Sunday, January 31, 2010

Church life in Porto.

It took us some time to figure out the best way to get to church. At first we would take a bus down to the train and then walk for about three minutes. The overall process would take some time. This last week we found out that all we really need to do is a take a 10 minute bus ride and then walk for three minutes. Much less hassle and we don't have to get up as early. We were really blessed to find out that we have six missionaries in our ward. They all speak English. The church is really nice. It's kind of different sitting on chairs rather than benches during sacrament. We understand the sacrament and that's just about it. There are a few people who speak English. We need to do better at getting to know them.
I took Parker to Nursery. We were told there would be another girl about his age but she was sick that week. We attended a lesson for the Primary kids, two total. Both are brothers. Then we went in the next room where Parker got to play with the teachers and I during the Nursery part. Yep he is pretty much the only one in Nursery. After Willie had Priesthood he came by to check on us. He left Lincoln with us; Lincoln welcome to Nursery.
We have been to church twice out of three weeks. We all were sick for the third week and the following week we have Stake Conference. We aren't doing very well at getting to know our ward. Hopefully we can do better and be helpful in the ward.
Here are some pictures of our building from our first week.
The members in our ward are really nice and welcoming. We are grateful for their example. We hope to learn a lot from them and get to know many wonderful people while we are here.

1 comment:

Deidre said...

Hey, don't beat yourself up so much, it is pretty difficult to get to know people when you don't speak the same language! Do what you can where you can but no stress.