Oh man! The work is going forth!! :)
On Monday night we had a really cool discussion with a Russian lady who doesn't speak Lithuanian but spoke to us in english. It started out really well but she was pretty set on her atheisit ways. I love being able to testify of our loving Heavenly Father and although she didn't accept anything, the spirit was there. Heavenly Father lives and loves us each day, even when we aren't worthy of it-especially when we aren't! :)
On Tuesday we met with a young man who has been meeting with us more now. We got to talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ as being our steps to return back with Heavenly Father. These steps help us each day in our lives now as we live and apply them. I love that faith, repentance, renewing our covenants, listening to the spirit, and being obedient allow us to truthfully and frankly happy. A member helped us in the lesson and did amazing.
On Wednesday we got to travel outside the city of Klaipeda to a little one called Salantai. There we met with a recent convert of two years. She is so amazing! Her son is serving a mission right now in Africa. He joined the church first, and then she did after about a year. She is now such an amazing example of sharing the gospel herself. She has given the opportunity to her siblings and other children and neighbors. I was strengthened by her learning and wisdom from the Book of Mormon. Her son gets home from his mission soon, and she is so excited :) We met at her other son's house because her husband is really against the church. But she faithfully lives her life according to the gospel and is happy because of it.
We got to have a couple sisters here in Klaipeda for exchange. We had a lesson with Victoria from Spain to talk about the word of wisdom. Oh man, I was a little nervous. But she is amazing. She explained how coffee and tea are simply a tradition for her and her family and not an addiction. It is a part of her life. But because it is of God, she will try it. After following up, we learned that it was really hard for her to follow and keep. She didn't do it the next day but she tried, and God blesses us when we do our best. By the following day she was able to not drink coffee or tea! I was blown away by her diligence and know that God is blessing her for her efforts. We had another lesson with her on Friday at a member's house, and she was realy incredible. She is reading from the Book of Mormon and doing the studies from the pamphlets about scripture verses.
On Thursday we went by a less active and got in! It was so graet to be able to talk with her and share the good word of God! Later that day we traveled outside of Klaipeda to visit a member's brother. He has met with missionaries in the past and has prepared for baptism but word of wisdom and living in Enlgand has kept him from that. He has a beautiful wife and three kids. We were able to commit him to baptism again. He has a hard time traveling so far to come to church each week, but he is reading the Book fo Mormon and learning how to overcome sin. Partaking of the sacrament is the focal point of our worship each and every week. I know that to be true. On Satruday, an 8 year old from the branch was baptized and Victoria came! Then she came to church on Sunday. She is really progressing! Although she is having headaches from the lack of coffee, she is pushing hard. It is so fun watching her grow in the gospel and study the scriptures. I love the BOok of Mormon and how it holds the necesary plain and precious parts that were taken from the Bible. It is crucial to have this book along with the Bible to have the complete and full gospel of Christ. It is true!!!
I love you, Love Sese Dzerman
I love you, Love Sese Dzerman
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Lithuania? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Lithuania in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez