The title of this email comes from my landlord and his two best friends. We went to pay rent and they were all drinking and wanted to buy us juices and were like settle down here in Serbia! We'll find you a lep momak and napravicu ga mormon! Everyone here is so nice and concerned for us and want us to get married. Hm
MONDAY WAS SO GOOD. That meeting we had- which I'm not sure how much of I can talk about. It's not like secret combinations or anything, but just some changes we are trying out as a mission. I AM SO EXCITED. I know that is really general, but it has to do with church locations, Facebook, our webpages, english classes, more. SO GOOD. SO SO GOOD. That night we got dinner with some mission guests and President and Sister Grant. It was amazing. President told us when we go home and are dating to ask guys if they have done their home teaching or not, if they say no- don't date them! He is great. We were also at the airport, running errands, buying tennis rackets. Staying busy. God truly knows us because I know he sent me to this mission for a reason- that is so clique but random skill-sets and personalities have just been matching with mine lately.
Surprise mid-transfer transfer. We switched around some stuff in the mission and now there are 4 sisters in BG! In different apartments though. My trainer sis Kropushek, sis Mahabier my MTC companion, and then Sister Kawaii (also my mtc companion) and I! It is interesting! Never in the mission, as far as I know, have there been 4 sisters in one area!
Exchange this week with the Novi Sad sisters. I was up at 5, to bed at midnight, all kinds of crazy things this week. My body did not appreciate that. Also doing all the legal/visa paperwork for the new sisters.
BUT we did teach an awesome lesson to two investigators. One wrote me the SWEETEST card. It made me cry. She is out of town but she is really excited about the Book of Mormon and we have another lesson this week. I am so so so so happy to be teaching her. I can just feel how much God loves her every time we talk.
The first of May here is like labor day- we had a branch activity on the river and cooked a lot a lot of meat and ate it with raw onions- tradition! I will explain/show you when I am home. It's actually so good.
There are so so many tourists here. We contact someone and they are like um.. English only sorry! And we are like hey we speak English! and then they like run away hahaha no not really but we meet a lot of Greeks and Turks lately. Helped them find buses, casinos, you name it. I am just waiting for a mormon family to come walking down the road and be like WHAT mormons are here in Serbia?!?
A quote I wanted to share with you: "Life’s journey is challenging. It’s easy to be distracted, wander off the path, and get lost. Tribulation is an inevitable and indispensable part of our eternal progression. When adversity comes, don’t let something you don’t fully understand unravel everything you do know. Be patient, cling to truth; understanding will come. Trials are like great mists of darkness that can blind our eyes and harden our hearts. Unless we are “continually holding fast” to the word of God and living it, we will become spiritually blinded rather than spiritually minded. Search the Book of Mormon and the words of the living prophets every day, every day, every day! It’s the key to spiritual survival and avoiding deception. Without it, we are spiritually lost.
To heed is to give careful attention. Heeding those who do not believe in Christ will not help you find Him. Searching #spaciousbuilding for knowledge will not lead you to truth. It’s not posted there. Only the Savior has “the words of eternal life....
True disciples continue to awaken unto God each day in meaningful personal prayer, earnest scripture study, personal obedience, and selfless service. Stay by the tree and stay awake."
True disciples continue to awaken unto God each day in meaningful personal prayer, earnest scripture study, personal obedience, and selfless service. Stay by the tree and stay awake."
I love you. Don't get distracted! Read the scriptures, kneel and pray, every day.
Цецтра Ричардсен
pics: Four sisters in Belgrade! A turkish toilet I experienced for the first and hopefully last time in my life. I literally laughed when I walked into the stall.......no toilet paper, no nothin'. It's as questionable as it looks. A church in Zagreb after our meeting Monday we showed some guests around.
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