Around The World in 2 hours...

My current responsibility at Church

or 'calling' as we say in Mormon lingo

is to serve as the "Relief Society Activity Coordinator"

for the Additional Relief Society meetings

held during weekdays.

My favorite part of the preparations?

Taking care of the PR

& making posters.

This is one of my favorite posters so far.

I don't have any experience with computer aided design,

so I stick with what I know.

Scissors,  a little mod podge, scrapbook paper,

and a sprinkling of creative imagination 

(the last of which I owe to my Mother)

 Tuesday night was our annual 

Relief Society birthday

or commemoration celebration

Whatever you call it, 

we're celebrating

170 years

of this awesome society of women.

More on the Relief Society here

Since we were celebrating

"Sisters Around The World"

I got to pull out my boxes 

of Portuguese

treasures 

 I had the opportunity to share a little bit about the country, language, cities, people, traditions, culture, music, life, and what the RS is like in Portugal.

Since the Church curriculum, programs, & organization are exactly the same no matter where you go...it's pretty much the same, just with a bit of Portuguese spice added in.

03.07.12

We also enjoyed beautiful & fascinating 

presentations (& food!) that was shared by

 a Sister from Samoa and a Sister from India

I have to admit,

I felt pretty non-authentic

since these awesome ladies

were sharing about their home countries

and all I had was a year and half 

of living in Portugal 

(as a missionary, no less, 

which we all know is NOT normal life)

However, as always,

I absolutely LOVE talking about

Portugal from my experiences

and will jump at any opportunity to do so!