This week was a ton of travel, I am so sick of having a car. We have to pay a ton for gas so we always run out of money before the end of the month and it's stressful to drive here in Portugal. We always have to do baptismal interviews because we are the only ones who can travel anywhere but then we don't have gas money. Oh well, patience.
This week we had a division in Tomar after our district meeting. I went with Elder Law and he is a super cool guy. He is new in the mission so it was fun to see him learn Portuguese and get to know the people. The next day we traveled some more to an area called Elvas which is so close to Spain I could almost touch it. It is right on the border next to a Spanish town called Bod de Joz (I think that is how it's spelled). We visited some less actives out there and it was way dope. The sad part is that this area is bigger than the city we live in and has a huge castle. We should just move our area there haha.
We had a normal day in our area after that but then we had to go do some baptismal interviews for 2 people in Abrantes so we decided to do a division while we were there. It all went well and they passed the baptismal interviews. This week was just divisions pretty much. The next morning we were supposed to go home but the elders didn't have a ride to get to Santarem to do the baptism so we got permission to give them a ride there. I felt like a taxi driver. It killed our day because we got home way late that night. President was in Santarem during the baptism and decided to pay us a visit and kind of chastised me a little for not having investigators at the baptism.
P. is doing fine, we taught her some of the commandments including the law of chastity. It was easy for her to understand but she has a boyfriend she has been dating for 2 years so it won't be easy to follow. She said she would talk to him about it. We talked about getting them married but they are young and it doesn't look like too much of an option so we will see how it plays out.
That is all from me, I am just here in Tomar doing a P day with the district because one of the elders here is going home next week so we are doing one last hurrah! We went to a dope castle here, in fact it is the castle where the Templars actually started (like the ones from Assassins Creed) so there are a ton of dope things and secret rooms. I hope all is well with everyone and I hope grandma feels better. Love you guys.
Love,
Elder Ruggles
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