Hello everyone. And happy (late) mothers day to all the mothers out there. You are seriously the best. And just another quick shout out to my mom! This week was a quick one. And I can't really remember much that happened but I will try.
We had exchanges. This time I was with Elder Hamilton. He is a transfer younger than me so that was fun. He is a cool guy and we taught a fire lesson to this girl who they do english lessons with. We taught the Restoration and we just taught super well together. Definitely one of the best lessons I have had on my mission.
This one random dude I was texting just out of the blue asked if we could call instead. I told him yes and out of curiosity asked him why, and he said, "Cause it's easier." If only everyone else understood that haha. So we call him the next day and he was super interested in what we do so we set up a time to meet him and also play ping-pong this week. I'm excited.
We got yelled at by a guy this week. We were walking down the sidewalk and passed him when all of a sudden he started screaming in our ears. He basically said, "Where's your God during this situation?" and "Go help your own country!" That was way interesting.
We are pretty well known here in Banská Bystrica I guess cause just this past week we have been honked at like 10 different times. They always yell something but I can never understand it. This guy also gave us free ice-cream and started talking to us in english. We went back the next day and he was like, "Čo chceš misionári?" Then another group of friends looked at us after one of the friends said, "Mormoni!" I feel super famous walking down the streets nowadays haha!
We went over to some members house on Sunday do give them the sacrament. After talking to them, one of them left for a little bit. When she came back she had some bread, and some unknown substance. She offered it to us so me and Elder Maccabee both took a small piece. Turns out it was chicken liver. It wasn't the best, just the way it was cooked but it was alright. I did Elder Maccabee a favor and ate all the big pieces because he didn't really like it. I about threw up on the last one. The texture wasn't good at all. I ended up having two small pieces and 3 big pieces and Elder Maccabee had 2 small pieces and one medium piece. But I held everything in. I got home and I couldn't even eat our dinner though.
A cool scripture I came across this week is in 1 Nephi 19:23. At the end of the verse Nephi says, "I did liken all the scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning." Just by reading the scriptures we can learn so much, but as we liken them to us, it will be of a lot more worth to us. The scriptures can be individual. And I know that as I liken my life to experiences they have in the scriptures, I have received more revelation on how I can overcome things, or how I can do better. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God.
That's all I have for this week. I hope you all have a beautiful week. Stay safe, enjoy life. Eat some good burgers or some American candy for me. Love you all!
Pics
The squad
Dope statue
Inside a small little kostal
Decent view