Sunday Afternoon

Hello Everyone,
I just finished meeting with the missionaries at my apartment here in Portugal. Their names are Elder Charon and Elder Zacheu (I might have the spelling wrong but it is close.). Elder Charon is from Murray, Utah and Elder Zacheu is from Brazil. Both are awesome missionaries and are doing a good job here. They gave me some material last Sunday at Church to learn the language so I am going to start concentrating on it as soon as these classes are out of the way. The ward I am attending has two sets of missionaries and is the largest ward in this area. The Bishop is young. He is 28 and has been serving for 3-3.5 years and he speaks English. That is very helpful. The Porto mission just got a new Mission President as well. Lots of good things going on over here.

Well, I wanted to add that I finally bought ingredients to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I ate one yesterday and it was awesome! You never know how much you miss peanut butter, jelly and bread slices until you don't have them for almost 3 weeks.

Also, I am including pictures of the fireworks on St. John's Day on June 24, 2009. They are from my hotel room and I zoomed in to get a good picture of them. Also, my first homemade meal and the mess I made are included. Then I was craving some american food Friday night so I talked to one of the guys in our group named Ben and asked him if Pizza Hut delivered here and he told me how to do it and what number to call. The pizza was pretty good. So much for the cholesterol. I am also including a picture of what milk looks like over here. Yes, it is the green and white box at room temperature before opening.

I just wanted to say I miss everyone and can't wait to see everybody again. Talk to you later.


Mark