Hello hello! This week was really interesting weather wise! In the beginning, it was nice and warm but then towards the end, it felt like the middle of August. The "fallness" aspect is heightened even more because since there has been a major drought going on, all of the leaves are drying up and falling so it literally looks like it is fall. I am not complaining too much though because I love fall.
Sestra Chandler and I in the park :)
Monday 8/8:
Today was a good chillax day. The Barrus' took us out for kebab which was lovely. They also had pomegranate schweppes. We went shopping and found HARRY POTTER IN SLOVENE!!!! I definitely bought the first two books. It was so amazing. did all of our errands and then took the rest of the day as a catchup day.
Harry Potter!!!
Burek ft. pomegranate schweppes
Tuesday 8/9:
We taught piano in the morning again and that was fun. Later we had a call with Amy, the girl who got baptized a month ago and it was so fun. She said a lot of funny half slang, half english words. It is cool to be able to joke around in Slovene. Then we had a lesson with Luigi and it was sooooo good!! We talked about the importance of prayer and being genuine with prayer. We have all been blessed to be able to talk to our Heavenly Father through prayer. We were able to help Luigi understand that prayer is a two way phone call. We can't just pray to our Heavenly Father and then hang up when we are done! It is important that we take a moment of peace and quiet after praying to pay attention. I have found that when I have done this, I have received answers to questions. Our Heavenly Father wants to talk to us! Another really cool thing is that he said he is willing and has a desire to be baptised. He doesn't feel the timing is quite right now but it is cool to see that he has the desire. WOOOO!!!
Wednesday 8/10:
Today we had our very LAST district council with Elder Poulos!! It was bittersweet.
Last district council lunch with Elder Poulos!!
I will say one of the best parts about this was we went to lunch at Jack and Joe's (where I had the famous pizza burger). It was so good but I have no clue how I ate it all.
To top it off we got lastovka (the absolute best ice cream place here in Slovenia aside from our cute little truck here in Celje). We also went into the park for our language study and it was so good. We also saw a cat on the way home. Overall, a great day.
The CAT!!!!
Thursday 8/11:
We had a call with one of the members in Maribor who is super cool. He always helps us with language questions. Later on in the day, we wanted to treat ourselves. We practiced a musical number with a member here for Sunday. We practiced The Lord is My Shepherd which is just an absolutely lovely song. Afterwards we had english class which was so cool! A new guy showed up, well technically he is not a new guy because he came in the past regularly but hadn't come for over 2 years. He was super cool and we can't wait for him to come more.
All of the Sestri <3
Friday 8/12:
Today was a good day. It was raining!!! Well correction, it was downpouring but it was fun because we walked all the way to Milka's. Milka made us her famous pizza and it was so good but she gave me a portion the size of my face. I ate as much as I could haha but I literally could not fit any more. It was good to visit with her. She is so sweet. 
Milka's famous pizza - it is so good
She also got a haircut which was so cute!!! Afterwards we went to Mirko's and that was good as well. He gave us at least 30 apricots. He is the sweetest person ever. We had a good spiritual message with both him and Milka about a talk that President Russel M. Nelson gave in the most recent general conference. It is called The Power of Spiritual Momentum and is absolutely fire.
Here is the link for it.
Later that evening, we taught our new friend Ilir at the park. It was interesting. He said that he was mostly Muslim but wanted to learn more about our church because he feels peace when he comes to church and reads the Book of Mormon. We were able to teach him about Jesus Christ and his Atonement. We read a good part in Alma 7:10-13 that talks about why Jesus Christ came to the Earth and what the Atonement is. So cool.
Saturday 8/13:
We had a lesson with Lea in the morning. Lea is the sweet Slovene girl that Sestra Chandler knew who moved to London for work. We occasionally do calls with her to catch up, but she actually met the missionaries who are in London and now they are teaching her! Such a miracle!! We joined a lesson with the England missionaries to translate anything that Lea may not have gotten. It went pretty good. We definitely want to help more with lessons so Lea can understand everything. We did our studies and then made some fire snickerdoodle cookies to give out to our friends. We also cleaned the church with the help of the Barrus' and then got to meet up with our friend Maria! She is the one from Peru who we help teach her how to make certain cookies. She is so awesome. We just went and walked along the water. She gave us one of her onions because we needed it for our dinner later. Ugh she is just the sweetest person ever. 
Maria :)
We came home and then made PUMPKIN SOUP!!!!! Now hear me out. I know for some of you that may seem interesting or potentially not good but this is literally so good. And it was the perfect weather for soup today. The PERFECT weather. All of my dreams were made because now I know how to make pumpkin soup. And we have leftovers. Win win win win win.
PUMPKIN SOOOUUPPPP
Sunday 8/14:
Today we had our musical number and it went so good. It was really interesting because not a lot of people were able to come today but I felt the Spirit so strong. I just felt filled to the brim with joy and peace. I am not a big singer but man music can just instantly bring the Spirit. After church we planned out the week and did some of our studies. Then we had dinner with the Barrus' and it was so great. WE HAD CORN ON THE COB. Aka one of my top favorite foods. Afterwards we went to the park for the rest of our studies.Such a good day because we saw the cat again!!! And then I got to talk to my family. Woo. Great day.
Ice cream counts: 7 WOOOO
Highlights:
- I keep forgetting to mention this but nearly every single day for the past two or so weeks, Sestra Chandler and I have been speaking only in Slovene
- I found a yoyo and bought it
- We found Harry Potter in Slovene
- saw a cat on the way back home and got to pet it
- saw the same cat two days later and got to pet it again
- ate corn on the cob for the first time in years
- heard a prayer in Turkish which was cool!
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