Week # 68
Samo Vjeujete-Only Believe This week it seems like we did nothing, but then after reflecting over the week quite a bit happened. Sestra Mortensen was really sick for about 2 days, so that's where the I...
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Promjena srce- A Change of Heart This was a great fun week of nothing going to plan and not as many people coming to the activities as we were hoping for. It was quite sad, BUT D agreed to be baptized!...
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Iznenađenje!-Surprise! So this week there were some surprises! First off, we headed to Beograd for the conference with Elder Patrick Kearon. We thought we would have enough time for internet...but we...
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Vratim se domu!-I'm returning home! No this is not announcing that I'll be returning back to my American home. For my last transfer, I'll be returning back to Rijeka!!! I'm going back to my first...
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Nisam očekovala-I didn't expectThis was a week of full of unexpected events. We expected to leave Tuesday to go to Zagreb to meet the new missionaries, but then they were stuck in Seattle!! So we...
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Pozdrav iz mora! Greetings from the sea! The weather has been on and off this past week. We went from beautiful morning to dark rainy afternoons to clear gorgeous sunsets. It was quite lopsided, but I...
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Okrijepi-To comfortThis week wasn't as successful as I hoped it would be...but you know what that means? We just have to wait a little bit longer :) For the miracles will come. We were able to contact...
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Plitvička Jezora-Plitvice LakesSo the reason why I'm writing so late is because yesterday we went to the Lakes! And it down poured!!! A lot of us missionaries went "swimming" because of all the rain....
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Ljubav-LoveI absolutely love this town. I love waking up in the morning, getting on my knees, asking for the Lord to bless these people who I love. I love studying the scriptures for an hour, discuss...
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Prsti-Fingers and ToesThis week's title has to do with the numbers of fingers and toes. This week we had more new investigators than the 6 weeks before that combined!!! It was so great! Yes, I can...
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Nemogu vjeovat'-I can't believe itThis is it. My last week. I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? Where will it go this next week? But something that I do know that it will be filled with...
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To je to-That's thatThis is it. I'm sitting here in the mission office writing my last e-mail. I have been very bipolar yesterday and today. I get really excited about home and then the next second I...
View ArticleQuestions, Questions, Questions
I was reading an inspiring blog and realized that I need to start my blog again. I won't be as consistent as I was on my mission or in Jerusalem (thanks Mom for making me be consistent). But I do...
View ArticleBUSY
When I talked to my dad a few weeks ago, we discussed about being busy. If you know either of us, you know that we are very busy people. We have been pretty much our entire lives. But is that really...
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Last night, Elizabeth Smart came to BYU and spoke about her experience. I was going to write about my thoughts last night about it, but I was a bit busy. Still working on my goal from the last post ;)...
View ArticleGod's Time
For more than two years now, almost every day I have worn a ring which has written on it "השם זמן" or Lord's Time (well literally Lord and Time, but that's a different story). I absolutely love this...
View ArticleWhat a Girl Wants, What a Girl Needs
I don't ever announce this through social media, but it brought out some interesting thoughts which I think needs to be said. Last night, I got asked out on a date. Now before your thoughts go and run...
View ArticleA Tribute to the Sisterhood
3 days ago, I said good-bye to my last apartment of girls-my sisters. 8 months ago, I started my journey as a resident assistant, a big sister to 59 young ladies. It was overwhelming at first but...
View ArticleWeak Superheroes
Ever since coming back from my mission, I heard of all these superhero movies: Iron-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Avengers, and so on. This week I finally finished watching all of them (at least that...
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Coming Home is Hard
I thought about holding this post out until my year anniversary coming home from my mission, but I felt like I should do it now.Before coming home from my mission, people mentioned to me that it's...
View ArticleWhat is Equality? My View on the Gay Topic
The last few years, I have studied and prayed over the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Queer) topic. In high school, it was something very foreign to me. I didn't understand it. I...
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Teachings from a Child
I have always loved kids. I remember as a kid always wanting to be a teacher. Memories from helping in my previous teachers' classrooms to creating my own classroom with my dolls as the students (not...
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Courage to Stand
Throughout my life, I have seen the power of courage within myself and others. I've seen the courage of not knowing when all things will be made right. I've seen the courage of stopping and talking to...
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Believe, Desire, See
I can't believe it. I'm going to be a teacher.This realization came these past few weeks. I'm in the Elementary Education program, and I'm in the part which emphasizes teaching in the classrooms. We...
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Tribute to Natalie: My Thoughts on Death
Today was a day of closure. Closure on wondering how Natalie's parents are holding up. Closure on hearing about her dear cousin/best friend who is still on a mission and how she was doing. Closure on...
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