Cape Verde Week 37

Boa Noite,

I keep getting later and later on my news letters. Maybe I am just hoping something really exciting will happen to put in the news letter. No such luck this week. So here goes with the up to date happenings in Mindelo.

We have had lunch week, if it is not the Sisters then it was the Elders. Some times we invited them, sometimes they invited themselves, but the last 4 days we have been busy feeding people. President & Sister Tolman are here for the weekend, we have Zone Conference tomorrow.

We are finally moving forward on a few Humanitarian projects, and hope to have final approval in the next week or so to progress. Sister Waller has been out tracting with both sets of Sisters and having some interesting experiences. But she always comes back feeling it was worth it. FHE found us with the Sisters and a family or 2 of 6 children of varying ages. I taught the lesson and had an object lesson also. They really like the object lesson. We then played a game and finally it was time to leave. Outside we all said goodbye and I reached back to grab Sister Waller hand and started down the alley. I walked a few steps and turned around and no Sister Waller. I had one of the teenager daughter’s hand and she was faithfully following along. Sister Waller was right behind her. She then said in broken English to us both “ you will be my friends forever?” How sweet, yes was our reply.

Today in Ramo ( Branch) 1 we had our Primary program. They did a wonderful job and sang beautifully. Sometimes they were at least one measure in front of Sister Waller’s playing, but they just kept going and eventually she caught up. We also had Branch conference in Ramo 3. I was called out of a meeting to do a setting apart of a new Elders Quorum President. I did the setting apart in English and the blessing in Portuguese. Everyone said I did great. There is improvement in our language skills.

Tomorrow is Zone conference and we are excited for the Christmas program. We have some special numbers planned.

Thanks for the cards and letters that keep trickling in.

Love The Waller’s , Mom & Dad, Bama & Bampa