Umm
this week we were going to go to the apparently pretty awesome aquarium
in Lisbon for Elder Wiscombe's last P-day (ou dia de fogo) but instead
we we ended up in the house all day for the second day in a row because
Elder Wiscombe is sick. So that was too bad but with my Sunday
afternoon and monday morning I had stuck in the house I tried to make
the best of my time. I cooked some good food and make biscuits and made
coconut muffins and banana muffins. The muffins were actually more of a
cake because we don't have a proper muffin tray. But it was fun to
work on my baking skills and make something good out of the ingredients
that we have around the house. On monday I also deep cleaned the entire
house and packed up some stuff that I don't really use right now incase I
get transfered this week. I also exercised a bunch, did laundry, wrote
some letters ;) (hopefully they will make it home before Christmas)and
studied and organized all of the mission stuff that is around the house
and at that point it was only like 12h00. So I went a little crazy but I
was also very productive with my time stuck in the house. And of
course it was also a beautiful day which are few and far between here in
the winter. But at least the day we didn't get to work on was our day
off instead of one of the Lord's days.
So this week
on thanksgiving knowing that I was missing out on some of Mom's pies and
all the rest of the delicious thanksgiving food, I made myself an
apple crisp which was the closest thing I could make with our lack of
ingredients and cooking utensils. But it came out great and made it
feel a little more like thanksgiving with caramel ice cream in a world
where thanksgiving does not exist. I ate like half of it that day too
and it was huge haha.
The rest of this week
was good we have been trying to find a lot of new investigators which
means procura and contacts and that is always fun I like talking to new
people all day. The weather this weekend has been really nice which was
a well needed break from the rain. We also had stake conference which
was fun to see a big gathering of the church here in Portugal. It
reminded me how young the work is here and blew me away how much the
church as grown in such a short time. It is not too surprising though
because it is Christ's Church.
My testimony of
the power of reading and praying and going to church and doing all of
those little basic things has grown this week. I have really been
seeing the difference in both our investigators and less actives that
are or are not reading and praying. It is amazing how much power
that it has in their lives and how much it effects every single aspect
of their life. It is really sad and difficult to see someone dwindle
and have all sorts of new problems and confusion come up because they
have quit reading and praying. It is difficult to see satan working on
these people that we love so much. I want nothing more then to get him
out out their lives. But when we see someone that has been doing the
little things and is inviting the spirit into their lives how much that
helps to simplify things and how quickly they grow is amazing. I know
that those little things are really powerful and will truly protect us
throughout our day. I love that we get to start out our day with
studies so that we can really have that simplicity and guidance in our
lives.
This
week I was thankful for my family even though I wasn't with them.
Thank you all for all your love and support. Have an amazing week!
Love
Elder Hobson
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