Chuva Taylor

Nov. 1st 9pm to Nov 2nd 8ishpm 9 hour bus ride from Lisbon to Madrid 8 hour flight from Madrid to New Jersey 6 hours from New Jersey to LAX Finally getting to eat some In n Out Priceless I'm sorry I didn't get to respond to all the well wishes for safe travels it was a wonderful busy last day in Lisbon and as you can see your prayers and love helped us make it safely😙😙 Our stay in LA looks Iike it may be brief but hope to see as many of you as we can!!! You guys are the BEST😆😘💕💖👏

Once again you guys are awesome and hung in here with me as I'm trying to update because this was 10/31/2015 and is officially our last evening in Portugual. Tomorrow 11/01/2015 the country is being treated to Brother Splane so will be tied in. We then will hop a bus 9pm to Madrid and then a plane at 11am back to LAX. So I couldn't have asked for a better way to end our visit here. @crvrgrl look your kids are all together!!! The couple across from us some of you may know the awesome Jason & Courtney, we were all together in the same Portuguese District in Cali. They are on their way to serve in Cape Verde and we are just so proud and excited for them👏🎉! The three of them had just made it to Lisbon that evening, so talk about feeling special. Well that's it for now. You guys are the best. The day was tough because my mind and heart was in LA but we made it through. You all are just to good to me and hope we can get some wifi before we take off so I can share what happened with his visit. Love ya💖💖💖

This was our last Friday here in Lisbon (10/30/15). This lovely couple just got back from being out of town, was surprised we were still here (we were suppose to be in Madrid) and put together this wonderful evening for all of us. What's special is our sweet sweet @danidimples92 is the only American in the Hindi/Punjabi and now all of sudden there are a total of 4 of us representing East, West, and Mid-West 😨😂. We would like to think this will happen again but with us going back to AZ and @cherryblossom558 Heading back to OH its just one of those things. And what was so thoughtful was they prepared some American dishes for us like Nachos was one of the appetizers and Chilli was apart of dinner. Which I will say was so delicious! Now as we're about to leave the couple comes out and says it will take a few seconds, ok here are some pieces now make a duck. Ok, so we do and they say to me, it's alright there's no wrong way to do this. My face 😒. Y-e-a-h, ya'll can look at mine and tell something ain't right 😔😂

A week after our epic fail of saying tchau to Ericeira, we ended up at the assembly but this time with, you guessed it Hindi/Punjabi. They are assigned to the English and it was so wonderful to take in a whole program of understanding everything from the platform (just saying some of the Portuguese accents are like excuse me, what did you say😨😂) Top photo ya'll ... what are the chances I know right?!? We run into @portuguesa_misturadagrl and Dave!!! We all use to be in the same Portuguese circuit in Cali. They moved to help out on Hawaii and here we run into them at an English assembly in Portugal😆 Something that was nice, is they serve coffee before and during lunch. Yes during lunch. I've never felt so awake after lunch 😂😨💃 I hope to get a cong picture so you guys can see all their beautiful faces 😊

It's winding down you all. Trying to squeeze in a few more pics before we take off. For those who have returns and you may wonder is it still worth trying to go so regularly when you keep missing them, this may help you to continue. 😊 So at the very top of the building she had a return that was staring to go MIA and Lorna was starting to think is it still worth going so often. One day she approaches, sees a woman and yells out the greeting in Punjabi and is waived up. So she talks with this woman and finds out her return visit has moved to Germany 😨. But the woman and her friend that lives there was so impressed with Lorna speaking Punjabi and appreciated why she was coming to visit they both accepted a bible study! On the 2nd study they were asking for a Bible because they realized all the answers were being found in it. I had the privilege of going with her on the 3rd and it was absolutely a joy! And hey anytime you wanna give me Chai and bisquits afterwards is a good day teehee. Today as we were walking up the hill for what would have been their 4th study. Lorna is like oh no something isn't right. Punjabi's when home never have the doors and windows closed. When we get to the top we found a note!!! Never in all her life had she had this happen. And apparently in Indian preaching this is even more rare. Just think this would have been study number 4 and these 2 women appreciated Lorna's effort enough to leave a note. 💓 So, when you think of giving up because of not being able to find your return you never know who may finally answer at the door you've been calling on.

We snapped this, had a lil sumthin sumthin 🍷, laughed 😁, enjoyed some music💃, celebrated our friends move into a new home, gave hugs & kisses, said I love you to one another and agreed we would get together when I got back. This year for so many of us has been heartbreaking beyond words and I know for it's been a year full of Romans 8:27 moments, days, weeks, and months for everyone. With these sudden losses of amazing, phonamenal, love big or go home, zealous, slaving for Jehovah and others, plus so much more... Today many of you will be traveling to go to the house of mourning and with everything in my soul I am praying for you all to make it safely and to find comfort that only Jehovah can give us through his word and the blessing of him also comforting us through one another where he can use us to give those physical hugs & kisses and words of endearment that we will all need today. 😙💞😙💞😙

Another Hospitality and it's not Hindi related lol... this sister had plans to have dinner with another sis in her hall *Lisbon English*, but changed it to accomadate another sister request for a girls night at her home. She is originally from Spain and made for us some Tapas (soooo good) and then the food fest began. Fun bible guess card game ended with getting our grooves on💃🍷🍜🎉😆 This lesson learned was of being flexible with plans, to make adjustments to be able to include others 👧👩👱

Good Afternoon ya'll 😊 have some catching up of experiences starting with the most recent. This past Sunday while at the Hindi/Punjabi meeting in Lisbon, these two men walked in. I met them the week before at the English assembly. Turns out they fled Pakistan because they were being persecuted as Christians. So they came in and sat down and during watchtower paragraph 11 the gentle man in blue raised his hand for a comment, he then held up the watchtower and said,"Only Jehovah witnesses have publications in his language of Urdu that help him learn more about God and was appreciative for it." Talk about heart touching! From what I understand they are studying with a Brother in the hall who is a special pioneer. I am looking forward to hearing of how these two will be progressing in their studies! It's amazing to see how all the hard work of these brothers and sisters in translation are touching the hearts of those who are searching.

Realizing where is the time going 😨 This is our 3rd and final week not just here in Lisbon but in Portugal. Wanted a day to process what's been happening since we've been gone and process what we will be going back to. A mix of bitter sweet. Sweet to be back with friends and family🎉💖😘. Bitter to once again be leaving new friends😢. Also, to be coming home this time knowing we have had some deep losses of loved ones💔. But sitting here I looked out the window and had the biggest smile put on my face because of the reminder of the loving God we serve.One day instead of seeing a "concrete junlge" it will be a paradise filled with family, friends and a joyous reunion with those who are resting! 🌴🌺🌈🐯🍇💞

Thinking about my foriegn lang peeps and those who are thinking about it. My fab service buddy for the day had what they call here "trolley" (we call it cart) witnessing and look it's in Punjabi👳 Even they leave home they can still get it in the language of their 💓💓💓