The end of November we drove to Beograd to meet with Bro. Marin Iachimov, our S&I coordinator from Romania. We visited two Branches, observed a seminary and institute class taught by Bro. Vasica, and did some teacher training in Beograd. After institute they had a Branch activity and we watched the "Joseph" movie. They had four investigators to institute that evening and two ysa. Below is Paul, one of the investigators and Elder Knight.
Lidija, Irene, and Katarina (two yw and their leader) at the Branch activity
We found the fortress in Beograd. It was quite impressive. Walking on all those cobblestones is not an easy matter and notice my new boots $16 American dollars in Croatia.
Here's a view of the mote that goes around the fortress. This pictures is for Tyler, Josh, Robbie and Brayden.
Sunday after church we left Beograd and drove to Bosnia to spend the evening with the Rowe family in Banya Luka. It was the 1st of December and after a wonderful dinner we watched a Christmas movie with the family. We headed out early the next morning (we didn't know what the border would look like or how long it would take us to get over, as it turned out we were the only car there) for Zagreb to attend a humanitarian.
At the closing we met Elder & Sister Colton, from South Jordan, Utah and the RiverRidge 9th Ward, our ward in Utah. Nothing like coming half way around the world and running into each other. The Coltons serve out of Germany and are the Europe Area Coordinators for Humanitarian projects. It was great to meet up with them. They were on a tour of their countries; they had been in the mission field for a week and were holding up quite well.
Elder Schmoe, humanitarian missionary out of Karlovac, Croatia, & Paul
We got back into Ljubljana in time for our District Meeting with Elder Duke our District Leader. He had some wonderful family news, his parents are going to the temple. He is a terrific leader and is from Ogden, UT.
Thursday night we met with Rebekah, our YSA President, to plan our New Year's Eve party. We drove her home afterwards and decided to stop at the Ljubljana square to see the Christmas lights. It was very beautiful.
For Thanksgiving we, our District, met at Elder & Sister Lindorf''s home for Thanksgiving dinner. Each companionship was assigned to bring something and it was delicious. These are our kitchen helpers, Sister Justus, Sister Lindorf, Sister Knudsen and Emillie Toone.
Some of our Elders and Sisters ready for lunch and then back to work. We have so many things to be thankful for and it is wonderful to have a time to stop and really contemplate the goodness of God.
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