Ola!

Olá Bom Dia!

So this week was a bit of a slower week with teaching people; it seemed that all of our investigators were busy and wouldn´t have time to talk to us until this week. But even though our "numbers" were low this week, we were able to help a few of our members with service, and meet a few new people!

There is a lady in our branch here who has been receiving lots of furniture from her mom´s home, and each time she gets something new, she calls us to help move it into her apartment... on the fourth floor, haha. 

This week she called and said that she had "just a small sofa" for us to help her with. When we arrived we found out that it was a bit bigger than we thought, lol. And there was also a large entertainment center that she "forgot" to tell us about, haha. With the help of her son, we were able to get everything up to her apartment without breaking our backs. 

But it´s always nice to help Irmã Rosa, because she is so funny and upbeat while we are helping. It was also fun to be able to meet her son, who is a member but hasn´t been coming to church for a few years now. It seems like one of the things we do most in Castelo Branco is help the members with their furniture, haha.

This week we met with one of my favorite members, Irmão Walter. When I first came to Castelo Branco in April, he had been inactive for several months. But now he comes to church almost every Sunday, and always seems so happy to be there. It has been so nice to see him come back into activity in the Church, little by little! We visited him this week, and he said that he would set up an appointment with his  bestfriend to meet with us!

We walked a lot this week, but one day I think we visited almost each part of the city, without finding any new investigator. But at the end of the day, we were in an apartment building knocking on doors, and this really nice lady opened the door. After talking with her,  we found out that she is from Lisbon, but works here as a P.E teacher. 

She didn´t have too much time to talk to us, so we offered to leave something with her. As I was reaching down into my backpack to take out one of the pamflets we give to people, I heard her say " Oh, I love to read! I promise that I´ll read whatever you give me!",

So I thought, "why not? Instead of a pamflet, let´s give her the Book of Mormon!". So we did. And she seemed really interested and open and promised to read it. She also told us that we can come back this week and talk to her, so I´m hoping that we will have that opportunity!

I love and miss you all! Knowing that I have such a great support system at home means so much to me!

Love,

Elder Barker