On the road again

As the Willy Nelson song go "On the road again" that seams to describe our life here. It was two weeks ago when we left Sarajevo for our first trip around our Mission. We went to Montenegro for a week to help with the work there which Helen talked about last time. So this week we drove from Podgorica to Belgrade, Serbia. It was a road that we hadn't been on before, the scenery was breathtaking. 

 Once we got to Belgrade we entered the address of the hotel that we always stay at. It was then that I realized that the hotel we stay at has 4 hotels in town with the same name. Oops, instead of being one block from the church we were at one that was 45 minute walk. Helen thought is was great because she got in her morning walk. Me, I was mad at myself the whole way. I won't make that mistake again.

At our Zone conferences we have between 70-100 people. We have had an awesome couple who cooks the meals for us all at these meetings. They are Elder and Sister Lane, but sadly they are at the end of their time here. Sister Lane wanted to go out with a bang so they made a huge buffet table for us.

It was fun to see the expressions of the young people when they came in to eat. They were told that something special had been prepared but weren't told what it was.

They really enjoyed the hard work by the Lanes.

 

After our meetings in Belgrade we drove 450 kilometers to Zagreb Croatia and did it all over again for the other half of the Mission. Our only official assignment at they meetings was to meet with our senior missionaries to hold a meeting to discuss any problems and to share the new instructions for them from our Mission President. 

We love getting to know all the missionaries throughout our Mission. We have gotten seven new couples in the last month that have arrived here. They are spread out through all five countries and one of our responsibilities is to go and do some training with them. We are excited to see more of these beautiful countries and to get to know the new couples but it does take us away from our own cities were we love working with the people we have come to know. I think it's all Helen's fault we got this additional assignment, she is such an over achiever. I am just the chauffeur. Really, we are loving this experience so much, it's hard work but so rewarding. Like it says in the scriptures "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God". 

Don't pass up an opportunity to help someone in need. God will bless you for it.