2012

Olá Família e Amigos!

First off, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! Both of which were awesome here in Lisbon. We spent both holidays at the Torgan home. They were both a lot of fun, and super well spent.

On Christmas eve we baptized 2 people, Edney and Fátima. They were both super awesome baptisms! They have some cool stories behind them both, but due to a lack of time (today being transfer day) I will be unable to write. I will put some pictures up though.

On New Years Day, we were able to baptize 4 people. Cilio (who is a big name DJ here in Lisbon), Sara, Luis, and Telma. It was super awesome. The baptism was full of people! We had 21 investigators at the baptism as well. It was super awesome. The baptism was super spiritual as well. All 4 of these people have very cool stories as well, but like I said… time doesn’t permit.

As I mentioned before, today is transfer day. And Elder Porter is being transferred. I am being transferred up to Braga (up in the north of the country). I am pretty excited! I can’t believe I am leaving Lisbon. I have been here for over a year now! Crazy stuff! I am a bit sad to leave Sacavém. I feel like it is my home now. But Braga is an amazing area as well. There is a big university up there, so the city is full of college age students. I actually have a recent convert, João Felipe, who lives up in Braga now. It will be cool to see him up there. So, it will be a new adventure. My companion is named Elder Silva (he is Portuguese), and I will be training a new missionary as well. So we will be in a triple.

My address in Braga is:
Elder Porter
Rua Luis Soares Barbosa
Nº3 Porta 109, 14ºAndar
4710-403 Braga

So you can all send mail to that address now.

Things here are going great. I am excited to see what the future has in store. I can’t believe 2011 has passed by. 2012 is going to be a great year! I love you all, and miss you all.

Elder Porter