We are grateful to serving here in the Slovenia/Croatia Mission. We are lead and taught by President and Sister David Hill from Sacramento, CA area. They are the best. We learn so much from them. It's a wonderful time to be thankful for so many things but first on our list is our Savior Jesus Christ and His atonement. We share our testimony with you that He has restored His church again upon the earth. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have the authority and all the ordinances necessary for each of us to return to Him as a family. We feel so blessed to be able to share this message with His children.
These are some of our missionaries in Croatia. Elder Kempe, from Pocatello, new Elder and Sarah, my niece, works with his sister. Elder Giberson, going home in 3 weeks, Elder Matson, came out with us and is from Ogden, Elder Jones, new Elder from CA, Sister Carter and Sister Sammann.
Sister Carter, Sister Sammann, Sanja (mother) and Branka our new member. Her mother joined the church in August. They are a wonderful family and Branka's husband attended her baptism and confirmation on Sunday.
Branka and her husband Zeyko
The Elders taking down the font.
We had Sister Astle and Sister Peacock to lunch to celebrate Sister Peacock's birthday. They serve in Ljubljana and are in our District.
Last week we had a Senior Couples Conference in Ljubljana. There were eight couples counting President & Sister Hill. Elder & Sister Densley from Serbia were not able to make it and we missed them. Many of our group had never met them. We were taught by President & Sister Hill. Then we each shared one of our most spiritual experiences so far here in the mission. Then each couple presented what their stewardship was and how they were accomplishing it. We did a power point using our pictures to explain how we serve with the seminary and institute teachers and the YSA in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia. Thursday evening we went to an Italian dinner and had a wonderful meal. We had the privilege of housing the Thompsons from Zagreb and the Willfords from Varazdin. It was like a big slumber party but we had to get up early the next day to continue our conference.
This week we had Zone Conference on Tuesday. These two Elders are our Zone Leaders, Elder Millington and Elder Jones. You will not find many better than them. They are so grounded in the gospel and missionary work and had such great suggestions for the missionaries on teaching. We are so blessed to have them.
These are some of our missionaries as we are gathering together after lunch. Sisters Peacock & Astle sang a beautiful Christmas hymn for us.
Sisters Ripley and Knudsen decided we needed pumpkin pie for dessert at zone conference so the senior sisters got to bake some pumpkin pie. Elder Millington likes a little whipping cream with his.
It has been a wonderful couple of weeks with so many spiritual experiences. We are so grateful to be here and to have this opportunity. We love and miss each of you. We encourage you to open your mouth and share the gospel with someone. What we have is too precious to keep just to ourselves. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we send our love.
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