Service Opportunities April 15, 2018

Service Opportunities

Jennifer & Miora

Cabo Verdean society is very communal.  People help one another and serve each other lovingly.  Here is one type of very important service, Jennifer is braiding Miora’s hair.  Miora is a frequent visitor to our porch, where she and her younger sister Diana come and we play ball.  Jennifer was baptized yesterday.

Filo, Iolanda and Relief Society President

Our Relief Society Sisters serve by visiting the home for the elderly on the other side of São Filipe.  I got to go with them, it was perhaps a two mile walk in the afternoon sun.  They had their umbrellas, I had not remembered to bring mine, so they shared.  

Photo of Filo, the Bishops wife Iolanda, and my Relief Society President, and a second photo at the home of the same.

Johelen, Relief Society President, Filo and Iolanda

Resident Playing Guitar

One of the elderly residents at the home brought out her guitar and sang traditional Cabo Verdean music for us.  Everyone seemed to know the words to the ballad!  

Bishop Teixeira and Resident

Our Bishop attended our Relief Society service meeting at the home.  He chatted and laughed with the residents.  Our Bishop is a taxi driver in São Filipe and has other business ventures.