Woah Woah Woah

 Zdravo svima! Okay this week was pretty great! To be honest nothing too crazy happened but like keeping happy vibes through everything makes it soooo much better in every way shape and form.

So we met up with some of our friends from our English class the beginning of this week. They are Nikola, Jasna, Danomir, and Mario. They are all such studs, they took us to one of their favorite bakeries and we got some way good bread. We are excited to keep doing stuff with them and hopefully they can invite some people to English class so we can help some more people out.

After that we took a bus down to Sarajevo for zone conference which was so cool. We met a guy from Macedonia there. I never pictured to be on a bus from Banja Luka to Sarajevo talking to a Macedonian in English, Serbian, and attempted Macedonian talking about God. So that was super fun! He was a foreign exchange student living in Idaho for a year so he knew about missionaries and stuff. He asked a bunch of stuff about the church a LOT with him. He was such a nice and fun guy so I really enjoyed talking with him. It was a really cool experience to meet someone.

Then we had zone conference and such which was awesome. We also visited some members and our friend Ermedin (Civil engineering professor who we practice English with; such a cute guy and literally my second grandpa) which was a ton of fun! We also got a little bit of time in Baščaršija (old Town in Sarajevo) and I got these awesome pants that I'll send a picture of. Then we finally got a car back so we drove back up to Banja Luka and I love the drive so much, it is so beautiful and so therapeutic. 

Once back we visited with one of our friend's friend who is a clerk in the orthodox church and he gave us a tour of the main church in Banja Luka (Crkva Isusa Spasitelja I think is the name) that was such a cool opportunity to learn more about the orthodox faith and check out the church. I have a lot of respect for their history and them in general, it's all very fascinating.

After that, since we have the car, we drove to this horse club to meet with the director there and set up service stuff! It was so fun and I am very excited for that. Again, another thing that blows my mind. Like we just met with these people and spoke in a foreign language about horses and service and it was so awesome

Then on Sunday we had an awesome lesson with Irma (at least I felt it went well) and we all shared our experiences of how we came to know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon (including her)! So she shared hers and it was awesome. We talked about a bunch of different things and in the end we asked her thoughts on baptism! She said she wants to see if it's what God wants for her so we offered to help in anyway we can by sharing what we know about baptism. So the next time we meet we will talk about that and I am excited.

Then for Pday we went to Travnik and checked out some castle and some mosques there. It is a very beautiful place and has very good čevapi at Plava Voda. Then afterwords we played some pool which I am developing a huge love for hahha.

There is this high school in Travnik that is split with Muslims and Catholics. I put in a picture of it and the blue side is for Catholic and the yellow is for Muslims. It's just a crazy sight to see about the separation at this high school building for different religions. 

This upcoming week is going to be awesome. Basically what we have planned is two days of horse service; a day volunteering at a soup kitchen; hosting an English class; teaching about baptism; and last but not least is giving a cultural presentation at this place called the American Corner to a bunch of people.

Hope yall are well! 

 

Elder Gubler