Ryan's missionary picture is now hanging on the wall of the church, flanked by pictures of his missionary buddies. We walk by and say hello on the way to our meetings each week. Ryan knows how his Mom touched Eric's face each week. Now that is happening to Ryan!
If you look really close, you can see the reflection of Mark in the background, snapping a photo of Ryan's photo!
Some excerpts from Ryan's last email:
Subject: Holler from Osijek..............................
Hey fam!! How are you?? I just read some quality e-mails.
Thanks for the comment about what Elder Eyring said, pops. I've felt that silent prayer you mentioned about the gift of tongues. I didn't have like a singular, out of control experience, but I feel like I'm getting help with the language beyond what my own work can produce. We only have 30 minutes to study the language a day, and I feel like its a miracle any time I notice improvement. The gift of tongues is real. Ive experienced it in miniature ways. So thanks for the prayers... Thats where it starts!
So things are sweet in O-town. We experienced a sweet miracle this passed week. We were passing out fliers for english classes (which ill mention later in the e mail) and this girl named Maja approached Elder Giberson. Shes 25ish. She told him she was interested in learning more about our church, and she also wanted to go to a church meeting. So Elder Giberson set up an appointment, so we could share a lesson with her. We shared a lesson with her about the restoration of Christ's true church. (She lived in England for 3 years, and speaks almost flawless English, so we were teaching her in English). She was really accepting of it, and was truely touched. I know she was. It was obvious she had a desire to know if what we were sharing was true. We shared an English and a Croatian copy of the Book of Mormon to read and to Pray about. She is so tight... We can't wait to meet with her again. Remember to keep Maja in your prayers. When we discussed w/ her her religious background it was obvious she has been prepared to hear and embrace the gospel. THe Lord is so mindful of all his children, and wants them to come and experience the fulness of life and happiness available through the restored Gospel. His greatest work and glory really is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
We also met another flawless English speaker the other day. He is a professional, free-lance interpreter. We started talking to him @ a cross walk and then found he knew English, and kept talking. One of the first things he said was that he was an Atheist and there was nothing that we could do to change that. We talked about random things (he is brilliant and liked to talk) but the conversation always returned to the Gospel. There was one time where he was talking about all the problems today in society, especially in croatia -- like how young people dont have good role-models and how they all want more now, and other problems that society has. When he paused, I said, "What do you think the solution is?" He then proceed to take the Savior's name in vain, and paused for a second in order to think of
an answer. Before he said anything else, I was all, "I think that's the solution, too". Haha, it was funny. But he was such a cool guy, and was actually warming up to us. We are going to visit soon. We are buddies. His name is Mirsad (Meer-sahd)... That literally means, "Peace Now" in croatian. Hes the man.
So, I have a message for Eddude. So sometimes, after English Class, we go get coffey with 3 or 4 of our students. Aka elder Giberson and I get orange juice or something and they get coffey. But I was showing this lady named rosemary the pics of our family. I keep them in my bag to show to random people. Its a sweet little friendship builder... But Rosemary was checkin out the fam, and she was like "Who is this? Is this your Brother? Hes a pretty man." Haha, she loved him so much. After freaking out for a little while about how 'pretty' Eric was, she was all "Send Eric big kiss from baka (grandma) Rosemary!" hahaha, it was priceless... So, there you go Ed :)
Welp, it's time to go, but keep Osijek in your prayers! You are the best family in the world x 10 ^ 1906373640389. I pray for you guys everyday.
Take care.
Sa Ljubavi,
Elder Dixon
If you look really close, you can see the reflection of Mark in the background, snapping a photo of Ryan's photo!
Some excerpts from Ryan's last email:
Subject: Holler from Osijek..............................
Hey fam!! How are you?? I just read some quality e-mails.
Thanks for the comment about what Elder Eyring said, pops. I've felt that silent prayer you mentioned about the gift of tongues. I didn't have like a singular, out of control experience, but I feel like I'm getting help with the language beyond what my own work can produce. We only have 30 minutes to study the language a day, and I feel like its a miracle any time I notice improvement. The gift of tongues is real. Ive experienced it in miniature ways. So thanks for the prayers... Thats where it starts!
So things are sweet in O-town. We experienced a sweet miracle this passed week. We were passing out fliers for english classes (which ill mention later in the e mail) and this girl named Maja approached Elder Giberson. Shes 25ish. She told him she was interested in learning more about our church, and she also wanted to go to a church meeting. So Elder Giberson set up an appointment, so we could share a lesson with her. We shared a lesson with her about the restoration of Christ's true church. (She lived in England for 3 years, and speaks almost flawless English, so we were teaching her in English). She was really accepting of it, and was truely touched. I know she was. It was obvious she had a desire to know if what we were sharing was true. We shared an English and a Croatian copy of the Book of Mormon to read and to Pray about. She is so tight... We can't wait to meet with her again. Remember to keep Maja in your prayers. When we discussed w/ her her religious background it was obvious she has been prepared to hear and embrace the gospel. THe Lord is so mindful of all his children, and wants them to come and experience the fulness of life and happiness available through the restored Gospel. His greatest work and glory really is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
We also met another flawless English speaker the other day. He is a professional, free-lance interpreter. We started talking to him @ a cross walk and then found he knew English, and kept talking. One of the first things he said was that he was an Atheist and there was nothing that we could do to change that. We talked about random things (he is brilliant and liked to talk) but the conversation always returned to the Gospel. There was one time where he was talking about all the problems today in society, especially in croatia -- like how young people dont have good role-models and how they all want more now, and other problems that society has. When he paused, I said, "What do you think the solution is?" He then proceed to take the Savior's name in vain, and paused for a second in order to think of
an answer. Before he said anything else, I was all, "I think that's the solution, too". Haha, it was funny. But he was such a cool guy, and was actually warming up to us. We are going to visit soon. We are buddies. His name is Mirsad (Meer-sahd)... That literally means, "Peace Now" in croatian. Hes the man.
So, I have a message for Eddude. So sometimes, after English Class, we go get coffey with 3 or 4 of our students. Aka elder Giberson and I get orange juice or something and they get coffey. But I was showing this lady named rosemary the pics of our family. I keep them in my bag to show to random people. Its a sweet little friendship builder... But Rosemary was checkin out the fam, and she was like "Who is this? Is this your Brother? Hes a pretty man." Haha, she loved him so much. After freaking out for a little while about how 'pretty' Eric was, she was all "Send Eric big kiss from baka (grandma) Rosemary!" hahaha, it was priceless... So, there you go Ed :)
Welp, it's time to go, but keep Osijek in your prayers! You are the best family in the world x 10 ^ 1906373640389. I pray for you guys everyday.
Take care.
Sa Ljubavi,
Elder Dixon
1 comment:
AW, love the picture!! Makes me miss him a lot!
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