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Elders Barber and Ferrell |
Hey everyone how is it going back in the states? I hope everyone is having
a fun time and that all things that need to get done are happening.
Today we plan on going to the zoo, So
for that, we don't have a lot of time, but it's fine we just have to rush haha.
So this week was very cold in Kosice and at the same time I was sick for the
most part of it with a bad cold that left me clogged and coughy and then with a
headache and with a closed up ear haha. So I could hear even less than than what
I could before but it's fine, it's mostly gone now so I'll be a lot happier to
be out in the cold. I didn't have to stay in our apartment though. The smaller coat that mom sent is really helpful because
it's cold but it's not so cold that I need the giant one that we brought from
Korea, which was a great idea and my companions are jealous of it haha. This week
was interesting, just in our approach to missionary work now. I guess whenever a
new companion comes everything gets all changed up and the focuses are different
so, that is what's happening. Elder Guymon is very excited about going home and
happens to be the 9th out of a family of 11, and he is really excited to be a
dad so probably the normal Utahn idea of marrige and everything. It's rather
funny though because he's never had a girlfriend before or even held a girl's hand
before so I get to tease him about that. He is really good at the language since
he's been here for nearly 2 years so when he got the call from president to come
out here he told Elder Guymon that he can speak a lot of Slovak with me so what
he's been doing is only speaking Slovak with me, all 16 hours of the day. Of course when I don't know words he'll
say them in English but for the most part it's up to me to understand, which
isn't too hard and is actually really helpful with my language. So, I think it's going well, I can tell that my Slovak is becoming more natural
to speak and that's good.
Elder Guymon thinks that next transfer
it's likely that we'll both stay and then we'll get either a brand new Elder or
someone to follow up train because he has to go home halfway through the next
transfer, so because of that he thinks he'll be in a trio for that last half a transfer. It's
possible that he could get someone that has been here for awhile and then a new
missionary but if I don't stay then that means 2 people HAVE to come out. So he
thinks that me and him will both stay and that we'll get a new guy or a newish
Elder. But because of the 4 that
came in this transfer and then at least 2 are coming in next transfer and the 4
that are leaving this transfer that means that only 1 companionship will neither
be training/follow-up training/zone leader, which very well could just be me and
Elder Ringger togerther or something like that. But presidents always like to do
the unexpected. I would like to stay in Kosice again that would be fun. And it
is probably going to be my favorite city but we'll see later down the
road.
This week we did a lot of contacting because we had very few
investigators but at the same time we were very slow and deliberate about it
focusing on the feelings that we're trying to emit rather than what we are
saying or the quality of our Slovak. It's true how he says because in the end
the people can always understand us whether or not we get the wrong case ending,
the words are still there and they still know what we're trying to tell them. We
actually had a lot of success with talking to people and they really felt like
what we're talking about is important. The first 2 days we had 7 numbers to call
the next day and throughout the week thus we have a packed day
today which is really our shortened day
ahah. But I think this week we are going to have very little time to do much of
anything because we're really focusing on getting 21 lessons taught a week by
the end of the transfer. Elder Guymon also proposed and we accepted the goal of
10 active and worthy members which we're going to shoot for at church every week
which I think is possible especially with all the exciting people that we've
met. Also Michal our old investigator that had a baptism date finally is home
from the hospital and he's still excited about his baptism and conformation so
we're going to change his date and work really closely with him because we think
he smokes nut that's fine. He really loves us and knows what the spirit is. He
felt it at church when he came and he wants to have it all the time so were
really excited about him.
We also started doing some service for a
guy that lives outside of Kosice and he's less active but he's really successful
and is slowly remodeling his house. It looks like it will be really beautiful
and just needs to get a move on it so we plan on going there once a week and
working with him for a couple of hours. Elder Guymon did it before and he has a
really good relationship with him. He's really awesome and I hope we can get him
to come back to church.
Elder Guymon says he likes it
because I don't complain at all to him which I like to hear because that's
different than his other companions. He's a very fast walker but he doesn't push me too much where I can't handle it. Anyways my time is ending and it always seems so
short but I guess I have to wait until next week. I love everyone and I hope
you're doing amazing back home. Have fun in Utah with the grand kids I'm jealous.
Elder Ferrell
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