Eduardo loves to share with us the history of Portugal and it has a LONG history. Lisbon is the oldest city in Europe. In the center of Sintra is the Castelo dos Mouros which is the best example of Arab military architecture in Europe. On Wednesday we went to the historic center of Sintra where this castle is located which is about 3 miles from our house.
On Thursday, we visited Palacios da Pena, the emblematic work of Portuguese Romanticism. This houses the most important collection of Mudejar tiles in the whole of Portugal. Stunning! It is one of the 7 wonders of Portugal. We ran into many other Americans at this site. It overlooks our rented home, high on the hill above Sintra.
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| Pena National Palace |
Thursday night we attended the first service of the prophetic worship conference. They hold three conferences a year. One focuses on worship, another focuses on leadership, and this conference centers on missions. Gerrilee and Steven gave an update-to-date report on China and Cambodia. Our entire group presented silent cardboard testimonies about how God has worked in our own lives.
A special speaker, who Cindi and Eduardo met him at the Ministerial Association, provided the main message. He is the pastor of a church near Charneca with a congregation of Gypsies. We could sense his passion even though we could not understand the language.  |
| Gerrilee's Cardboard Testimony |
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