Week 56 - i love this place

Hi guys! Another catchup email here. I swear one day I will actually consistently send emails on time. 

This email is for Feb 6th to 12th

Highlights:

- We went to Maribor for our pday and it was so fun!

Cowgirls ;) 

- at the start we ate breakfast with the celje sisters and it was a 4/10 - we all made the mistake of ordering the exact same thing hahaha and it wasn't even that good

- we met up with all of the other missionaries and did the dreaded stairs - it is a straight uphill stretch of over 100 steps and the incline is so steep. It kind of kills you but you gotta do it 

.All of us getting ready to hike the Maribor stairs

- we went to the church after that and played games then met with one of our members so Sestra Chandler could say goodbye 

- then we went and ate at Jack and Joe's (so freaking fire) with one of our friends in Maribor

The pizza burger at Jack and Joe's - so so so so so good

- on Wednesday is was a holiday where all of the museums in slovenia are FREE!! so of course we had to go with one of our friends! the first museum we went to was pretty chill - I wasn't a fan of the first part of it but once we got to more of the landscape paintings it was really cool 

Pretty paintings

- then we went to a second musuem which was an optical illusion museum and we waited outside in line for over an hour in the freezing cold and attempting to eat (we sent two of the sisters to go get mcdonalds) only to get to the front of the line and for them to say actually it isn't free - it was like 14 euros per person which is way too insane. so we left 

- but it is okay because then Sestra Chandler and I went and visited one of the member families here and it was so fun - especially the 40 minute walk through the woods and sus areas to get there (not really sus I am just over exaggerating haha)

- they are just the sweetest people ever and the youngest baked us some brownies

The Marina family <3

- my favorite part was the lesson we prepared for them - we brought a bag of random things like a flashlight, tissue, umbrella, etc and had them tell how that object represented Jesus Christ and it was just so cool to see their different perspectives and insights. It just goes to show that everything connects back to Christ. He is always with us! 

- I love them :,)

- We also had exchanges this week and I went with Sestra Williams and that was so fun- I love her so much and we had a lot of fun laughs together 

Williams and I on exchanges - love this girl

- We also had lunch together with Alejandra and she made us her special pasta which was so so so so so fire - her roommate joined us and she is also so freaking cool

- we also went to a cafe and met up with estefania but firsrt ran into Mayte and her mom! So cool! 

- we also met up with Monika (one of the members from Celje) and spent some time with her looking for costumes for her kids (their version of halloween is next week - it is called pust)

- we also went to a really big training at one of the charity organizations here in slovenia and that was so cool! we couldn't stay the whole time but it was cool to learn more about how specifically we could help more in the community and get certified for all of them

- we met with one of our friends, Maria, from Celje! She came down just to say goodbye to Sestra Chandler which was so sweet - she is so cool 

Maria - our buddie from Celje

- oh we also got a senior couple this week!! which was so insane because Ljubljana was not had a senior couple in years and years so they have been such a blessing 

- they drove us on Sunday to meet up with one of our members Tanja and her son - they are one of my favorite people in this entire world

Tanja, us, and the new senior couple!

- she is just such a sweet soul and she loves volleyball so those two combined = amazing in my eyes 

- she made us a homemade pasta sauce from almonds, water, spices and a blender - so good 

Essentially this week was just a nice one with a lot of meetups and fun. 

I am not creative enough to think of a count this week - I am so sorry

Photos - also the photos will def be out of order but I cannot find it in me to try and fix it for the third time - thanks <3: