Maybe we won't be getting a building... So it turns out I got some wrong information,
and the building isn't for sure yet. The church still has to sign it first, and
they've been waiting awhile to do so. It still looks pretty likely, but
everyday it's more and more unlikely that we'll be getting it, so we're hoping
for news about it sooner rather than later! We are having beautiful weather:
There's one really cool experience we had this week I want
to highlight! We had a lesson with a woman named Lidija, and we felt like we should
teach her about the Plan of Salvation. In the lesson, she pulled the classic
Macedonian behavior and dominated the whole lesson, so we couldn't share much
of anything. Unlike a lot of people though, it was all pretty pertinent stuff
about her life that is very useful to know now. Anyways, Elder Krajnc and I
were a bit disappointed with how the lesson turned out. We tried to set up a return
appointment, but she said she was really busy the rest of the week. We were
having high hopes for her because she's the nicest lady, but after that, they
were dimmed a bit.
The next day, we were walking to go contacting by a
government building, which we never do, considering the government is not too
fond of us, but we decided to try it out. As we were crossing the street to get
to there, we heard our names being called. We looking behind us, and it was
Lidija! She said she has to run to work right now, but something fell through,
so she would have some time to talk in 15 minutes. We felt to go with the Plan
of Salvation again, and this time she was ready to listen to the whole thing!
And she was super accepting of it! It was easily one of the best lessons I've
had while I've been out here, the spirit was testifying hard. She was getting
choked up with emotion. It's awesome to see how these simple gospel principles
can bring so much happiness to some people when they find out about it!
We took a trip down to Tetovo to teach a referral, Oliverra
from Church HQ. We met with her a couple weeks ago when she was in Skopje, and
she seemed really interested. She found out about us from her friend who is a
member in Texas. Her friend said she has to meet with the missionaries, so
Olivera agreed to it! We met in a smoke filled cafe that was really loud, which
makes it difficult to have good lesson. We hit reading the Book of Mormon hard
in our first lesson, and it turned out she was almost 100 pages in! She talked
about how much it's already helped her life, and how calm she feels when she
reads it. We promised some blessings for her if she would read it, and after
being unemployed for a really long time, she found a job that week! Awesome
miracles :) She brought along her sister too, and Olivera was telling her about
how awesome all this stuff is and how great the Book of Mormon is.
Elder Gierisch should be coming back from Kosovo for good
next week, and hopefully Elder Lessi soon after that. That's all I got. Have a great week!
Elder Rigby
