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
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