i enjoyed those pictures so much! Bryces suit looks way cool, Camon looked was good (Tina looks was nice), Andrew looks like a stud (i love that kid), and Jessie looks OLD, that was crazy i thought she was a senior in High school for sure, I honestly didnt recognize her!!!! And of course mom and dad you guys looked good! also the Billman Family looked way good, I really really miss koda!
ok this is going to be the best email that i have ever sent you guys, so i want to prepare you for it!!!
OK well lets just say that this week i went on an exchange with an elder from Finland and not even kidding every single hour we had a HUGE miracle happen, not like little miracles but HUGE miralces, this week was something that has never ever happened during my time as a missionary. We seriously never had time to eat or sit down, and any time we sat down its cause we were teaching and all we did is teach. not kidding if i counted the crazy things that happened it would be around 25! So i will just tell you some of them!
Ok well on friday we went to visit a pontenial, named Augustin, and i called him and he said we could meet in center, so we did then we sat down and talked for about 5 mins (he is a former priest, and has a huge background with religion), then he said i want you to meet some of my friends... So i was like cool lets go! So we get up and went to this huge catholic church and he asked, "do you have extra BOMs", and we did and so he walked into the church and starts walking up these stairs and in some hallways and he starts rings some bells and stuff, (we were just like really confused cause we just barely met this guy) Well anyways he finely finds this door and he opens it, and in the room was a secretary and Augustin says, "i brought some friends, these mormons have truth and they are from America and Finland." and we were like.... ya that is us, hahaha! Then Augustin says he want to meet with the high priest, (we later figure out he is the 2nd highest priest in Slovenia) and his secretary was like... we will see if he has time. Then he comes back and was like, yes he does have time. So we walk in and talk to this Priest and he was super nice and he actually had alot of questions for us! It was so much fun to get to know him.
Then after we get to know him, i get this idea that we should teach him... but i was like no.... he is a priest, he has his faith, he is a very powerful man in his church..... but then i hurried and repented and said sorry for thinkin that i shouldnt teach him, and that he needs the truth just like everyone else!!! so i tell him we brought a present, and we gave him a book of Mormon. He said he had never seen one before and we started talking about it and bearing strong testimony. Then we taught him about the apostasy and the restoration, and how God and Jesus came to Joseph Smith and restored the truth.... it was a very powerful lesson, he was intensely listening, then we invited him to read 3 Nefi 11, from the BOM and pray about it! It was the coolest thing that ever happened. we werent nervous we were just there to do what we needed to do! At the end he asked my companion to pray!
So this week we will go over and bring him a picture of Christ and ask if he had read the book of Mormon. Or another thing i was thinking if we get to become really good friends it would be fun to study together, we would study about prophets and baptism and lots of good stuff!! Well i was very very thankful for the opportunity to teach him and hope its not the end of that one!
So you have to admit you only hear about stories like that in the movies! hahaha ok well another one for you, well after we went to the priest Augustin was like, wow that was good lets go teach some more, and he says, "i have alot of friends for you guys" so we go to the and get 10 BOMs and we start meeting his friends, he knows EVERYONE, and we gave away all 10 books and got some phone numbers. It was kinda awkward but we survived, he would walk up to everyone and say, " hey (name) these are the mormons missionaries they have truth and he would give them a BOM and tell them to read it, and then we would testify or teach them or get there number. It was so much fun.
SO next thing, well we got with Augustin today, and we were teaching him and he says he knows the BOM is true and so we talked about what that means if the BOM is true!! And we asked him to follow the example of Christ and be baptized, and he agreed. So we gave him a date Oct. 22! And he promised us he will be baptized on that date! Then he asked if he can have some BOMs to give to his friends!
Also this week we have a baptism, her name is Ksenja! We asked her to choose only members to baptise her. She is and is very very excited. She had a problem this week but it got all cleared up and we are very excited!
Also, we have been teaching this kid named Sebaštjan for along time, and he would never agree to be baptized so we talked about why he wouldnt be baptized and it took a 2 hour lesson but we figured out why he didnt want to get baptized, it was something to do with the Law of Chasity and so the next day we taught the law of Chasity and he agreed to live by it!!!! it was amazing the spirit was so strong that Sebaštjen changed his mind and said he wants to change and will do that! So he will hopefully get a baptismal date this week!
Also, Samo has a baptismal date, he improved so much this week!!!!!!!!!!! it is a miracle that he is changing so fast!!!!! he is getting baptized on Oct 15! he also came to chruch!
I could go for about another hour telling you about 2 more stories!
Also we taught 24 lessons, and 3 people at church! THe Lord really did watch over us last week i am still recovering from running everywhere but i think i will survive!
well thanks family!
mom you asked if i need anything for my birthday, i am good, unless.... at Zumies in the mall there is a blue watch with green numbers, i really want it, the only reason i know is cause my comp has one that is white and he said there is the same one but blue and green! hahaha love you family!
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