Hey everyone! we've had some crazy snow here this week. europe's got lots of records for temperatures and snowfall this week. on friday we had about 2.5 feet of snow, and it's been pretty much snowing ever since with a few small breaks since that. everywhere looks like an ant farm--lots of little pathways everywhere where people walk, but besides that, you can't see anything. that much snow is probably nothing to mom, but i don't think i've seen so much snow ever in my life. So, i'm writing today instead of yesterday because yesterday, when we got here for internet, a girl texted us asking where we were. to make a long story short, there was a miscommunication, so we ran off to the church so she didn't have to wait in the snow forever for nothing, so there went the rest of our internet time. so, we got permission to come back today. i'm very glad of that because lots of cool things happened this week. We taught Jelena a couple of lessons, and she's really searching for truth, but doesn't feel like she ever gets any answers when she prays, goes to different churches, etc. She's willing to do whatever it takes to get her answer, and she's been doing just that. In our first lesson, she prayed with us, and that was her first time praying aloud, and the first time using her own words. She was very hesitant to, but afterwards, she said it felt good, different than she's ever felt before when praying. She came to church this week, so that was the first investigator we've had at church that wasn't just there to say goodbye to missionaries in a long time. We only had 2 members there though because of the snow, which isn't the most fun on a fast sunday. so lots of just sitting and meditating, which i guess isn't a bad thing, it just tends to get uncomfortable for people. We started teaching a family with a 3 yr old (3.5, but she admits to 4 at social gatherings). We found them through english [classes], and at sign-ups, the mom, Mihaela, said she was interested in learning about the gospel outside of english class, so that's been good. She was listening very attentively while we taught... at least as attentively as you can with a 3 yr old begging for your attention. Her husband knew a lot about the bible, and asked interesting questions, but he wasn't just the type of person who tries to make themselves look smart by bringing up facts in the bible he knows. I like that family very much. last sunday, we met a couple while tracting. Their names are Milica and Drago. We taught a bit and then set up another lesson with them. we weren't sure how that would be the next time because they were a little tipsy when we came, but when we returned, Milica had read from the book of mormon and they were ready to learn from us. We had a lesson with Gordana on thursday. she was really closed at first, because the chapter was about baptism, and last time we came, we had asked her to be baptized, but we started talking about faith and repentance, and she relaxed a lot, and when we talked about baptism with authority and about receiving the gift of the holy ghost, her attitude changed, and she was actually trying to learn from us, instead of just being curious and passively collecting interesting information. She prayed with us for the first time, which was really cool. Right after that lesson, we went with Danaja to Evica and Jelica's house for visiting teaching. It was one of the coolest things ever, and it strengthened my testimony of visiting teaching a lot. They haven't seen each other since Evica and Jelica stopped coming to church, and Danaja visiting them did more for their desire to come back to church than years of them being visited by missionaries. It's been a good week, but it's just getting better.
Oh, and guess what! Osijek has its first baptismal date scheduled for about a half a year. It's exciting. it's someone the elders started teaching last week. Exciting things are really starting to happen in Osijek. It's on the brink of a lot of cool things. just you wait.
Lots of love,
Sestra Black
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