Zdravim z Slovenska

 May, 21, 2012

Dobrý Deň!!

Hey everyone! It's been really such a great week here in Trencin!!1 I love it so much! It's really a lot smaller than Brno, we don't take any buses and there aren't even any trams, but we walk everywhere! I really like it! 

 

So the Slovak language. It's really not all that different than Czech, it's a lot softer though. They do use a lot of different words, but most of the time the spelling difference is only minimal. My understanding of it is pretty good, but I can't speak very well yet. Most all people in Slovakia understand Czech, but I definitely need to learn Slovak if I want to understand them. Once I have it in my head I'll be able to understand better. It's going really well though! I always had hoped I could come to Slovakia, so here I am! 

 

So at church there were 6 members. There is the Branch President and his wife and mom, 2 other women, and another man. We only have church for 2 hours. It was really good though! I was able to bear my testimony during church, which was really a great experience! There are about 20 missionaries her in Slovakia compared to 50 in the Czech Republic I think. The Branch President here is great though! He works in Plzen in the Czech Republic during the week, but he is really a great guy!

 

So we've already had some really cool experiences here in Trencin! We have met this guy who met missionaries in the past. He said that they really left him with a good feeling though, and that he wanted to meet with us sometime! We also met this one family tracting who invited us in. It was really great to share the gospel with them! They didn't seem extremely interested, but said we could come back anytime we want, so we're definitely going to go teach them again! The branch here really needs them! One woman is hopefully going to be baptised the first Saturday in June, so we're really excited about that! The other missionaries have done a great job with her so she's really prepared! 

 

So other than that, we've just been working hard, talking with everyone we can and trying to find these prepared people to teach! This transfer is looking really bright, and we have a lot of good work to do here!!!

Hope everyone is doing really well back home, and I love and miss you all! Have a great week everyone!

sLaskou

-Starsi Salas