This week was really awesome! We were able to talk to Paulo last Monday and we had a really good lesson, we haven't really talked to him since. He is never home and doesn't have a phone so we just have to pass by and hope that he is there which doesn't work out too well. He still lacks a lot before he can be baptized so it is safe to say that it won't be this week but we are going to move his date back so he has more time to prepare.
On Tuesday this week we all packed our bags and headed to Porto for a mission wide conference! We got there at 6 and we did some shopping and I ended up buying a nice new black suit. We walked around for a while and enjoyed the city then we went to our hotel. There were a lot of missionaries staying at the hotel so as you can imagine we got little sleep that night. Everyone was in each others' room and telling stories and stuff, it was awesome. Unfortunately Ty wasn't there because he had a bus early in the morning the next day but I still saw a lot of my friends.
The conference was amazing. I saw Ty and we sat next to each other making jokes like ole times. Elder Bednar did a great job. He did a question and answer instead of a talk. A lot of people asked some good questions and Elder Bednar had great responses, almost as if he had written a talk about them. The best part was the end when he let our mission president bare his testimony and Bednar went after him. I have never felt the spirit so strong when he said "I give my special witness that Christ lives". The conference was great.
We didn't want the fun to end so we all went to the mall to eat lunch. Ty and I just caught up for a while and talked like ole times. It was one of the best afternoons ever! Sadly, we had a bus to catch so I said goodbye to all my buds and the goodbye with Ty was especially hard. It might have been the last time I see him until the end of our missions.
We got home and worked but most of the week was destroyed by the conference. You can imagine how our numbers were but this week we should have some good lessons lined up!
Today for P-day we walked to the other side of the peninsula where the cliffs are super high and took some beautiful pics! The camera doesn't do this place justice. I wish I could send all the pics in one email but look at all of them on the Dropbox!
Love always,
Elder Ruggles
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