August 25, 2014

Hey Mom,

This week it was my turn to be sick. I was nauseous, had a fever, and a horrible cough. But luckily I'm mostly cured now. Contacting one day before my symptoms took a turn for the worse, we were tabling and an American woman and her 17-year old daughter came up to us and asked us, "What are you doing in this country?" They were a couple of very happy, nice New Yorkers. The woman told us her husband, who had died three weeks ago, was from Macedonia and they were here to bury him. She said they had just come from the cemetery and started to cry a bit. I felt so bad for them. Elder Prince gave them a pamphlet in English about the Plan of Salvation. We said goodbye to them but then they returned a few minutes later with six ice cold water bottles and a big bag of Macedonian chocolates for us. What good people. http://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/Transcripts/ReligionSymposium/2003_01_25_Bednar.htm

So, we had arranged to meet up with Francheska before FHE on Wednesday night but she never showed. I was so disappointed because she had even confirmed the time and place with me at the end of our lesson. Then the next night after a meeting with an investigator, I wanted to take a taxi straight home because I was feeling so sick, but then decided to wait until we parted at a traffic light. We were waiting there and I heard a voice behind me say, "Riddle." I turned around and it was Francheska! I gave her a hug I was so excited. She told us she had come and waited but we hadn't been there. I have no idea what happened, but we've noticed that she isn't necessarily all there so that might have something to do with it. We had another lesson but then she didn't show up again for the next one and didn't come to church. But I don't think we've seen the last of her, just considering everything that's happened.

Language classes were approved at the beginning of the month, but for one reason or another have been delayed, and now we are finally actually starting this Wednesday. So I'm excited.

Visiting Metia and Negat this week at their home, Negat showed us a song he found on youtube when he searched the church on there and asked if it was us. It was. I'm not too worried about him googling the church, because I'm pretty confident in the assumption that no anti-mormon literature exists yet in Macedonian. 

Love,

Sister Riddle

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