the title of this email is apparently what elder romero as he stepped off the train and onto the platform at the main train station here in zilina last week. i guess he was excited to live in "the palace." i thought that was funny because i always appreciate a "fresh-prince" reference. this week was good, bad, and okay all at the same time. we had a lot of meetings set up this week, but most of them were "beaked," which in czech prague mission lingo means we got stood up. it wouldn't be so frustrating if it wasn't our "strongest investigators" who were standing us up all the time. we are going to have to change the baptismal dates of both peter and ladislav now because none of them showed up to church in spite of the fact that both of them agreed to come. wieh we meet with them next, i'm just going to give them a little bit of "reproving betimes with sharpness but afterwards showing forth an increase of love" action. hopefully that will make them see that these meetings that we set up aren't just a contigency plan that you only show up to if you don't find a better offer. anyway, hopefully we see some improvement out of those two this week. we were able to do some better contacting this week because the weather was a little better. it has been really hot and really sticky the last few days, but you know what? it's a billion times better than rain. it's also a billion times better than snow. i just love the summer. i do, however, wish that zilina had a 7-11. i always think a slurpee sounds great after 3 hours of contacting out in the hot sun. in america today is free slurpee day as a matter of fact, so i encourage all of my readers to take full advantage. anyway, contacting was a lot better this week, and we met some pretty cool people with whom we have set up some meetings, so hopefully we will be able to teach a few more lessons this week. things are going well with elder romero. he is a great guy and we get along really well. he's really funny and when he gets sarcastic he sounds like a cartoon character. i know that he and i are going to work hard this transfer, and i think we will have a little fun on the way too, so i'm excited to see what next week brings. i guess it's that time in the email where i tell you guys a funny story, so here is the funny/interesting story of the week. friday was zuzka's birthday (zuzka is one of the members here in zilina). she invited all the missionaries to her birthday lunch at the harley davidson pub...in vrutky. that is not a typo. not only did the harley davidson motorcycle company decide to open up a restaurant in slovakia, but they decided to open one up in vrutky, which is a dumpy little puny town about 30 kilometers outside of zilina. there i ate what was the closest thing i have had to a real burger since i was set apart as a missionary on the first of march. we all had this spicy jalepeno soup, which elder tomlinson (british elder) couldn't really handle. soon after we ate the soup he said "mam vietory" meaning literally " i have winds." i think you can all guess what he was talking about. anyway, things continue to be great here. this week will be an exciting one. silvia, one of the investigators being taught by the elders in zilina south, is getting baptized this week, so we are all really excited for that. be sure to keep me updated on all the goings on back at home. love you all!
cau
sam
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