Hello Family and Friends,
It was a good week this week. My time is very limited as well, so please forgive me.
This week we baptized an 11 year boy named Loyd. Loyd is the brother of Catarina, Leo, and Hélio (all recent converts). He was marked to be baptized back in June, but was never baptized because of some commandment issues. However, the Lord continued preparing him… and he was finally baptized this week. It was really cool! The sad part is that none of his family really came. His sister Leo was the only family member that came to his baptism. He was a little bummed about that… but he was happy to be baptized.
Yesterday we had Christmas conference in the mission. Elder Texeira and Sister Texeira (from the seventy) came and spoke to us. It was a really good conference! The Spirit was really strong, and we all had a lot of fun. It seems like yesterday that we had last year’s Christmas conference. This will be my last Christmas here in Portugal. How crazy. It’s really not too cold here. The weather hasn’t been too bad. It kind of feels like Christmas, but not too much. I guess they used to decorate a lot more… but due to the economic conditions they have cut back a ton. It will be a fun Christmas though, I am excited.
I hope you are all doing well! I love you and miss you all. Keep us in your prayers.
Elder Porter
