What a week we all had. Congratulations to everyone for enduring, birthing, and all the other things that happened.
Here is what happened on this side of the world.
Our dancer has been at her competition all week in England but has sent us pictures and we have been in contact all week. Before she left it was her birthday so we pulled a classic, girly-missionary gift. (Thanks to all those years of young women's crafty handouts for inspiration.) We gave her multiple envelopes to take on her trip that told her when to open them..when she is scared or nervous or happy or at the beginning of everything bla bla bla. THEN, the good part, it had a scripture to match when to open it. In an effort to keep her reading the scriptures while she was gone. She really liked it and we are hoping that she has still been reading and praying and all the important things while in London because her baptism is really coming up quick!
One benefit about being in one place for a while is that you get to know the members really well and I am really enjoying that lately. One awesome member has been offering and taking us to church with here, more have offered to come on lessons, and we are now going into primary weekly to help with singing time. I love going to church so much and these people are very strong and unique and they are the number one way that the church will grow out here.
We had zone conference again this week. They come SO fast! For the past few months our whole mission has been focusing on becoming master teachers and I LOVE it. We are learning how to teach better and practicing and it makes me feel a lot more confident going into lessons. (Surprise, knowing everything and being a flawless teacher does not just happen when they give you the name tag.)
We also had some guest sisters at our apartment this week because one of them was in the hospital again during zone conference. We were supposed to go on exchanges but instead they both came to Zagreb and we got to switch companions up a little bit to proselyte.
We got to skype with the France, Leon mission this week! Shout out to my French speaking siblings! We skyped with a really cool guy from Serbia who they thought was really interested . . . turns out they just could not communicate very well in English because he had a reeeeeeeally difficult time accepting the book of Mormon. But we asked him to read the introduction before he decides NOT to read it and pray about it. It was a good teaching opportunity and sister Davis and I are continually progressing in teaching unity.
We also had two great p days, last week and today. Last week we had some things we needed to get for our apartment (mainly a stool for my comp who could not see in the mirror due to height challenges....haha) and some other things. Well who else needed to run errands? The senior sisters! The Davenpratts. So once again we went to Ikea, only this time in a lot nicer car and enjoyed lunch together and getting all the things we needed. We also stopped at Metro (the closest thing to costco but still not even close. However their cheese selection was pretty remarkable.)
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| Driving Presidents car to IKEA! |
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| Notice the change in missionary attire! |
Then today we drove to Rijeka with the Elders to do a service project of unloading a ton of beds and materials for refugees. We are also going to make an article out of it for mission public affairs use. It was the first time I saw the coast line of Croatia!!!! (Which is what people tell me 5 times daily that I need to go see and swim in . . . ) Then we ate on a boat restaurant. IT WAS A DADDY'S BOAT!!!! I even ordered fish since we were so close to the sea:)
I was reading in Mosiah this week again about the Atonement and a particular phrase hit me that I had never given much thought to: Acquainted with grief.
Acquainted. Having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc. Jesus Christ has personal knowledge of grief through experiencing every type of grief we have, are feeling, or will ever feel in this life. He is acquainted with OUR grief. Thus of course He is extremely well acquainted with us and our lives. I am so grateful for that knowledge. He knows what is going on and the most comforting . . . He knows what we need to get back home to our Heavenly Father.
As Joseph Smith taught, 'a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has the power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.'
I love you all and pray for you daily. Let the work go on!
Sestra Rhodes
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