Transfers are finally here!! After 12 long weeks! Ahhh!! So crazy. I will be staying in Celje and my new companion will be Sestra Chandler!! She is so cool so I'm super pumped! I am sorry in advance because I am running out of time to write my email so most of the days will be short! We also had a bunch of crazy experiences this week.One of which I made a meme photo album so if you would like to check it out here's the link:
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Monday 6/6:
I was going to write a super in-depth dramatic retelling of this experience but I have no time so you will just have to see the meme version rip. If you want to know it, just email me and I will send it to you next week. Overall the day was really really nice especially with the weather. A lot of things went wrong, but it was still a fun time. I got to ride a bike, see the ocean, buy a magnet, dip my feet in the water, etc. Overall 9/10 day (minus one point because of everything else that went wrong).
Piran pic #1 - us in front of a cool boat we found
Piran pic #3 - cool picture of sea
It was a pretty chill day today. We just did a bunch of studies and taught Mario in the evening. It was a pretty good lesson. We were able to answer a bunch of his questions.
Wednesday 6/8:
Such a fun day!!!! We had district council in the morning. Today we saw Mirko, who is the most precious guy ever. He is the old man who has very little teeth, three horses, a dog, two cats, and over 5 acres of land. Last time we visited him I played chess against him which was so fun. This time when we came over it was just as memorable. I made the mistake of telling him I liked cherries (he has about 5 cherry trees) and so he drug out a ladder and just climbed into the tree to pick cherries for us! Hahahahaha. I swear he was over 10 feet off the ground! I was terrified that he would fall, but Mirko is an icon and came down with a whole bucket full.
Mirko in the tree getting us all cherries (zoom in on my face hahaha)
We also were able to ask him about his family history and help him fill out a family history chart so we can help him start preserving and recording his family history. I love this guy. He could remember his great great grandma's maiden name. What a man. Later on we met up with Milka (the sweet sweet lady who has hearing problems that I gave hearing aid batteries to while she taught us how to crochet). She was so sweet haha. She just gossiped to us about anything and everything. It was so funny.
Thursday 6/9:
Today was a stressful day because this was when we found out transfer announcements! Up until this evening, we had no clue where we were going and who our next companion was. Before the call we had district council in Maribor which was the very last one of the transfer!! Ahh! To celebrate we ate čevapčiči (chay vawp chee chee) and ice cream.
We had English class tonight and only one guy showed up. It was the guy from a long time ago who barged in on our district council, thinking it was English class. We reviewed the alphabet and then taught him more basic stuff like introduction phrases and vocabulary. Good stuff. When it finally got to the call, I was a bundle of nerves. President Field announced that I was going to be staying in Celje and my new companion would be Sestra Chandler!!! WOOOOOOO!!! Sestra Williams is going to Ljubljana and her new companion is Sestra Hart (Sestra Voigt's old comp). Sestra Voigt will stay in Ljubljana with Sestra Chandler's old companion, Sestra Buehner. So exciting!!
Friday 6/10
Not a whole bunch happened today until the evening. We visited Danitra (she is the one from Bolivia who just had her baby and speaks fairly good but limited English). We rode the bus there and boy was it interesting. A very drunk man sat across the row from us. He immediately noticed our tags and started up a conversation with us. We told him about the church and he was really interested in coming to church on Sunday. He asked to sit by us (with Sestra Williams was next to him and I was across from him). Everything was looking good until he leaned over to Sestra Williams and said something along the lines of "you are very beautiful and your friend over there is very very beautiful". He then proceeded to ask us if we had boyfriends to which we both replied with yes he is in America (shout out to my fake boyfriend for saving me). This didn't really deter him because every couple minutes or so he would make another comment about how beautiful we were or that he was going to get off on our stop and get a drink with us. Thankfully he backed off and we were able to get to our destination safely. Now as far as the visit with Danitra and her mother, it was lovely and honestly everything I needed. They brought us fresh cherries from their cherry tree and also fed us some really really really good Bolivian food and tea. Ugh so good.
We were able to have some really good gospel discussions. I felt the Spirit so strongly and she just thanked us over and over for coming over and having these gospel discussions.
Saturday 6/11:
Today we had a fun picnic in Maribor for our branch!!! It was so good! We had a whole bunch of yummy food and games. A good amount of people showed up which was cool because I finally got to meet some of the Maribor members. It was super fun! We played a lot of fun card games and sports.
Sunday 6/12:
Another really great Sunday. Sestra Williams and I sang in church again. We sung Where Can I Turn For Peace in Slovene which is such a beautiful song and I would 100% recommend reading the lyrics. The rest of the church service was fire!! After church Sestra Williams and I walked around Celje and took a bunch of photos of each other and just the scenery. Man, I love Celje. It is so pretty.
We had dinner with the Barrus' and then called our families which was always such a blessing.
Ice cream count: 3 or 4
Highlights:
- went to the coast
- I dipped my toes in the water
- Sestra Williams and I played Just Dance again for our exercise
- we got to feed Mirko's horse Lučka bread again
- we played volleyball with a soccer ball
Thank you everyone for everything!!!
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