Thanksgiving November 22

Hi everyone. Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all enjoy your families and have a fun day or weekend.

These pictures that I am sending is the day I spent at the lighthouse. Sister Cassita and I had a great day.

LOVE and MISS you all so much.

Grandma & some local fisherman.

The Lighthouse, isn't it beautiful.

Sister McKnight

Sister McKnight standing by the lighthouse.

Sister McKnight

Sister McKnight & Sister Cassita. Missionary Companion.

Ringing the Bell

Letter November 16

Hi everyone,

My companion and I just got back from a long beautiful walk. We walked out to the lighthouse here in Praia. It took us about an hour to get there. The lighthouse old so we could not go inside. We walked around the grounds and took pictures. The ocean is so beautiful. It's a deep dark blue where it is deep and a light blue where it was shallow. There are a lot of volcanic rocks along the coast and the waves break and splash against them. There were a few fisherman fishing. They were all friendly. Then we went over to this old Catholic Church. We were not sure if anyone was there. It had a bell tower so we went up to the top. It was made out of stones. We thought it would be better to ask for forgiveness then to ask permission. It had an old bell that was all tarnished. Then we went inside of the church grounds. A young man came out of a class room to meet us. He knew little English and we knew little Portuguese so the conversation was short. He did tell us that he was studying to be a priest and he showed us around and we left. I told Sister Cassita that we should take him a Book of Mormon. She agreed. We then went down to the beach. We took our shoes off and waded in the water. The water was warm and so clear. Not like the water in California. I guess when you are near the equator the water should be warm. I told Sister Cassita if we were back home we would have our snow gear on. We looked at each other and agreed that we like it here better. There was a little snack bar right there so we stopped and got some bottled water. We sat in the shade to drink it. We watched kids playing in the water and in the sand. They aren't any different then kids back home. We were setting talking about how nice it is here. How blessed we where that we are here serving a mission at this time. 

 

We both talk to everyone.  The people here like to show you that they speak English so they well talk to you. Earlier this week we were in the marketplace. We had a lot of people wanting to talk with us. Next week we have to take then some Book of Mormons. Yesterday Sister was at the Hospital with a missionary. She had several people ask about the church. She took their names and numbers and will give it to the missionaries. It's like that everywhere we go. It is so awesome.

 

I just wanted to share my day with you. It was such a beautiful day. We had a great time. I have to go now. We have to go to the baptism at the church across the street.

Love you all,

Sister McKnight

A letter from Grandma

Hello everyone,

I have been busy learning and doing. As I have told you, the elders have been the secretaries in the office. They have been very glad that I came. That free's them up to do more teaching and they have a lot of families to teach. They are very busy. I am learning how to do so many things on the computer. How to create reports. I learned how to make a card that has a photo and all the info about each missionary. The President uses these cards for his transfer board. In his office he has a large white board that covers the whole wall and on it is every district and zone for every island. Then he has a card for each one of us. We had some new missionaries come in and we have some more the first of Dec. I know that all this stuff that I'm am learning you already know how to do. I have really enjoyed learning all these new things. 

This last week I had the opportunity to go with the Elder's to teach. It's a family that is our neighbor. They don't have much, very poor. Sister Cassita and I bought them some food. It's a Mother and 5 children. The Father of the two younger children is not around much. When we met with them we did find out that the Father does go out fishing. As soon as we sat down in their house I a feeling I should say a prayer to myself for them. I prayed that their hearts would be softened to except what will be taught. Elder Olsen looked over at me and asked if I was okay. I know I had tears in my eyes. The Elders taught them about Jesus and how he love us and want to bless us. Elder Olsen asked me to share my testimony. I told them how I was a single Mother raising 4 children and how The Lord bless our lives. Oh, and the Father was there for this lesson. When we where done the Father said he would bring his family to Church on Sunday. It was a good night. I had been praying for this family. The Elder's had visited this family before with no success. This family needs a lot of help. They have no running water or indoor plumbing. In one of the rooms they are raising 3 adult pigs and 3 baby pigs. They don't have a yard. There are chickens that are there too.  We are hoping that we can help the Mother find a way to make money. Here you have to pay for school. The Mother still owes money for that. About $30-40. We still need to meet with the Mother to see what they need. The people are very humble here. I guess when you don't have much you are more humble. This week we should have 40 baptisms in the mission. Which is great.

Love and miss you all

Love, Sister McKnight

When I recieved and opened my call . . .

Me before I opened my mission call.

Asking Cj were 'Cape Verde, Praia' was.  I had no idea and was pretty confused!

Grandma with two sisters from the Philippines. The Sister on the right is Sister Llano that a missionary in our town baptized about a year ago  Grandma said, "She is so sweet. I got to spend the day with her but she flew to the island of Sao Vciente to serve in Mindelo. This is one of the northern islands. When she left she asked if she will see me again. I said maybe if she gets transferred here in Praia. She is so excited to serve a mission."

Here is a picture of Grandma's trainers. "The one standing is Elder Cruz dos Santos. He is a very funny guy. He just got done doing the orientation for the new missionaries in English. He did a great job. Elder Olsen is the one with the frown. I don't think he thought I would take a picture. Their Great!"

1st Week at MTC

Well Grandma since you are not going to post, I will post for ya!

I just completed my first week at the MTC. It has been great! I love it here. I have one more week before I leave this Thursday for Praia . My language is getting a little better.
This is a picture taken today of my district. We have had a lot of fun together.