Can you believe that it is already July? I have no idea where the time is going! But this week was great!
Last Monday we headed to Jūrmala which is the beach town basically and it was so fun! Us missionaries may have looked funny playing games in the sand in jeans and all but it was so so fun. We also were able to just step in the water which was way fun and take pics haha. Rīga was also dead on Monday. Walking the streets there was literally no one haha. We could walk a whole block without seeing a car or person. Everyone just leaves for the holiday! That we had an FHE with Līga and Sister Taylor and her family! We were going to go out and eat but because of the holiday literally, everything was closed so we all brought food to the church and just ate and talked. Līga was in the UK this week and even brought us back something! She is the sweetest and it was so fun to be with all of them.
Tuesday was also great. We had district council and it was the funniest meeting of my whole life. We were talking about transportation contacting and practicing it and it definitely is the funniest way because of the stories so we were just all laughing about everything that has happened to us haha. And after we ate ice cream wahoo! That night we had dinner with Sister Taylor and her family! It was a great time and meal haha. I love them so much and it was so fun to be able to finally meet her family!
Wednesday we had two lessons! One with a girl we have met with before and another with someone we contacted a few weeks ago and they were both soooo good! We taught the plan of salvation to our friend we have already met with and it was so good. It answered a lot of questions that she has been thinking about for a long time. It really shows us that this is Christ's perfect gospel and that we all did with Him and Heavenly Father before this earth and we all have that light of Christ in us! I love this gospel! I love that Jesus Christ's Atonement can heal us! We also went whiteboarding with the assistants which is always a party.
Thursday I was at MLC and it was so good. Being in those meetings shows me a lot about how much God loves each one of us and how much He wants to help His children back to Him. And President has that same goal! We were able to talk a lot about how we can be stronger together and then we are making a huge push in the language so people don't fall away because we can't completely communicate with them. Along with our verses, we are memorizing we are also now memorizing all the terms in the back of our pamphlets. It's hard but it has been so cool to see how the Lord is helping each of us to be able to do this. He loves us and wants us to succeed!
Then I was able to go on exchanges with Sister Mishchenko. She is from Ukraine and just the funnest. She taught me how to make borscht wahoo! It was so good. We also went to English night and Evita was there and loved it! It was great to be able to see her again too.
Friday we had another mission conference thanks to our technology and talked about MLC. It was so good! Then after I got back with my companions we went and had a lesson with Veronika. She decided she wanted to eat Lido so we start walking and she takes us inside her church she attends which was cool to see. Then we ate Lido and had a great lesson!
Saturday we were able to meet with Dace at her home. We talked a lot about how she has grown. And Diana was so cute the whole time. She kept giving us hugs and telling us we're friends and she wanted to go out and serve with us! I love her so much and being able to see her change through her mom having the gospel has been amazing. She is the best.
Sunday Evita and Veronika came to church wahoo!! And we had a lesson with Liāna which was super great. She is a flight attendant and told me she's trying to get on my flight when I fly home so that would be the coolest!!
In church we had a great sacrament meeting and sang Where Can I Turn for Peace? And it was so powerful! Christ really does understand us and want to help us through everything. I'm so grateful for Him!
Thank you, everyone, for everything! I love you all and have the best 4th of July!
Love,
Māsa Brūnere
Pics
1. A couple who served here forever ago came back and brought these for everyone and so we carried it around the city haha. Great way to spend the gospel.
2. Māsa Teilore
3&4. Whiteboarding
5. Jūrmalā and handstands!
6. Jūrmalā
7. Name tags
8. Name tags
9. Jūrmalā
10. Jūrmalā
11. MLC
12. Exchanges!
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