Hello everyone! This week the weather has
turned back around again to a more positive outlook, such as sunshine and
warmer temperatures. I definitely like it so far. And now onto the outline of
the week!
On Tuesday we had an early
Easter lunch with the Deckers and some of our friends from Caritas, the event
having been prepared by our Caritas friends. Guess what they made? Among other
things, they made Cheesy Potato Casserole, also known as Funeral Potatoes, a
"Mormon classic". We were pleasantly surprised, haha. The whole lunch
was really good, and we were pleasantly surprised with the whole thing! At the
end of the day, after English, the Belgrade missionaries showed up to get
dinner with us and start exchanges. So, Elder Sorensen stayed with me, and
Elder Heaton temporarily went to Belgrade.
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| Lunch with the Deckers and our Caritas friends. |
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| They even made us heavenly potatoes! |
Wednesday involved a whole lot
of contacting, and we had a LOT more success getting to talk to people than we
normally do. I think we had lengthy conversations with 4 or 5 people, and got
off 2 or 3 copies of the Book of Mormon, and got some phone numbers, which was
great. In the evening we had our branch "sports night", and we went
to play basketball with some of the younger members. After basketball, we went
to a pizza place for dinner, and it was wonderful to get to know them all
better.
Thursday started off more
contacting, but somehow there weren't nearly as many people outside as there
were on Wednesday. We had lunch at Tešić, and Elder Sorensen got to say hello
to his old friends, the employees there. We of course had English that evening,
and then packed up our stuff to drive to Belgrade to finish the exchange. We
stayed the night at the Zone Leaders' place, and Elder Sharp made us crepes.
On Friday, we went to KFC for a
late breakfast. Apparently the KFCs here have chicken sandwiches and fries. Or,
maybe that's a general change including the ones in the States, and I'm just
uninformed on what KFC restaurants are doing, haha. That afternoon, back in
Sremska with Elder Heaton, we did a lot more contacting. We met some cool
people, including a set of 3 guys chilling by the river. Elder Heaton started
talking with them about basketball, and we ended up inviting them to church and
such.
Saturday started off with a short-version district meeting
with the Deckers, since Sister Decker had a piano lesson scheduled with one of
the younger members here. That evening we gathered as a branch to watch the
first session of General Conference, when Russell M. Nelson was sustained by
church membership as the next president of the church, and prophet. Conference
was really good, like every time, and Sister Decker had mad some cookies for us
to have after (they vanished very quickly).
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| Watching conference on a little screen at church. |
Church on Sunday was us
watching another session of Conference, which was again wonderful. If you
haven't watched General Conference this year, go do it as soon as you can. It
was also great to see a member come who had been in the hospital recently.
Sister Decker had made some Reese's-type egg desserts for us to have after, and
everyone loved those too. Later in the evening we of course went to the
Deckers' for another wonderful dinner, but this time we had a few extra members
with us to make it even better. After eating, Elder Heaton and I stayed with
the Deckers to watch one more session of conference.
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| Another great dinner with the Deckers and other friends |
Today, Monday, we got Elder
Heaton's visa! That was good. We also got groceries and had some ćevapi for
lunch and emailed like normal. Also, recently this large rabbit has shown up in
the center of town. I'll attach a picture. Also, with the recent rain and rise
in temperatures, the river has been pretty high. I'll attach a picture of one
of the playgrounds near the river.
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| The playground is under water, as you can see, from all the rain we've had. |
Anyway, your homework is to
watch General
Conference! If you've already watched all of it, then watch some more from
last year, or listen to one of the talks that touched you the most. If you
listen to the words of the Prophets and Apostles while seeking guidance from
God, you'll get it.
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| President Russell M. Nelson (middle), with his 2 counselors. These men are disciples of Jesus Christ | . |
Have a great week everyone! And Happy Easter!
Христос воскресе!
--
Elder Ryan Echols
Adriatic North Mission
Svačićev Trg 3/1
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Adriatic North Mission
Svačićev Trg 3/1
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia
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