For those of you who are planning on coming to visit Bruce and Sharon in Portugal, here is some “heads up” information. Don’t forget to bring your tennis shoes! Oh, and you might want to train at least for a few months so you’ll be able to keep up. These two missionaries have the energy and stamina that most 20 year olds would covet! We are amazed at how many steep castle stairs Sharon can climb in her missionary attire. She is definitely not a wimp! Bruce is amazing with his navigation skills and knowledge of cool places, the roads here are very hard to follow and figure out. They both are fun to listen to when they converse in Portuguese. The people we have met from their ward help us understand how easy it is to love and humbled at the sacrifices they make to be a member of our church.
Helping serve at the soup kitchen was gratifying. The man who owns the kitchen has a heart of gold. It was a privilege to get to be able to help and witness that goodness. I hope it will be a lasting impression that will keep us wanting to be a little bit more giving and especially more thankful!
We went to some more catellos and to the beach! It is very beautiful here as you can tell from the pictures. It is wonderful to be able to see the beautiful world and visit with the sweet people and then come back to Bruce and Sharon’s to eat American food! (I wasn’t too excited when I saw a baby pig and also a rabbit shrink wrapped in the meat section of the grocery store) They do have some very yummy granola with chunks of chocolate and nuts – I plan on bringing some of that home!
It is fun to meet the people that we’ve been reading about. We are grateful we’ve had the opportunity to come and share a little bit of this time with The Parkers and learn from their examples. Missions are not easy, but the good things that they are accomplishing is fun to watch as it is rolling forward.
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Comments:
Patricia said…
I love reading your blog and seeing the pictures! You all look so good. Keep having fun and enjoying your time with the Parkers. It’s great seeing them as missionaries! Love to all!
Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:26:27 AM
Jana said…
We are thinking we need to have another trip to Portugal we missed out on some cool stuff! We thought we saw it all. And my legs are still burning from the fast pace those two have!! Glad your having fun.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 4:50:59 PM
John said…
We are in training. I hope we will be ready by June to take on the fast Portugal pace. It will be a great time. We loved the photos. Thanks for sharing. We are a bit jealous to see you so close to Grandma and Grandpa.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:03:20 PM