WEEK 23: Confidence Booster

First things, I was able to go to one of the local football (soccer) teams stadium today. It was sick. We asked if we could go to the field and
they let us. I will send pictures afterwards. It was like an American
football stadium but there is one or more in every city. We are going
to try to visit Rotherham United soon. It was so cool.

This week was such a confidence booster. We finally had someone come to church. Her name is Martina and she has taken so many steps forward in life. She used to smoke tons, but now she only smokes 4 daily and is cutting it back all the time. She has told us in the past that she didn't have money, but we have talked a lot with her and have helped
her understand why church is important. That was the focus of this
week and she told us this week that money wouldn't be an issue this week. We knew that once she understood she would want to come. She enjoyed it and is super excited to keep making changes in her life and
take a big step on her path of following Christ through baptism. We
are excited and the baptism should be on the 30th of Dec.

As well, a younger girl we have been teaching named Ramonka has been
moving forward a lot as well. She loves learning and she loves Jesus.
She is an inspiration to her family. We are so excited to be teaching her.

As well, I should let you all know that I have a new companion.  Elder Buckhoff is in Leeds now and Elder Poggemon is back here. He is now serving with Elder Peck and I am serving with Elder Armstrong. It is
going to be a great time. I am looking forward to serving with and learning from Elder Armstrong. We have already had some good times.

We have met some new people that speak Hungarian. They also know
Slovak, but they only know a little. It is strange, but there is a part of Slovakia that doesn't really speak Slovak. They mainly know Hungarian. We are going to try learning some basic Hungarian to help them understand the words we use. For someone who doesn't know a language much at all, words about religion aren't in their vocabulary.  It should be fun.

This week was full of miracles to help people make changes in their life so that they can more fully experience the blessings that God has in store for us. It is spectacular to see how willing the Lord is to guide our lives. As we reach out to him through prayer and act in faith to do what we believe He would want for us, His blessings will be poured out on us. This gospel is true. God has a prophet again on the Earth. He loves us all.

Love you,
Elder Pace