Hey everyone! So finally here in Portugal! The first night we spent at the Mission President's home which was so pretty and the home is huge! They made us food that was really good. After that night we met our companion/trainer. Mine is Elder Hart. He's a really cool guy and I like him as my companion. My area is called Barreiro. Its the hood part of Portugal. They call this place "Mini Africa." haha I dont understand a lick of what they are saying. Doesn't sound like what they taught us in the MTC and their accent is really different. I'm just trying my best to get the language down. I know I'm supposed to be in this area for a reason so I'm going to stay positive and see what the Lord wants me to do here.
Today was fun because we got to go to Lisbon and look and shop around for a while. We went to the biggest mall in Europe which is seriously insanely huge! It's massive! Then we ate at McDonalds. They don't have refillable drinks and the bread is different but it still tasted pretty good. Then after that we just hung around and shopped. The things I've already seen here are ridiculous! haha I will have to tell you more later.
I do love it here and I'm glad to be serving these people and my Lord and King. I love you all! Hope everyone is good. I'll send more pics next week but until then - Tchau.
Love Elder Thomas
A girl who served in Portugal and is now a returned missionary (she's in the white shirt) ran into Brock's group in the airport. She sent me a text and a picture. She told me Brock bore his testimony to her and did it very well. When we got to talk to Brock at the airport he also bore his testimony to us. Since we can't understand the language it sounded awesome to us as well! It was soooo good to talk to him and he already sounds more mature and full of the spirit in just those 6 short weeks at the MTC. Then Brock's mission president also sent me some pictures!
