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Dear Family,
This week we were trying to help Paula quit smoking. So, we made her this tea that is made out of tabacco. So, it should be terrible and not taste good at all. We brought it over to her and we didn´t tell her what it is and she tasted it and she said it tasted kinda gross but not too bad. And she kept drinking it through out the lesson. I repeat, SHE WAS DRINKING TABACCO JUICE AND SHE LIKED IT!!!! And she actually kept the rest of it that we made.
And we went and saw this woman named Maria Pinto whose door we had knocked. And she was having a really hard time. She doesn´treally believe in God and her exhusband used to beat her but he is in jail now, but she had known the elders for about 15 years. She let us come back because she wanted us to help her daughter who is doing drugs and hanging out with the wrong people. So, she invited us to come back so that we could teach her daughter. But her daughter wasn´t there and so we just taught her and she is having a really hard time. She isn´t handling the situation very well, she has depression and she has passed out a couple of times because of the stress. So, we told her that her being baptized and receiving the Holy Ghost will help her handle the situtation better and that we would come back and teach her daughter. So, we have an appointment to go back tonight. I am excited to see how it goes.
And we had a new years eve party at a members house and it was pretty fun and I ate a lot and made Aimee´s banana bread for it haha.
Well, thanks for everything you guys have done for me and I love and miss you all.
Love,
Elder Spencer Jensen

PS: New address

Elder Spencer Jensen
Missão Portugal Lisboa
Rua Jorge Barradas Nº14C
1500-370 Lisboa
Portugal