August 18, 2014

Hey so I guess I'm 19 now.....Weird

First off, it is my Grandpa's birthday today. He passed away almost 6 years ago. He was an incredible man! He is a hero of mine that I look up to! He worked so hard for his whole life, because he loved his family. He truly is a wonderful example to follow and he was so Christlike! So I wanted to just say that. He was a wonderful man and he is doing some great work in a different place now, I know it.

This week was a slow week, because a lot of us were still getting over sickness and we had an unexpected transfer with the other elders. Now we have a new elder serving here and one went down to Tirana, I don't know why, but I guess I don't need to know haha. But Elder Baker, who came up, is awesome and we are excited for him to be up here.

So my companion actually had to go to the doctor, just cause he wasn't getting any better, he is fine now and is getting a lot better pretty quick. So I spent a couple days on exchange with Elder Baker and we did mostly street contacting and did a couple lessons! But it was tough with the sickness, but we are all better now, so this week should be a lot better and we should all be on our feet again. I was lucky enough to be the only one in our district not to get anything....yet. haha hopefully not at all.

One awesome thing happened on Saturday though! And it is a testament that the Lord blesses those who keep His commandments and serve Him. We got to go down to Gjakova and Elder Baker got to see his parents on skype because his dad got baptized! It was an awesome experience and I feel honored that I had the opportunity to be able to see that amazing experience in his life! I know that this is the Lord's work and if we hold fast to the iron rod (1 Nephi 11) and do what is right we will receive blessings and those that we love will also be blessed!

Well I don't have much more time so I'll end it here. Hope you all have an awesome week!

Elder Sajmëns