Bok family!
Greetings from the Zagreb bunch from the first church in Zagreb (an apartment) which is now the office. The very same building that (now) President Monson stood in to dedicate the land of Yugoslavia for the preaching of the gospel. Normally they do it outside, but since they had to do it indoors they threw open all the windows during the dedication. This is however only half the district. Here are the rest.
A pretty great bunch!! And a pretty cool building right in the heart of Zagreb.
This week was a good one. Like every other. Our dancer came back from England!! She and her mom told us aaaaall about it and she had her baptismal interview on Sunday. The baptism will be on Saturday followed by a branch palačinke (aka pancakes...aka crepes) activity. She has grown a lot I feel and is ready to take this step, but my biggest desire is for her to be strong in the church forever. As a missionary I did not expect to be this impatient. I want each individual to accept the gospel, accept it quickly, and have a testimony of steel. However it took me 20 (almost 21:) ) gradual years to learn all that I have and the learning never stops! I am so grateful for that, that God's goal for us is PROGRESS. Eternal progress. And that is my pray for Anja, that she will continue to progress, a lot.
We have also taken over two investigators from the Elders. They are neighbors, two single older women and we always teach them together. One of them is a self referral and the other she just brought along. I have never met two people with so many questions in my whole life. They shoot out questions in our lessons like two fiery machine guns. Soooo...we are currently trying to find a balance of teaching and them asking questions for 45 minutes. They are both very sincere however, which is obviously key.
Another cool thing from this week: we had a district (aka Croatia) wide relief society meeting and I accompanied a really cute non member girl who sang. She and her mom came and they are SO AWESOWE. They do not live in our city, but they invited us to theirs! They are good friends if a member there and there is no way they did not feel the spirit in that meeting or during the song. High hopes for them. She has a picture but will send t later.
Overall a great week. This next week is transfer announcements. I am perfectly happy to stay in Zagreb. I love this place and the people and genuinely love Croatian. I thought my heart would forever be in Slovenia, but it grew!!! This place is so great and I can't wait to make the best out of the time I have left.
Love you all! Have a fantastic week!
Svako dobro,
Sestra Rhodes
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