Week 13: Meeting With Members and Friends

Hallo Freunde und Familie!!

Summer is coming to Salzburg! We had quite a few warmer days here. So far, this summer is a little different for me because there's no air conditioning here. Luckily, I always carry my water bottle around with me, so it hasn't been too bad. :)

Last Tuesday, we spent p-day with some members. We went to their apartment for lunch in St Johann im Pongau, and then we travelled to Badgastein together. We walked around the town which had a waterfall running straight through it! We then followed the river and went on a little trail through the woods. I really enjoyed spending time with these members. Although I don't speak much German yet, they were so kind to me.

We also met with some more of our friends this week. One of our friends is Slovakian. She speaks some German, but there still is a bit of a language barrier when we teach lessons. Fortunately, there is an Elder serving in our mission who speaks Czech, which is a language she's fluent in. Usually, we have him join our lessons via video call, but he was able to come in person this week! We had Zone Conference, and he was in Salzburg for it. We surprised our friend by bringing this Elder and his companion to our lesson with her. She was so excited! When we walked in, she started jumping up and down. It was so cute! She still texts us everyday to thank us even though that happened 5 days ago haha! Anyway, we had a great lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and she seemed very receptive to it.

On Friday, we had Zone Conference. As I expected, it was really good! I always love listening to Sister and President Naatjes' talks. Sister Naatjes talked about unity and why it's so important to have as disciples of Christ. President Naatjes talked to us about making our lives a redemption narrative. He told us that we can find joy in repentance and we can find meaning in our trials because it means we are changing. I found both of their talks really powerful. 

And that's about it for this week, but it was a really good week! Bis zum nächsten Mal! 

Tschüss,

Sister Gladwell 

1. Beautiful Salzburg

2. A lesson with our friend

3. My p-day outfit haha

4-5 In Badgastein with some members