It is great to see photos of Ryan and his friends in Croatia. The following shot was taken in the apartment of Elder and Sister Manley during a visit from the District President and his family to Osijek.
Back row: Elder Dixon, Elder Giberson, Elder Manley, Elder Jensen, Nikola (branch financial clerk)
Front row: Sister Sambunjak with two daughters, Sister Manley, President Sambunjak (district president)
Excerpt from Ryan's November 17th email:
Subject: What ep????????
Dear family slash fellow missionaries...
Welp, things are going good in Osijek. Yes, 30 degrees and 90% humidity sounds about right. Its kind of chilly... Elder Giberson and I are both wusses in the cold, but well make it. Hes from Austin Texas. But dont be alarmed... I am fine.
We are still teaching Maja. We had an amazing lesson with her the other day. We were talking about scripture study and prayer, and we read Doctrine and Covenants 59: 7-9 about how you should study it out in your mind and then ask, and if it be right, you will know with burning in the bosom, etc. She was reading it and stopped herself after verse 8 and said, "Thats exactly how i felt! Like about the book of mormon!" We asked her to explain, then she proceeded to perfectly describe how the Spirit feels. It was one of the best explainations ive ever heard. She is so sweet. PLEASE continue to pray for her. I pray that she can have a deep testimony that will grow after baptism and support her. She hasnt been to church yet just cuz theres always something on sunday. But we are meeting alot and we are going to make sure she is there next week. Shes the bomb. She has read all the standard works and pretty much eats up everything we give her. We hooked her up with a Liahonal -the march edition - and she loved it. She just loves God, and this gospel has added so much truth. She loves the scriptures and the words of the prophets.
We are teaching 8 hours of english every week, so we are hoping to see some fruits from those labors... Theres alot of great people coming to those classes, so were hoping to help them be interested and eventually accept the gospel.
Hows Barack doin? Packing up the bags for the white house eh? Cool man. People ask us about the election all the time. Most Croatians know 5 times as much about the US than I do. Were just like, I dont know whats going on over there... Hopefully he can be inspired. Thats a heavy load.
Grandma Dixons painting and related events sounded so cool. Primary kids singing = pure joy. Thats awesome.
Welp, the gospel is amazing. Its done alot for me lately. It really is real. Christ really atoned for our sins, sorrows, and pains. And his true church with his actual authority is on the earth today. What good news...
I hope you are all doing good. God bless.
PIDFY!!
Love,
Elder Dixon
Back row: Elder Dixon, Elder Giberson, Elder Manley, Elder Jensen, Nikola (branch financial clerk)
Front row: Sister Sambunjak with two daughters, Sister Manley, President Sambunjak (district president)
Excerpt from Ryan's November 17th email:
Subject: What ep????????
Dear family slash fellow missionaries...
Welp, things are going good in Osijek. Yes, 30 degrees and 90% humidity sounds about right. Its kind of chilly... Elder Giberson and I are both wusses in the cold, but well make it. Hes from Austin Texas. But dont be alarmed... I am fine.
We are still teaching Maja. We had an amazing lesson with her the other day. We were talking about scripture study and prayer, and we read Doctrine and Covenants 59: 7-9 about how you should study it out in your mind and then ask, and if it be right, you will know with burning in the bosom, etc. She was reading it and stopped herself after verse 8 and said, "Thats exactly how i felt! Like about the book of mormon!" We asked her to explain, then she proceeded to perfectly describe how the Spirit feels. It was one of the best explainations ive ever heard. She is so sweet. PLEASE continue to pray for her. I pray that she can have a deep testimony that will grow after baptism and support her. She hasnt been to church yet just cuz theres always something on sunday. But we are meeting alot and we are going to make sure she is there next week. Shes the bomb. She has read all the standard works and pretty much eats up everything we give her. We hooked her up with a Liahonal -the march edition - and she loved it. She just loves God, and this gospel has added so much truth. She loves the scriptures and the words of the prophets.
We are teaching 8 hours of english every week, so we are hoping to see some fruits from those labors... Theres alot of great people coming to those classes, so were hoping to help them be interested and eventually accept the gospel.
Hows Barack doin? Packing up the bags for the white house eh? Cool man. People ask us about the election all the time. Most Croatians know 5 times as much about the US than I do. Were just like, I dont know whats going on over there... Hopefully he can be inspired. Thats a heavy load.
Grandma Dixons painting and related events sounded so cool. Primary kids singing = pure joy. Thats awesome.
Welp, the gospel is amazing. Its done alot for me lately. It really is real. Christ really atoned for our sins, sorrows, and pains. And his true church with his actual authority is on the earth today. What good news...
I hope you are all doing good. God bless.
PIDFY!!
Love,
Elder Dixon
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