So, there's Christians and Muslims here. I tend not to talk to the ones wearing the head covering things when we're contacting because I figure they're already pretty strong in their beliefs, but I guess I should try anyway.
That last picture I sent to you was taken in Albania, by the way, when we were in the car headed back. I just wanted you to see the mountains. They're prettier in person.
This Sunday I gave a talk during sacrament meeting in Macedonian on diligence. Writing it didn't go as badly as I thought it would. I had Gordana look over it and make corrections when we went over to teach them on Saturday night. It was very helpful because I could see what I need to work on in general with the language. I added another paragraph later and had Kate look over it in the morning before her confirmation--SHE GOT BAPTIZED!!!--and I was pleasantly surprised when she handed it back to me and said there were no mistakes. Macedonia now has 9 members.
This morning the Zone Leaders came down again from Kosovo (they come once a month) and we all played soccer together. Ana and an investigator came too. It was a lot of fun. The investigator, surprise surprise, has a crush on Sister Schofield. At least for once he's the same age as us. Apparently he came to church last week with flowers for her since it was Women's Day, and was very disappointed that we were all in Albania.
Cool story, one day this week when Elder Barber and Elder Gierisch were in the park looking for people to teach, they heard somebody yell at them in English, "Hey, elders!" It was this couple from Texas who had recently moved to Macedonia post retirement to be with their son, who lives here. They were members and had been wanting to know where church was, so they came on Sunday. We have more people in church now just since I first got here. It's awesome.
We went to Kosovo again a few days ago for Zone Conference. The elders have a car but they were nice and rode the bus with us, since we can't be in the car with them. At the conference they talked to us about emergency preparedness. Sister Ford talked to us again, I really like her, and then President Ford taught us how to teach the doctrine of baptism. He had me come up and role play with him, which was kinda scary. Everybody whispered, "good luck" as I walked up but since it was such a small room he heard them all and whispered "good luck" to me as well. We ate there and then headed back to Skopje.
On the bus ride back, Sister Schofield started talking to someone who sat next to her, and eventually pretty much everyone on the bus was involved in a conversation on religion. Elder Krajnc was talking about something and a group of guys were all turned around listening to him. It occurred to me that I could practice speaking with some people on the bus, but when I tried I discovered that everyone sitting around me was Albanian. Pfft.
This week while street contacting, while there has been the regular amount of interest, I've been having better conversations with people. Maybe it's the weather. It's gotten so sunny and warm. It's amazing how much that can do for your mood.
Love,
Sister Riddle
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