Not much to report on this week... Just working hard!!
Really loving it here in Pogradec. The beach is so nice but it is always so
hard to see a lot of people swimming but not be able to dive in myself... We
are still working with the Qela's though! They are doing so great. I love them
so much!! They have such amazing people.. They are looking forward to their
baptism which will be this Saturday! Also they are going to be getting married
this Wednesday in order to be baptized on Saturday! So we are going to go over
with them on Wednesday to be the 2 witness's for their wedding then on Saturday
we will baptize them in the lake! Exciting things happening!! Stay tuned for
pictures next week!!
Also during the week we went and played beach volleyball
with all the members and a lot of investigators. It was so much fun! Beach
volleyball is the best. Then at the end we like put our feet in the lake to
cool them off.. Then all of the members like charged us and were trying to push
us over so we would swim with them!! Hahaha I was tempted to be like oopps....
and fall.. but don't worry I didn't. I really miss being able to swim though!!
It is so much fun here though the members are so great.
So a pretty cool story that happened this week at church!! So we had a TON of
people come to church it was so awesome! We were able to fill up the sacrament
hall... which like, really sisn't that big... and I guess we only did have like
18 people come but that is a ton compared to normal! Anyway so me and Elder
Samuel taught 2nd hour and we were teaching about tithing! And I don't know if
you remember Mira, the girl that I baptized when I first got in Pogradec,
anyway she told a really cool experience that she had with tithing.. So she
rents out some of her house during the summer to like tourist and stuff so she
is normally really busy.. But she said that like one of the families randomly
had to return home early and left her house so her house was like empty and she
was pretty upset that she didn't have work.. so she prayed and asked for work
and said that she promised God that if He gave her more work that she would pay
a full tithe.. Then she said the next day that this Italian family showed up
and it was like too many people to fit in her house but they still stayed!! So
they stayed all week then like didn't even ask her how much it costed but they
just gave her like a ton of money.. It was awesome!! She then quoted the
scripture in 3 Nephi 24 about tithing "Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith,
saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour
you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it". So
true!! She gave such an awesome testimony about that. It is so true how much
the Lord just wants to bless us!!
Anyway that is pretty much this week. Short and sweet!!
Loving the mission. Elder Samuel only has 16 days left! It is going to be so
weird to see him go home. Going to miss him so much!
Anyway love you all have a
great week!
Elder Farny
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