"Spiritual eyes to love the people" -- 17 řijna 2016

Tady je Sestra Baxter. I love the mission so much.   One of the best parts is the people. I really feel

as if you are given spiritual eyes to love the people as God does. So here are some updates on some investigators,

L____ from Slovakia: She is still continuing to read in the Book of Mormon and on morman.sk. Something awesome is usually her children E_____ 7 and A___ 9  just sit on the computer or on her phone, and we have invited them to listen but they don't want to and she if fine with it. But Alex was off the computer and prayed and committed to sit and participate in the lessons. We have also been trying to find a way to get them to church because it is an expensive train ride for three people, and Lucia's health right doesn't allow her to be on public transportation because she was in a coma not to long ago. But one of the returned missionaries from our ward named Vasek who served in Africa has a car and offered to take her!! By the way when we taught with him, he is the one that should have been wearing the tag.

R____ from Siberia: He is still running the kebab shop by the train station and lets us drop by anytime we have a second. We have been inviting him to read the Book of Mormon and taking slow steps with him so he really can start to understand who Jesus Christ is. We taught him with Gaberial from Romania on Saturday Risam was asked questions and Gaberial could answer each of them. His faith is so strong and has gotten even stronger.  Since I have been here, now, he has not missed a week at church for 3 weeks. 

D______ from Ghana: Yesterday he chose a new baptismal date for the 26 of November.  He didn't make it to church for the past 2 weeks in a row because he forgot to set an alarm or his phone was off. Now school started, we have to have lessons of the phone because his school schedule is crazy, but he is still working towards baptism and prays and reads every single day. So we still have a lot of faith in him.

F_____ from the Czech Republic:  Well we had a lesson with him last night with Vasek. He is very interested in the Book of Mormon and why we believe it. He said he wanted to read it like a history book. He said he has tried life with God, and he thinks he "doesn't need God" -- to put it in exact words. Sestra Manners and I got pretty teary eyed in that lesson because of his "Czechness." Sometimes my dear Czech brothers and sister make me want to.....scream a little, but I love them so much, so it's fine.   

We also headed down to Bratislava and had exchanges with the other Sister Training Leaders. I remember going there my first transfer in the Country not knowing how to speak Czech... so Slovak

I couldn't speak not even a little. But now I love Slovak. It is so pretty! I am secretly hoping to

extend my mission and serve there for a transfer, but who knows. 

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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.... because if you will do this, you will want to save the trees and pray always.

S Laskou,

Sestra Baxter 

Here are a couple audio files from Sestra Baxter:

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