June 9, 2014

Hey!

This week was a little slower, but it was still good! We had a couple of finding days, which are fun, but tiring and very, very long! But it is definitely one of the most important parts of missionary work because without people to teach, we don't have much to do, or much need to be here. So it's been good. But it's also tough, because there is a lot of rejection and when you are offering something that you know will bless their lives, it's really hard!

OK, one thing about Albanians that you probably don't know is that they are very, very blunt! hahah Which isn't a bad thing, but they'll definitely tell you when they think something is wrong with you hahah, it's great, I LOVE the people here, because they tell it how it is haha. Now those of you who know me, you'll probably know that I don't take criticism very well. Well it turns out if you spend time in Albania, you'll fix that right up haha. Now this has a point to it. We have an investigator, whose name is Ema, and she is awesome and is really being converted, and we had an awesome experience with the Restoration film, which I'll talk about in a second. Well she is a twin and her twin's name is Eda (Her mom must hate the world and wanted to confuse a lot of people cause they're definitely identical..haha) Her sister did not like us and I didn't know why until a few days ago. I found out because she told me she didn't like me hahah Apparently because of a bad joke I made (not even offensive or about anyone haha for reals) But it's all good now, it was just hilarious. Anyways, when we watched the Restoration film with Ema, the Holy Ghost was sooooo strong and it really testified to everyone in the room that when Joseph Smith knelt down in that grove and prayed to our Heavenly Father, he did in reality see Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet and that he restored the Church of Jesus Christ and the fulness of the gospel on the earth, and he sealed his testimony with his blood. I would encourage all of you to watch the restoration video sometime this week, and maybe even study about it. And for any of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I definitely encourage you to watch it ;) it's life changing!

Well I love you all! Fier is doing awesome, Elder Ostergaard and I have two baptisms this week and we are super excited for them! One of them is Ema. And It is gonna be a good week!

I hope that you all have an incredible week!

Much Love,

Elder Sajmëns