I'll start this email
again talking about Bojan and Prosina. We had waited for a bit over a month to
bring up baptism with them again, since they've rejected it so many times,
despite believing the church has been restored through Joseph Smith. We were
having an awesome lesson, the spirit was there strong, and Elder Dibble asked
them perfectly to be baptized at just the right time. Bojan answered with a
hard no again. We then pulled open Doctrine and Covenants 22, which apparently
had a big effect on him, because he then agreed to baptism, saying the whole
family needs to be baptized. We were really excited about that, and when we
came back the next time to set the date, he had changed his mind again and
doesn't want to get baptized anymore, because he got baptized 5 months ago, and
he feels like you can't get baptized into a church, but you just get baptized
once, and then you can find out which church is true. It's a pretty legitimate
concern, so we'll keep working with them on it. They're such great people
though, I'm so amazed by their humility each time I go over there!We went out to Kumanovo this week, originally to go visit
Sasho since he lives there, but then we ended up scheduling 3 lessons out
there. It also turned out Sasho would be in Skopje that day. So we took the
trip out there, but none of the people showed up. A bit disappointing, but what
do you do.
The flu strikes again! Apparently the flu has been going
around Skopje, and I caught it, so we spent Saturday and Sunday inside, because
the last time I got sick, I got 2 other missionaries and 2 investigators sick.
In other news, I also got significantly better at Sudoku, but I'm definitely
ready to start working again after being inside that long.
I baked my first cake this week! It was a kind of
cheesecake, but it was basically the first thing I've ever cooked in the oven
before, besides chicken nuggets, so I was pretty proud of myself.
Enjoy Thanksgiving y'all! Be sure you show your
thankfulness, especially for those nearest to you!
Elder Rigby
