Hi Family!
We made the chocolate chip cookies today! They are delicious. It is nice to have homemade, ´American´ chocolate chip cookies, haha. We gave a few to the Elders. They are happy.
Those decorations are adorable! Parker will love them. I feel a little sad that I can´t be there to help with things, and to meet Parker when he´s a tiny baby, but it´s good to be here.
SO Mother´s Day here is on May 6th. I only just found out that Mother´s Day in the USA is on the 13th. Hahaha. I am calling on the 13th, not the 6th, don´t worry. I was planning on 6:30 pm (on May 13th), which I think is 2:30 pm your time, which I thought was after church for you all. If 6:30 ish is not good for you all, email back with what time is better! I am pretty sure the time difference is four hours, but maybe you can double check as well. The Açores are different than Portugal, and I think Portugal is five, so Açores are four... I also have a terrible terrible fear that my phone card is not going to work. But now I have an extra week to come up with a backup plan, so it will all work out!
Don´t worry about sending things, I can get almost anything here, and whatever I can´t, I can do without. I do really appreciate what you´ve sent me! It makes me feel loved. I will let you know if there is anything I really really need that I can´t get here. The only thing I´ve really had trouble finding is stockings, which is frustrating because they wear out so easily, because we walk so much and because my feet are kind of callused. But I´ve just stopped using them every single day, just Sundays, especially since it´s hotter out now, so they last a little longer. So if you ever are going to send a package, at like Christmas or something, that´s always useful (but don´t worry for now, I still have the ones you sent at Easter. Just in the future) But seriously don´t worry about sending packages. Although I wouldn´t mind getting a letter once in a while, if you have time. Next week is transfers, though, and while I can´t imagine I´d be transferred, because I was tranferred last time, we really never know. I will let you know next week =) Oh we are having interviews on Friday, so in the end, it´s not going to interfere with P-Day. Things got delayed this transfer, it´s odd that it´s happening three days before the transfer ends.
This week when we were knocking on doors, a lady answered the door and invited us inside. We talked to her a little about the Plan of Salvation, and then she started crying and said that her husband had just passed away. One interesting thing was that before we had explained too much, she told us about some things she believed, like that we lived with Heavenly Father before this Earth, that God and Christ are separate beings, and that we will all be resurrected one day. Which is basically the Plan of Salvation. I can´t really explain it in words, but it was a really powerful experience, the Spirit was so strong, and made me realize that some people really have been prepared to receive the Gospel in their lives. Normally nothing comes of door-knocking -- the people we teach are usually referrals from members or people who have been taught in the past. So we are really excited to teach this family. I think she has three kids.
I am afraid there is not much new happening here... it´s kind of ´same as always.´ Let me know if 6:30 Azorean time is alright for you all on Mother´s Day! I am excited to call in two weeks.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Julia
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