Wow

Ok so to start of the update we had "Culture Night" this week. Which means we went to see the Local Ballet do Giselle. It was good. I was impressed However I will say that Hillary still had better feet than any of them haha

 

The theatre that they performed in was also really cool. Old. like USSR status. It was sweet. and the guy who played Hanz had a beard so that was cool too. The lead male was initially nothing special but he brought it home in the second act. I think was cuz he wasn't wearing white tights anymore... always better hahha. I also got a kick out of explaining the ballet to the other missionaries. they were more than a bit lost... Classic.

 

Before that  Eliason and I helped with a service project which basically included putting together about 2 hundred sack lunches and then watching some Paralympics. It was a good day haha. We Met someone who claimed to be the "Best street hip hop dancer" in all of the mother land. and 2nd in the world....

umm....

 

In other news we had an awesome experience two nights ago.

 

We met a woman on the way home who was a little... distressed.

She spoke awesome English and wanted to talk to us. She actually said that she wanted to kill herself. We were understandably worried about her. After telling her who we were she said that she needed our help and that the way we could help her was to talk to her in English. So we Did. I proposed that we walk her home while we talk and she agreed. We talked about her life and her problems. About her pastimes and her interests. We tried to make her feel loved. We prayed with her and we gave her a pamphlet about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When she asked us why in the world we were here we testified of our faith in the savior and that we believe in his fully restored gospel.

 

And it worked! She felt a lot better than when we met her and she agreed to go home and stay off the street that night. She was so appreciative of our interest in her as a person and for the love we showed her.

She also is interested to know more about what we believe.

 

It just goes to show that the best way to do missionary work is simply to love people. You teach people by being a representative of Christ not just by teaching his doctrine.

 

This experience is the Highlight of my mission so far. and I know for a fact that the lord sent us to that woman because she needed us.

 

this is the best calling in the world. and there is no greater work on this earth.

 

Love you all.

 

Elder Memmott