Week 63 - Coming Home Wet

Hey family,
This week was alright, we fell back an hour here too because of daylight savings but it doesn't feel like we slept an extra hour, it just feels like we work one more hour during the night because it gets dark so early. It has been raining quite a bit too, I will need to buy a better jacket this week so I will be looking into that. I guess I am just sick of coming home wet. 

This week was not great on the teaching and numbers, which sucks because President is really on us about numbers and making goals and sticking to your goals. He wants us to do everything we can to achieve the goals which might be a little harder here in Portalegre. That or we will have to make lower goals. This week we had almost no one come to church, only 8 people which is nothing compared to last week's 14. I don't know what happened. We had a lot of people who said they were coming but it rained and a lot of people went to their ancestors graves for all saints day so maybe that was it. The worst part was that President of the district, President Telas, who usually comes once a month to evaluate the branch, was there to do an evaluation. They are evaluating it to see if it needs to be shut down and unfortunately we had 8 instead of last week's 14. Oh well, next time.

Our investigator is doing amazing. P. has been reading and praying a lot. Sadly, she could not make it to church because her family went to cry at their family´s grave sites but she said she will come this week for sure. We still haven't gotten her a baptismal date but that is only because she says she doesn't feel ready. We are pretty sure she is ready. We taught her the word of wisdom the other day and she doesn't use any of the substances, doesn't even like iced tea or coffee. She is pretty elect. We just need to get her a date! I am super excited for her because she is really gaining a testimony of the gospel and everything.That is pretty much all for this week. Thanks for all of your prayers and if you are reading this it is probable that I am praying for you too! Love you all and remember that the Lord never leaves us to fight our battles alone!

Love,

Elder Ruggles