajuda de nosso Pai Celestial. Sei que Deus ama-nos muito e que nós podemos confiar em Ele sempre. Eu amo esta igreja e eu amo as pessoas na Portugal!!
Com amor,
Sister Hillam
A Igreja é verdadeira!!
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| Sister Nance and I with Elder and Sister Soares |
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| Our picture with Irmao Read and Irmao Barlow (left to right) |
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| Actually Portugues sardines! Yum! They actually weren't that bad! |
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| We are actually copying what we were doing in the picture that we're holding! |
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| We took a picture of our district each week and for our last week, we're holding each picture. Picture-ception! |
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