Week 12

Well it was nice to hear from everyone.  I have so many stories this week.  I must say it has been so fun.  We have met some really cool people and some are just straight up crazy.

So, I know your all just dying to hear about our crazy investigator.  Well he has hit rock bottom.  We called him to see if our lesson was still on for that afternoon and he didn't answer.  Then he texted us and said ˝I CAN'T COME!˝  Um ok.... So then Elder Warren called him a little later to see if everything was ok and he told us that he wouldn't be able to meet with us for a couple of months.  He said that he was going to the hospital.  So, I don't know which personality choose this but I hope this is resolved soon.  That is terrible of me to say but he really was just a weirdy.  Whenever we taught him I got a headache because he smokes so much.  So, ya that's done with..... However, I did get my first phone number, in English, but still I'll take what I can get.  Well and he did approach me first but, hey let's not down play this anymore.  His name is Mark and he and his friends wanted to learn what we were all about.  One of his friends Vlatko has read that Bible 7 times. I wasn't very excited when I heard that because I thought that this lesson would just be him wanted to fight.  When we met with them it wasn't to bad.  He did just want proof about everything from the Bible but we just told him we wanted to let him know what we believed.  So he was kinda a tard but it went alright.  We gave them all a Book of Mormon and asked them to read.  They said that would but shoot who knows.  So we do not have any progressing investigators which makes for a lot of finding time. 

So about that smoking thing that I was talking about with Domagoy (the crazy).  EVERYONE smokes here.  You see like 12 years old walking around smoking.  It is crazy.  That means there is cigarette butts everywhere.  It is so gross.  So I figure I have smoked about 10 packs of ciggs via second hand smoke.  I can now tell the difference between a good brand and a bad one.  Domagoy did not smoke good ones! 

So I know this may be a little unusual for missionaries but I love tracting.  The element of surprise just really gets me.  You never know what is behind the next door and it's just such an adventure!  So I'm just loving this, we out tracting, I'm looking like a tard doing missionary work and we are having a good laugh.  So every door has a different Croatian name on it so I work on my accent by saying them.  Usually I say, ˝No worries vrata (insert name) Bog te voli!˝  That means no worries door, whatever, God loves you!  So then someone actually answered the door.  And it was a very attractive young girl.  She heard me speaking English and starting speaking English! No wait, it gets better.  She invites us in.  My first time getting let in.  She has friends over, and a guy was there, no worries, they are all getting ready to go to a concert.  So, were just sitting there talking away and they just happen to ask if we date.  One of them asks if we have girlfriends, or boyfriends which ever and we start laughing.  she says what he looks like he could have a boyfriend and points at me.... ok what the heck! I haven't even said anything at this point! She says I dress well and have a nice ˝approach˝.  Ya nice cover chick.  Not to worry I got a picture with them and we cheered, i had soda water no worries, to the fact that they were the first house i had been in.  it was way fun and very memorable.

Oh so this week has been kinda cold but not to worry i tried my first gelado this week!  now elder warren says its not as good because it's winter and we aren't on the coast but i thought it was quite delightful.  it had real fruit and it is just a lot smoother than ice cream. 

So another funny story.  we were on the way to the church via tram, basically like the tracs in salt lake (dad, that is how we get around most) and i am going through some words i am trying to learn and some lady out of no where starts talking to me in terrible English.  she shakes me hand and asks where i am from.  well we talk for a little and she shakes me hand like at least 5 more times and them it clicks..... ok crap she is just high as a kite right now.  she is talking like a million miles an hour and tells me she is a ˝hyperactive girl˝ and introduces her best friend who is a ˝hyperactive boy˝..... alrighty then.  she proceeds to tell me she can dance like shakira and lets go of her handle on the tram and almost falls over.  she is falling all over people while trying to dance and its is just the funniest thing ever.  shoot dang.  i had to get off at the next stop just to contain myself. 

we have also started teaching english class and that is fun.  these people absolutely idolize us and i love it.  it makes me feel like i have something to offer these people.  they use their very best english to talk to me and it is just terrible.  but just like me they are trying and i understand, that's all that matters. 

i think that is about all for this week.  Thanks so much for all the emails and ya its great to hear from everyone.  Love You!

Elder Massey