Seekers Of Happiness

Ej bok svima!



We got to Rijeka today and our apartment has a crazy cool view of the Adriatic Sea! The only problem is that to get up to where we live you have to walk an eternity of stairs up the hills and by the time you get to the room you can barely walk! Haha I love it! 



Anyways, thanks to the hard work of my trainer, we have three baptisms on date for August 21st, which is amazing! I'm already learning so much from Elder Hazel and to start off the transfer we went around the city, toured a castle, and drove to some cool sights for P-day. He has been super welcoming and patient with my language skills (or lack of them haha). I'm ready to get to work here and keep the momentum going!! 



Saying goodbye to the district this week was really hard, but everyone is in their areas and moving on from the MTC life. These last few days were so fun to spend with the few of us remaining, all the elders and sisters going home, and the four tongan sisters! It was great being able to give them blessings and sing E'Otua with them!! (SO to Jeremiah)


Spiritual thought: 



Alma 27:18 "Now was not this exceeding joy? Behold, this is joy which none receiveth save it be the truly penitent and humble seeker of happiness."



When others have success, we might feel like it casts us in a bad light and it can be difficult to be happy for their win. It is sometimes hard to swallow our pride and rejoice in the success of others. This is something that I have been working on recently, and I would invite us all to consider: How can I be a more humble and penitent seeker of happiness in my life?



Vidimo se!



Starješina Neil



Pictures:

1-Elder Poulson and I with the legend Kristjan and Michael

2-The coast

3-Me and the best trainer out there, Elder Hazel

4-katedral

5-Trsat 

6- another cool view from the top of the castle

7- last night with the tongan sisters and missionaries headed home!







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