Happy November!

Laba Diena!

We had a great week this past week! We stayed very busy, so it went by really fast! We were able to visit two members, Birute and Zavila. We went over for dinner and to teach them a lesson. To our greatest surprise, Zavila brought her friend to eat with us, and he is a nonmember! We were so happy to have him and were able to talk about the Book of Mormon. He seems very sincere, so we hope to be able to meet with him and talk more about the gospel. That usually doesn't happen, so we were so excited to be able to meet with him. Our members here are so awesome!

I was able to go on two exchanges with Sister Hubert

while our companions were doing exchanges in Kaunas and went to Riga for a leadership training.

Sister Madison and I take the Train to Kaunas for exchanges

 We stayed in my area in Vilnius, so it was pretty cool to be in charge of the area.  We talked to a lot of great people.

Sister Hubert and I got caught in the rain without our umbrellas!

We also made curry, which I have never had before. It is really good! I am having quite the food experience, and it's great!

Sister Madison hit her one year mark, so we had fun celebrating by being missionaries and getting Lithuanian gelato.

Lithuanian Gelato

Sister Madison's 1 Year Mark

We had a Halloween Branch party with the Lithuanian and Russian branches combined. It was so great to bring everyone together and see a few nonmembers there. We had fun seeing everyone's costumes and doing fun activities and feeling the spirit.

With the Russian Elders

We sisters made donuts and that was quite the experience! I really do love the members here in Lithuania. They are so good to support each other and stay strong in the gospel and share it with others. They are so loving of everyone and a great example to me.

We had some very cool experiences with finding people. We were able to knock some apartment doors, which can be a bit interesting most of the time. But we found this girl who seems really interested in our message. I know that God is preparing people to receive His gospel, and we just need to find them.  

On Sunday we had District conference, so all of the branches saw a broadcast from Salt Lake. Also, we tried eel for fun last preparation day, and it was super nasty! I have never tasted anything so gross. Don't eat the eel when you come to Lithuania.

Eating eel - so gross!

We also visited a graveyard for All Saint's Day to see the pretty candles that are lit in order to remember their ancestors. It was very pretty.

All Saint's Day

We are very excited for the next week to talk with people about the gospel! I know that God is aware of each of His children and that He wants us to be happy. We do this by living His gospel every single day of our lives and by willingly doing His will.  I love you all very much!

Love Sese Dzerman