Well, today is transfer day :) I am going to be staying in Mem Martins, but Irmã Reis is leaving and Irmã Egbert will be my new companion! She is my ´grand-daughter´ (I trained Irmã Almeida, who then trained Irmã Egbert), and she´s awesome, so I´m excited to serve with her.

This last Friday we had a combined zone conference with Elder Caussé, who in the the Presidency of the Europe Area (general authority). It was an amazing conference that I loved, and some big news was announced as well. As of July, the Lisboa and the Porto missions will be combined, and there will just be one Portugal mission! President Torgan will take over the combined mission! This is really big news here, and I´m excited for the progress that this shows we are making, even though I won´t be here when it actually happens. It is amazing to see all the blessings and miracles that the Lord is doing here in Portugal, and I´m so glad I get to be a part of His work :D

I loved the conference that we had- we talked a lot about consecration, which has been on my mind a lot recently, and it was amazing to truly learn by the spirit. Elder Caussé started off by having us personally answer 3 questions- why we are on a mission, what are our srengths, and what do we want to improve. It was interesting to reflect and then see how my own thoughts and needs were responded in the conference. One of my favorite scriptures during my whole mission has been Helaman 3:35. I always focused on the prayer and fasting, and have really tried to put into practice these concepts. It didn´t really hit me until Friday how I was missing the part in the middle of the verse- that they were firm in Humility and strong in Faith. One of the themes that I really got out of the meeting was the importance of humility. Reflecting on my thoughts and actions recently, I realized how prideful I have been! It´s always good when the spirit brings us down...the next day during personal study I read Alma 37, when alma is giving counsel to his son. At the end of the chapter he talks about the need to avoid pride, and not thank God for being better than other people, but to recognize our own unworthiness before the Lord! That chapter was really for me that day, especially following the conference. At times it is so easy to judge others without knowing their heart or circumstance. We really can not compare ourselves ,but just work to improve our own faults and work out our own salvation. I learned a lot of things at the conference, but don´t have much time, so I´ll just leave you with that bit :)