Wow, what an incredible week!!!!
I picked up Elder Cicció from the mission office Wednesday morning. He
is a stud. He is from Torino, Italy and
we are best buds already! He is really funny and we have the same taste in
clothes, music and humor. He reminds me
of my brother, Spencer, because he does lots of flips--he was a parkour teacher
in Italy! He is already doing so well and loves the challenges that I am giving
him. His parents are from Buenos Aries, Argentina, but he lived his whole life in Italy and speaks Spanish, English, Italian, and a little Portuguese. His
Portuguese is improving really really fast!
I wanted to end my last 6 weeks with a bang, so on the first day
I looked at Elder Ciccio and said, “Elder, do you want to be a good missionary
very fast or wait a little before you become great?” Of course he chose the
first option. I said, “Okay, then let’s go!” So we have been talking to
absolutely everyone and running from place to place. We end every day drenched in sweat and have
been waking up an hour earlier to have more time. We have been going really hard
and it’s been great and we plan to keep it up! We are happy!!
Amadora is incredible! It’s one of the most populated places in Lisbon.
If you were dropped into Amadora you would think you were in Africa. I have
only seen a handful of white dudes this week.
We are learning creole (an African
dialect) in Angolan, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé, Guienna Bissau. Our area
is huge, about 6 stops on the metro and all day we are on the metro talking to
people.
This week we arrived in a white wash area with no investigators. We found this girl from Cape Verde through a recent
convert and her name is Catia. She is
scheduled for baptism on June 23rd but is confronting some opposition! Please pray
for her. We are finding new people every day and it’s been great!
We had a cool expectance where we were in a different area and I
had plans for the whole day. But I had a feeling we needed to go to a road
about 15 mins away on a train in a different area. I decided to follow the prompting
and not follow my plans. We went to this road where we found this less active
women and she looked super shocked when we knocked on her door. She said, “No
way, I was praying earlier today that you guys would pass by. I have been
going through difficulties and need your help.” WOW, it was amazing. The spirit
always will lead us the right way and we need to follow His promptings!!!
I LOVE THE MISSION and am loving this time here in Amadora! Love
you all.
-Elder Herrmann
Also, we baptized a guy named Joe! It’s a long story so I’ll
tell you about it next week!!! It was great!
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