Sestra Erin Rhodes: The magic of a plan of salvation pamphlet and 2 bandaids

Hello dear family!

Long time no talk! Shout out to all the fathers out there! Happy day of the dads! You all rock. We are headed to Croatia in about30 minutes for zone conference, so our pday got switched around. We also get to wear pants today for the car ride and at president's...so holla!!!

So a quick update on the past 9 days:

SLOVENIA IS SO AWESOME! I got to work with another sister in Kranj for a few days and learned a lot serving in a different area with a different sister for a bit. Luckily, the church is true everywhere and we found a couple people over there who want to learn more! But the real magic is happening in Maribor. We are frequently teaching a family that lives just outside of Maribor. She and her husband have three kids and are really willing to learn more. She has a Book of Mormon now and we all prayed together, they even got their little kids to calm down and prayed with the elders when they were over there too. That is one part of teaching that EVERYBODY seems to like. When we teach people how to pray, they love it. We are so lucky and blessed to have such a simple way to communicate with our loving Father in Heaven. We can literally just talk to Him! It is such an important and vital part to our testimonies, and if you haven't REALLY felt the power of prayer recently, I encourage you to remind yourself what an amazing gift it is. It changes my life, it will change people over here in Slovenia, and it will certainly work for you guys.

Other news...we got locked out of our apartment. Luckily, we estimated that at some point this would happen, so we had our spare key in the mailbox. The bad news, we couldn't reach our hands far enough in the little slot to get it....so after ideas and prayer and some serious laughter....turns out a plan of salvation pamphlet (in Slovene...they are a little too small in English) and two band aids did the trick. I always loved those pamphlets, but I have a whole new appreciation for them now. :)

Ah yes! I almost forgot, we had district women's conference in Maribor on Saturday! IT was so cool to be in a room filled with Slovene women who all believe and know that the gospel is true. We got to serve them lunch AND we all went on a slow boat ride on the river Drava (one of Maribor's best attractions and has a gorgeous view.) It was so awesome and I am always strengthened and given hope from members here. This church is so true, Jesus Christ lives, the spirit testifies of HIm and of our mission here on earth. I love you all so dearly and appreciate the updates and pictures A LOT! Keep the faith everybody.

Lots of Love,

Sestra Rhodes