Spencer's Gone to Portugal!: 12-12-11

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

12-12-11

Dear Family,
This week was pretty fun. We went down to Lisbon and had our Mission Christmas Party. It was a lot of fun. We had to catch a bus at 6 am to get from Porto to Lisbon and then we had to do that back, plus all the time that we had on the metro and train. But it was a lot of fun. We had Elder Texeira the Seventy of the Area came and talked to us. Also, we had a big dinner with turkey and rice and stuff like that. But it was really good. And we also had a lot of deserts, so let´s just say that I stuffed myself haha. Also, we sang a Christmas hymn which was really funny. But that was about it. Things here are good and I hope you guys have an awesome Christmas season. Thanks for everything you guys are doing for me and all the support.
Love,
Elder Spencer Jensen

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aimeeDecember 20, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Portugal-The Lighthouse of Europe

In the fall of 1981 Elder Boyd K. Packer visited Portugal. During his stay he said to the mission President Harold G. Hillam, "It is going to be in Portugal as it has been in South America, where there has been so much growth and advancement in the Church. The growth in Portugal will be slow at first, but then there will be an explosion."

During a visit by Elder Theodore Tuttle in February of 1983 he said, "Portugal will be the key that will open Europe, and will help the Church grow here in this part of the world."

In 1986, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, "Portugal will be covered from north to south and from east to west with stakes of Zion. Chapels will be built in cities and towns throughout the whole land. And as a consequence of the growth of the kingdom of God, this nation will be exceedingly blessed and will become again a great nation as it was in times of old."