Wednesday!

We had a few spare hours in the morning, so we took 

a quick trip to down-town Lisbon to see the “commercial 

area”, which is lovely “old” buildings which are really 

not so old. Lisbon was almost totally destroyed by an 

earthquake in the 1700s, and completely rebuilt, so the 

buildings are relatively young.

We dashed back to Tojal to get ready for the 

“graduation celebration” in the afternoon, 

which went really well, with lots of hugs, 

kisses, and tears. The students were so 

drawn to the team, who loved them well. 

Idalia, a Portuguese, told her story, which 

was very good for these ladies to hear. 

Some show real interest in what Ron 

and Idalia (full-time GEM missionaries)

are doing in Portugal.

In the evening, all our team plus the two missionary 

families who helped us, had a appreciation dinner at 

a nice restaurant, shared experiences, what God did 

in us during the week, and exchanged gifts. Very nice 

time.