Dober dan!
It is certainly a dober dan here in the beautiful country of
Slovenija. On average in Ljubljana, we see the sun once a month (that may be
stretching things just a bit..), but it is a pretty grey and cloudy place.
Today however, the sun is in full shine-mode and we see beautiful blue skies! A
very very dober dan.
A funny story.
We had a meeting set with a member, so after having a very
large lunch of tasty burgers, we headed to her house. We found ourselves lost
and unable to find the address we were seeking. As is typical of Slovenija, we
could find the address just before and the address just after, but NOT the
address of the woman we were trying to visit.
So we call her. And we hear her
voice through the phone and then it seems as if we're hearing her voice from
the heavens, so we look up and she is waving off the balcony 100 feet over
heads :) At the end of our nice obisk with her, we were trying to leave. I made the very poor choice of mentioning the pull up bar in the door frame and joking
with her about if she worked out on it. So she then begins yelling down the
hallway to her 27 year old son and asking him to come out and show us how he
can lift himself. His response to her pleas was a definite no. And this
exchange went back and forth probably five times. So then she tells me to try
it. I obliged her, but I'm sad to say I can only manage about 3/4 of 1 pullup
these days. However, she was impressed. So then she storms back to her son's
room and makes him come out. But this time she doesn't ask him to do a pull up
and says "watch how Sister Brown can do it!" And she makes me get
back up there and struggle through the saddest looking pullup any of us have
ever witnessed. Sister Jennings didn't even try to save me from this great
embarrassment haha.
An exciting thing!
We have been teaching a very sweet woman for the past few
weeks and she decided this week that she wants to be baptized in May! We are
really excited for her! I believe in the power of prayer and I ask y'all that
you would pray for her that she can withstand the opposition that comes her way
and have the faith to continue on this joyful and peaceful path!
I love spring because I feel like the world just comes back
to life. I love to see the flowers blooming and to hear the birds singing. I
love to celebrate the life and resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ. And I
especially love the peace that His life has given me in my life. I know that He
lives! I know that He has made it possible for us to find peace amidst the
storms in our lives. He wants to give us peace and joy!
I love you and I hope you have a happy week!
Steph
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