4-25-11

Olá,
What is up? This week has been an ok week. We have found a few potential investigators that we are going to try to work with. So, one day we decide to go knocking doors during dead hours (2-4 in the afternoon no one is outside or in their houses). So, we go to this apartment building and walk in because the door in open. We go up to the top floor and it´s a pretty nice building. We knock the only door on that floor and a 20 or so yeare old guy opens the door. And he says "Hey guys! What´s up?" So, Elder Greenland, in shock, says "Como está?" and the guys says "Tudo bem, but I speak English!". Haha, So we start talking and he´s from California and his name is Kamani and he is here in Guimarães playing soccer for the city team. And his girlfriend is from Brazil but grew up in California. So, he let us in and we talked to them a little about our message and everything, but we didn´t have an English Book of Mormon, and we are still waiting to get one to give it to them, but luckily she reads Portuguese so we left a Portuguese one.
Then, the next day we went out contacting and we decide to contact this one guy we saw. So we start talking to him and then he asked if we speak English and we said yes. So, he´s Portuguese, but his family lived in Australia for most of his life and we left him some stuff, but he said he wants all the stuff in English haha.
And yesterday we were knocking doors on Easter, because no one was on the streets all day. And we knock on someone´s door and he answers and we start talking and then he askes if we speak English and of course we said yes. Well, it turns out he´s from Columbia, studied in Boston, where he learned English, and now has a job in Portugal. And with our luck we didn´t have a Book of Mormon in Spanish to give him, so we have to wait til Saturday when he has more time.
But man we have been running into English speakers left and right here haha bit it´s good. It makes it a lot easier to teach people and express out true feelings.
But I love you guys and miss you. Keep the letters coming and pictures.
Love,
Elder Spencer Jensen