This week has been AMAZING.
This whole week I jumped from day to day with gratitude in my soul.
In summary we taught 10 new people this week and had 3 lessons on Saturday!!
Here's a little over view of what happened
<Tuesday>
We went out to visit a returning member. She is going through some hard things and we talked about the power
of prayer in our lives. About half way through she stopped listening and started taking selfies!!
So we are trying to read the Book of Mormon and she starts snapping away. Then she tells us to smile,
and after about 10 minutes I can't handle the whole selfie thing and i start laughing so hard. In summary,
we didn't get through our whole lesson on prayer, but we made our friend smile in a tough time and even laugh
at the end. We walked out like "what just happened?!" We then did some tracting and met some fun people.
Later that night the Stls came for exchanges and we went out to sushi together!
<Wednesday>
Sister Henderson and I went to Belgrade for exchanges. We had a BLAST. We ending up laughing and talking
and working hard together. It was great to see member in Belgrade and say hello.
<Thursday>
We switched back from our exchanges and Sister Dimas and I hustled back to a lesson. Our friends name is Nada.
She is an older woman with such an open heart and mind. It was a really great restoration lesson
and I felt the spirit so strong! We also taught her in her home! That's very rare for people to let us into their home.
Normally it's at a Cafe or park. We had District council later that day and
I love the good laughs we have as a district. It's fun because we are all together 12 weeks so we get pretty tight(:
<Friday>
We taught the Fitches neighbor! Latter Day Saint charities did a water project in his small village in Montenegro
and he was so interested in learning more about why someone would do that! We got together with his wife and
him and explained the restoration of the gospel and the Humanitarian Organization of the Church.
They were astonished and loved it all. His wife said "this is not the last time we will be seeing you".
We then met a returning member for a lesson on Family History! That is such a powerful tool!
<Saturday>
LOVELY DAY. We met a nice woman on the street the other day from Albania.
We set up with her and she brought all three of her sons! So we taught the four of them at a kafić in centar!
We talked about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
When we talked about the Apostasy, the middle son said"they interpretted the Bible so many times,
it eventually changed!"
When we talked about the book of Mormon they asked- "why have we never heard about this? "
Then they eagerly asked - where can I buy one?
We gave them our favorite book with a smile and a promise that if they read it, they will be closer to Christ!
Then we met with our friend Đorđ. He is a very logical minded one, and we talked about faith.
Sometimes you don't know everything! But you have to trust God and move forward anyway.
The elders came on the lesson with us too. We had some good laughs as we all talked.
Đorđ told me that I was probably the most "Mormon girl" he'd ever met. I took it as a compliment and laughed.
Then we taught Milan and Goran! Milan met the sisters three months ago and finally found time to meet.
Then he brought his friend Goran(: So we had a great talk again about the Restoration!
<Sunday>
Church was great, the Elders talked about Presidnet Nelson's invitation to us all!
Do you know what the invitation is? Here is the link:
In church I am involved 24/7. I play the piano, translate for the ficthes, then we teach young womens after that.
Young women's was on Joseph Smith so yahoo for more Restoration discussions!
We also had dinner at the Fitches(: We have hillarious conversations as a district,
and it's fun to laugh with everyone.
Sorry for all the detailed explanations of the week--but it has been one of my favorites from my mission!
Lots of teaching about the Restoration of the Gospel and the Book of Mormon.
I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and I know that God prepares a path for His children!
I'm so grateful for the people we taught this week and their desire to be more like Christ.
I know He is our source of joy and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.
We are on week 11 of this transfer! Who know what will happen next transfer, we find out next Thursday.
Thank you for all the love and support! The prayers and the thoughts mean a lot.
Hurrah for Israel!
Sister Gittins
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