This week was so interesting. I don't really know how to describe it. Essentially almost this entire week was a self-quarantine vibe because Sestra Williams had some kind of a bug. NEVERTHELESS it was a fantastic week where I was finally able to check a bunch of things off of my to do list.
Monday 5/22:
Pdaayyyy!!! Today was a really chillax day. We went shopping for groceries in the morning and then ate at a Chinese restaurant afterwards. That was alright. I spent the rest of the day finally answering back emails and things people have sent to me. I didn't get to everyone though so I am sorry if anyone is still waiting on a response. I will get to you sometime soon haha.
Tuesday 5/23:
Sestra Williams was ko'd all day because of being sick. I took today as an "organize all of my photos and files" day. That was very fun and long. Pretty much a day of studies and organizing. Nothing too too crazy.
Wednesday 5/24:
Today we woke up and the wifi was not working. Yikes. Apparently the bill had not been paid in forever and so it was shut off wooooo. Apparently everyone’s data in Slovenia got cut out too but only our apartment got the wifi cut too. That was very inconvenient, especially when we rely on wifi and our data to message people and plan lessons. Thankfully we had district council in Maribor so we were able to get out of the house! It was good per usual. We walked to a yummy čevapčiči (kinda like sausages but better) place and that was good. I actually didn't order čevapčiči, I got breaded chicken with french fries and a specific kind of bread, but I forgot what it was called. It was pretty good. I ended up eating some of Sestra Williams' čevapčiči because she was not feeling good.
District council lunch
On the drive home, Sestra Williams looked at me, said she thinks she is going to throw up and then proceeded to throw up into her bag multiple times. What an experience hahaha.
Post throw up picture
When we got home Sestra Williams rested while I came up with my “No Wifi Plans” of stuff to do so I wasn’t just lazing around. I ended up doing quite a bit! I cleaned my closet, found jars for my ranch and syrup, organized my drawers, went through the entire cabinet and organized things/checked out what was in there, went through all of my notes, drafted a whole bunch of responses to people so I can actually respond to them on time haha, made my ranch (WOOOOOOO), made my syrup (this is literally the best syrup ever, if you want the recipe I can send it to you but yeah thank you mom). And then of course because I made syrup, I had to make pancakes - it’s like the whole “if you give a mouse a cookie he will want milk to go with it” sorta thing. The only problem was again, no wifi so I couldn’t find my mom’s recipe that she sent me, nor sister barrus’ recipe, nor anyone’s recipe because no wifi. I looked through our shelves and found a cookbook and it had a recipe for pancakes but sadly all of the ingredients were in Danish and I had no means to translate so I had to keep searching. Eventually I found a recipe in one of the random books and got cooking. It turned out pretty good! Sestra Williams and I had a fun little pancake eating party.
Thursday 5/25:
Day two with no wifi.
We got a small taste of wifi when we went to the church in the morning. We didn't stay there for too long. Sestra Williams is still ko'd from her sickness so I continued to fulfill my "No Wifi Plans" list. At one point I got bored but I remembered that I found one of those tiny portable dvd players. The only dvd we have is a "drive safely missionary training" video. Do we have a car? No. Will I be driving anytime soon? No. Did I watch the video? You bet I did. Haha it was very educational and I feel prepared for the time that I will need to drive a car. Other than that, my main focus today was on spiritual stuff. I was able to read so many conference talks and study from the Book of Mormon. I feel like an expert now haha. I was on a spiritual high all day haha. Later in the afternoon, we met up with one of our members to sing hymns and check in on him. That went pretty well! We are going to practice singing a musical number for church next next Sunday. Then we had English class and only one guy showed up but it was so fun. We talked about all of the different folklore legends in Slovenia, Utah, and Connecticut. I learned a lot of cool historical things about Slovenia!
Friday 5/26:
Today I was the one who was sick! I had a massive headache all day and it was killing me. But! I persevered. Later in the day we were supposed to meet up with one of our friends and pray with her, but we ended up doing a call instead. She and her son are struggling right now so if you could all pray for her that would be so wonderful.
Saturday 5/27:
Good good good good day. Sestra Williams and I both felt really good and healthy haha. In the afternoon, we taught Luigi and it went so well. We showed him the restoration video (amazing here is the link - https://www.
Ribs mmmmmmm
Sunday 5/28:
Sunday was so good!!! It was super rainy and cold though which was not amazing but Luigi told us that he had not received an answer yet, but will keep trying. I find it so cool that he recognizes that God answers in His own time and way. We hope that he will keep praying and asking God. Church was completely filled with the spirit. It was just such a powerful meeting. I was able to understand more and more of what people talked about in Slovene. Great dinner with the Barrus' and a lovely call with my family afterwards.
Pretty flowers
Spiritual message:
Definitely my favorite thing that I studied this week was the fact that God has not stopped talking to, guiding, and loving His children.
Moses 1:4
"And, behold, thou art my son; wherefore look, and I will show thee the workmanship of mine hands; but not all, for my works are without end, and also my words, for they never cease."
Not only has God's words never ceased, but His love for you specifically has never and will never cease. I promise that God is looking out for you. He is with you every step of the way!!
Ice cream: 0 :'(
Memorable moments:
- I wanted to see if I could get out of a ziptie so I had Sestra Williams ziptie my hands. Well... at the moment I cannot BUT I will keep trying!!!
- When we were walking to the church on Thursday there was a big modeling event set up by center. They had a runway and everything
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