Sestra Erin Rhodes: I Love my America, even in Slovenia! July 6th, 2015

Zdravo Družina! Kako smo? Everything sounds well over in america. Speaking of....Happy 4th of July! No one over here seemed to care about it . . . odd. BUT, they do have a big festival going on in Maribor right now, including fireworks. So we sang some American songs in our apartment, made an awesome american breakfast for dinner, and heard fireworks in the distance. We celebrated pretty hard core basically.

Well, this week was great and reaaaally hot. It has been in the high 90s with 1000 percent humidity. I believe that is an accurate number. In the morning it feels like noon, and in the evening it feels like noon, and at noon . . . it feels like the bad part of the plan of salvation lesson. So, we are trying to keep cool and loving it! There have been soooo many families out lately so we have been able to talk to many of them, which is awesome. As far as our little family we are teaching, they are out of town. Only we didnt know they would be, so we haven't seen them for about two weeks. Baaaah, it's killing me. But they will be back soon and will see progress and blessings in their life I am sure of it.

Other news, we had exchanges again this week. Sister Robertson went to Celje and another Sister came to Maribor with me. We worked hard. It was awesome, and we saw a lot of success. We have two more investigators we found, both young girls, but both agreed to keep meeting with us. So amidst summer breaks and traveling, we will start meeting with them and hopefully their PARENTS soon. I really love testifying to young people. I feel like there is an awesome sincerity there. We also got a new senior couple for our branch president and made that switch yesterday, which means the district president (young single guy who is the church pres over slovenia) came to our branch, which means a lot of members came to our branch, and the spirit was there and it was soooo awesome! We even had a little lunch after church, so it was a really awesome Sunday. Then we tracted until . . . late and met some reeeally cool people. It blows my mind how many crazy, awesome, and interesting characters I meet on a daily basis and it doesnt even phase me any more. I love when random crazy things happen... and they happen all the time. I will write some down and tell you about them next week...I'll leave you in suspense until then, because I have to go.

I love you all! Enjoy the sun and the summer! I also encourage you all to study the words of the most recent apostles who have passed away. I wish I had more computer time for that purpose, but we have a lot of modern scripture at our hands and it is here FOR US! I pray for you all and love you! Stay strong and have a great week!

Adio!

Sestra Rhodes