"he is the right one for this time"

Welp, once again here we are. Week 3 of this transfer. This past week was a little interesting. Elder Easton and me got kicked out of our house for the week to let sisters live there due to some problems they were having in their house. So we moved in with the other Elders here in Cacem for the week. It is really fun living in a house of 4 elders, but we aren't always focused. We should be moving back to our house tonight or tomorrow, so that will be good. Because of this move for the week, Easton and I didn't work in our main area as much. We went to a little town called belas, unfortunately didn't find much, but we´ll keep looking! This past week was fun. Got to have a few member meals which is always awesome!!! Our recent converts are doing well and should be getting callings here within the next couple weeks. We had a change of bishopric here. Our old bishop was in that calling for 6 years here in cacem, the new bishop is awesome and will really help in continuing the work of the Lord. It was really cool being able to be in the sacrament meeting when everyone in the congregation raised their hand of support. The spirit was pretty strong in testifying that he is the right one for this time. Other than that,... not too much. Still drinking lots of juice, and now I'm starting to love drinkable yogurt!!! So all is well here! Love you all!
Love Elder Quinn!

"18 months this week"

Welp.... one more week here in Caçem! The last week of the transfer was awesome!!! We have been working with a kid named Alex who was not expected to be home from vacation in Spain until Septemeber 1, but the Lord worked us a miracle and brought him home earlier and then we marked him and he was baptized on Saturday by Elder EASTON!!!! He was found by the other Elders in our ward and they were working with him until Easton and I showed up and took half of the ward which he lived in, so it was a group effort, and he is really cool! He wants to serve a mission already! This past week was pretty fun.We didn't find too many people, but now Easton and I are staying another Transfer here in Caçem so we will find plenty!!! Yesterday was sooo cool! At church, Andrey and Alex both were confirmed members of the church, and were given the Aaronic Priesthood after church! It is awesome seeing the growth of the Lord´s kingdom happen so quick! The bishop here is really good about helping new converts receive what they need right after baptism! This ward is awesome and this area has a ton of people! We gonna find a lot of people this transfer!!! Thanks for all the love and support! All is well here!!! 18 months this week... insane how fast it really goes....
Love Elder Quinn

"He seriously was very prepared by the Lord"

A week of miracles! Like I told you last week, we have been working with the boyfriend of one of our members, and last Saturday he accepted to be baptized. It was a really strong lesson and we knew that we were all feeling the spirit! So then this past week, we were teaching him and preparing him for his baptism which happened yesterday!!! woot woot! It was awesome! He seriously was very prepared by the Lord. Elder Easton and I were just blessed enough to be able to teach him. His name is Andrey and he is brazilian. We met him about 3 weeks ago at a birthday party at the members house and he was asking us some questions about church and stuff and that's where his interest sparked and then we've been working with him since! His story is real awesome. He is 22 and before we had been teaching him, he wasn't sure what he believed or even if he believed. We helped him see the blessings of having a modern day prophet, and he received many answers by his own reading of the Book of Mormon! The Lord truly did everything! It was a tender mercy for sure. We are working with another young man here in our area named Alex. Right now he is progressing very well! The pictures are at another cliff with a lighthouse here in Sintra. All is well! Love you all!
Love Elder Quinn

August 10, 2015 - Waddddup? Sittin at Mcdonalds on a tablet doin Internet. There was nothing too special this past week. Easton and me are doing alright. We didn't find too many people this past week, so we are on the search still. Our investigator came last week to a baptismal service and to church again so I think she is still having a good experience with the church. She doesn't think she needs to be baptized again and she likes to be able to say she is a member of the catholic church so we´ll see. Easton and me ate tons of grilled cheeses this past week. I love them and he got a little sick of them, so we are gonna try to change it up this week a little. All is truly well. Gonna give it more than I did last week. We can always do better than what we´ve done. The Lord doesn't expect perfection but he expects progress. Gonna keep goin! Easton is really helping me with the work! He is speaking really well and has a true desire to help people. I am learning a lot from him! It's still kind of hot here, but not as hot as it was down in Lagos. It's nice to have a breeze every now and again! Thanks for all the support and love!
Love Elder Quinn

August 3, 2015 - So this week was another fun one - Probably one of the best weeks of my mission actually. We ended with 6 lessons all with members present, which was pretty cool. It took a little more effort on our part to line up the members and the lessons, but the Lord for sure blessed us! We found some pretty cool investigators that have some good potential, so we are excited to work with them! We had an investigator in church and she wants to witness a baptism and see what she feels about it! So we´ll keep going with that! Elder Easton is already speaking really well! He´s doing awesome in helping me out and never complains, so that really helps! We are talking with billions of people right now! President Tavares' goal, is for every companionship in the mission to baptize at least one person this transfer, so we will for sure be able to do that! The members have been feeding us really well here in this ward so that's definitely a plus. Other than that, not much more to say. Been in the mission for 17 months this week, it has seriously flown!!! President said I'm in my "Sprint" meaning now's the time to give it all I've got plus more until the finish line!
Love you all!!!

Love Elder Quinn

July 27, 2015 - WHADDUP peeps of Utah... and others reading this blog.
So I got transferred to Povoa, to be in a companionship with Elder Fish and an Elder we would be training together... when we got to the office to pick up our greenies, two missionaries showed up that didn't have companions. So I got one of them (his name is Elder Easton from Bountiful, UT) and we were transferred to Caçem and we are now working there. So it will be a fun challenge for these next 5 weeks to just search for the Lord´s prepared here in the City of Caçem. This area was being worked by other Elders, but they also have their own city where they´d work more, so basically, we split the area and it will be good for the Church. Elder Easton and I are talking with millions of people. Not found anything too promising yet, but we will in a bit. Just gotta keep showing the Lord our desire to find people! This place is a lot more populated than Lagos, and there isn't any tourists here, so that makes the work a lot easier (the finding part of the work). The ward here is a good size and seems pretty supportive of missionary work, so I am excited to be here and work with the Leaders here in Caçem. There are apartment buildings everywhere!!!! But that just means that there are more people to find. All is going good here. I have not had as much juice this past week, but I'm sure I'll make up for that this week! Love you all!!
Love Elder Quinn

Me and my dragon! (Avatar Roku)

This is the view of Portugal from a really cool castle that we visited today!

The castle we were at is clear at the top of this picture!

July 13, 2015 - Glad to hear all is well! All is going well here. That man, Paulo, which we found, has basically dropped off the face of the earth. We are having a hard time with finding people that will stinkin progress... kind of sucks. Just have to keep going.
Love you forever!!!
Love Elder Quinn