Cross Jewlery ftw

Another week down!

This week was kind of a blurr.

There was one day where we were running from appointment to appointment and had no time for lunch. So we ended up taking a long dinner and buying a pizza. It was awesome. It was a tryffel pizza. I liked it.

We were able to find a lot of new people to teach, and it's crazy to think about how we can be so perfectly placed to meet the exact right people at the exact right time.

Earlier in the week, we hopped on a tunnelbana to talk to people, and met a woman who is from Ukraine. We noticed her because she had HUGE bejeweled cross earrings, and got her number! We were then able to teach her about Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon with a member who translated it into Russian. Super cool.

We also taught a boy that Syster Bagley and I met in the mall two weeks ago--because we had noticed his cross necklace! #christianmoment

Other notable events:

- We met with David, who got baptized several weeks ago, and he was very upset that people sometimes call us "Mormons." He kept saying, "It's not Mormon's church, its Christ's church! Mormon is the book!" #youtell'em

- We had some students visit the church to see what a worship service looks like, and it happened to be a Sunday where the organist was absent. So one of the other missionaries struggled to play the piano while we sang every hymn VERY slowly. Haha. But we met with them afterwards and got to answer their questions, which was fun.

- Made chocolate banana bread.

- A lot of people guessed that I'm from Ukraine?

- Our sink broke.

God is real. Christ lives. Have a good week!

Syster Naatjes

Tunnelbana station

An encouraging note from our ward mission leader.

Kebap pizza for pday! #kebaptizethenewbie

Tryffel pizza #win

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