Another wonderful week in Montenegro! I am really loving being here and being a missionary! It´s such a happy life :) Constantly meeting and teaching wonderful people about Heavenly Father´s love and plan for us, His children!
The most exciting news of the week is.....we´re going to have a baptism!!! :D On Monday we had a Noite Familiar (Family Night) with Alex and Rita (his cousin, who is a member) and watched The Restoration DVD and afterwards we invited him to be baptized, and he said yes! So Sunday September 19 we´ll be having his baptism in the afternoon after church. I´m so excited :) Alex is a great guy and he already has a strong testimony of the gospel...he is going to be a strong priesthood leader for the ward too. It´s good timing too...because the 21st we have transfers! I´m am very sure that Sister Gibson and I will both stay here though....I only have 5 weeks in Montenegro and this will be Sister Gibson´s last transfer, so it´s unlikely that either of us will be transferred.
The ward here is so great...the members are very loving and they are very willing to help the missionaries, with anything we ask! Especially the young women in the ward...there are 2 girls, Rita and Luana, who are constantly helping us.... coming to teach lessons with us, giving us references... They are both the only members in their families and have very strong testimonies....and even though they´re young (17 and 14....yes I know, perfect huh, Jared and Kyle :) They want to meet you...) they are already talking about when they will be "sisters" :) They are such sweet and fun girls! We just started a new "Integration" activity with the ward...every Friday we´re going to have classes in the chapel....crafts (Young Women), carpentry (elders quorum), music (young mens) cooking (relief society), english (us!).......last Friday was the first one, and it was so much fun! It´s also a great opportunity for us to find new investigators and for the investigators that we are already teaching to meet the ward and start making friendships.... I think it is going to help a lot!
We´re still teaching Simone and Adelar and family....they are such a strong, good family and they love having us come over to visit...they always feed us, and perform for us (Felipe and Adelar play Rio Grande do Sul songs for us on the guitar every time we visit...they´re so great!) Simone is like our mother here...she´s always making sure we have warm clothes and full of food before we leave :) They are an amazing family!! ...but it´s been hard to get them to keep commitments to read and come to church. Yesterday Sister Gibson and I made Book of Mormon calendars for them....haha, just like we did as a family last year, remember? :) I hope it helps them start reading as a family every day...I know that they will feel the difference and the Spirit that comes when you read the Book of Mormon daily. I really love this family and I hope that we can help them start progressing more...
I love you all! You´re in my prayers every night :)
Love, Sister Jamie Gee
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