Obrigado pelos emails and birthday wishes

Ola familia e amigos!! Obrigado pelos emails and birthday wishes :)

Today we went to Sintra!! It was super rainy though, so we got soaked, but it was cool to see some catholic churches. It reminded me of my adventures in Austria.
This has been an interesting week, we finally realized last night where we need to make some changes so that we can find people to teach that will progress. We tried to work with the family of Zizi this week, and we passed several times, but they never answered the door. I was a little sad about this because I really love this family, and I know that one day they will be ready, but i guess it is not yet their time. Irmã Young is so great! I often am unsure about what to do and she simply just suggests that we pray and ask GOd what He wants us to do. I am really grateful for prayer!!
Another thing that is so neat about training is to watch as she works so hard at the language. She already speaks really well and she understands a ton already. Something that we´ve talked about, and that I have noticed is that she understands more when the spirit is present. There are several times that we are talking with people, but when they talk about other topics that have nothing to do with the gospel, she understands less. She has related to me how interesting it is and how much she relies on the spirit to understand. It is so true. The Spirit is the teacher, not us. We are just the vessel through which the spirit teaches.

This week sidney and george received the aaronic priesthood!!! This is so great and exciting!! We also had a lesson with sidney about temples, which is one of my favorite lessons to teach recent converts!

Oh, there is this great story I want to tell! we were in a predio because we had an appt. we arrived early and she wasnt home, as we were descending the stairs, this guy said to us. `do you have a bibile, I want one of those Mormon Bibles´ .. we said uh okay, ... he spoke in English, and we started talking to him. It turns out, he doesn't speak Portuguese he is from France and here visiting family. He understands Portuguese but only speaks Creol (from Capo Verde) anyway we have been teaching him this week he is super eleito!!! The only sad thing is that he will return to France on Saturday! but he came to church and it was so great! reminded us of Sidney!

love you all!!
xoxo
Irma Michael