Happy January!

We had a very awesome week in Vilnius! We got to eat mexican food at a restaurant, so that was super fun. Then the Nuttall's fed us salmon to celebrate the other sisters' year mark in Lithuania.  On Tuesday, we were able to teach English, which is always great. We played memory to help them learn vocabulary about God being our Heavenly Father. Sister Madison had to renew her visa, so that was also good. 

I got to go to Kaunas for exchanges with Sister Neeley.

On my exchange with Sister Neeley in Kaunas.

She is an awesome missionary, so I was able to learn a lot. We talked to people outside and practiced singing with the primary for their primary program. It was just with a cute 11 year old boy that did not want to sing :)

We tried to do some in action pictures of us walking.

Here we turned around too early, but it turned out cute :)

Then on Saturday we had a lesson with one of our investigators who is super awesome. The spirit was super strong, and it is amazing how much he loves the Book of Mormon and teachings from the prophets. He is struggling to quit smoking, but we are trying to help him. It has been super hard for him. But he received a priesthood blessing on Sunday and stayed for two hours of church for the first time. We are pretty excited! Mandy was also able to come to church but will be going on a trip soon, so we hope to meet with her again after she gets back at the end of the month.

Today we are having a waffle gathering at the church with the other missionaries. I am super excited for what this next week will bring! It has warmed up the last couple of days to 20 degrees, which has been so nice. It feels pretty warm, and I love it. I think it will drop down again this week, but all is well :) 

The trees are just so pretty. They all are so beautiful with frozen snow.

The pretty trees outside the church. Everywhere is super gorgeous like this.

Sister Madison's hair is frozen! We think it is from the moisture from our breaths that gets caught in our hair and then freezes :)

I love the Lord and am grateful for this opportunity to serve. This year is all I have to fully give Him everything, and I am very excited for what it will bring. I know that as we allow the atonement to work in our lives, our hearts can be changed. Mine was especially changed this past week with wanting to do the Lord's will completely and being where He wants me to be. It is amazing how the atonement can change our hearts- it really does work! It is one of the greatest gifts we have. I love you all so much. Have an awesome week! Love Sese Dzerman!

More pictures of food, but it is lithuanian! Stuffed zucchini, pretty good.

Mango, persimmons in milk is super good! 

These are the LIthuanian missionaries here in Vilnius, actually Elders Karlinzy and Nelson are missing. So only some of us.