Time is going as fast as ever and this week was fan.tas.tic. For starters, this next week (towards the end) I will finally be handing off all of my public affair duties off completely! Then I will have 4 or 5 days in who-knows-where for my final bow out of the Adriatic North mission. So this week consisted of more training, tracting, contacting, the usual.
Having a mini missionary is life changing I tell you. On average I would say we find about 5-8 investigators (one companionship) weekly. Well this week between the four of us we had 4 people actually progressing who are having constant lessons with us and we found 28 new investigators together. It has been soooo fun. I will forever love talking to random people on the streets, in their homes, in parks...wherever. Talking to people, getting to know them and teaching them the gospel wherever they are will forever be a feeling that I remember and cherish.
Yesterday I was talking to Sister Turner who told me that she had never been let in tracting. She has been out in the field for four months! So we said, today is the day. We will tract and find someone. We knew Heavenly Father would prepare someone and open a door. So we did. We tracted an entire building and the very last door this old lady answered. Her initial reaction (and I quote) "I know everything there is about God. I do not need to learn more. I know, everything." Aha, ok. Then she continued to chat and told us about her pains and surgeries and what not (actually a very frequent topic when you meet the people at the door. They are oddly very willing to show you scars and tell you all about their medical history.) Well knowing we were not going to get a great restoration lesson in, I asked if we could pray for her. So she let us in. She continued to tell us her story and she wept. I wanted to cry with her. She was so sweet. At the end she just kept telling us over and over how grateful she was to have someone listen to her, that no one has listened to her in months, and that she KNEW God sent us and that now she didn't hurt any more. She just kept saying "girls...you don't know how happy I am right now. Thank you God for sending them." It was so sweet. She told us to come back anytime AND (the best part) her daughter is coming to visit and she wants us to come meet her. Bingo!
Heavenly Father works in lots of ways, but it was a really cool experience!
Also, my mini missionary's little sister also went to serve a mini mission this week in Rijeka, Croatia.But she spend a night with us first. Well, what happens when you put 2 Balkans, 3 Americans and luggage in a sketch European elevator? Haha. Well 45 minutes in there was extremely hot. We got out at 10:30. Everyone's true colors showed. My comp was panicking and singing and hates elevators and is claustrophobic. Her sister was calm as a turtle. (I think those are calm) Sister Turner and I were just laughing. And sister Davis is calling people to let them know where we were / get assistance. Haha, while we are sweating bullets, she is on the phone "Hey Elder Halling, how are you this evening? Good? Great! Well we just have a quick question if right now is a good time . . . " Haha. It was quite the scene. But we were filled with good Chinese food so all was well.
Baka is doing great. She is the most active member of her entire family and is so excited to be baptized! She is going to be such a great example for them all!
So that is the update. Love you all and hope you are enjoying the summer!
Sestra Rhodes
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