24th MAY - 30TH MAY 2016

Elder Winfield didn't do an email this week either but below is a little of what happened.

Nothing too special going on over here just the same old same old, we had zone conference last week and went to zagreb so it was fun to catch up with everyone. 

everyone rubs  his toe because its apparently good luck that's why its gold! this is a place called Nin, right out of zadar

17th May - 23rd May 2016

Elder Winfield didn't do a big email this week so this is a few of the things he said to us.

I just finished the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time! I can already see that my mission has been rewarding!

The mission is rough at times but its okay, its just kind of life. The only hard thing is trying to write home etc... and come up with new things to say!  We had the baptism of an 8 year old this week so that was cool. We had a lesson with one of our investigators which went alright, nothing too special though. 

10th May - 16th May 2016

This week was great, we had a lot on so quite busy! At the start of the week it was pretty much just the norm, contacting and some meetings. On Thursday we had an exchange and I got to see my trainer again Elder Pantelakis! We had a lot of fun, unfortunately we couldn't find anyone, it was pouring down rain! I don't know where it came from either, it didn't stop all night either. That's not the worst thing though, the worst thing was that I forgot my umbrella! We were about a 20 minute walk from home too, so about 10 minutes we decided to leg it home, in the end I forgot I was unfit so I stopped running and just took the rain like a man. 

After the exchange I went back to Zadar and just did the normal things, on Sunday after church we had to book it to Zagreb because we had the David Archuleta concert/fireside. It was great he sounds actually a lot better then I thought he would of, that night we went back to the misison home where we chilled out with him and ate dinner, he told us a few stories and before you know it, it was 11 o'clock. The next morning we had breakfast with him and with some others and we had a mini devotional which was great.

After that David left and then we played some ball with some of the missionaries, it was great fun although I know I'll feel it tomorrow. We then drove home and got some Dr.Pepper and milk duds from the place in Zagreb as its the only place in the mission where its possible, we then went home and now we are here!

This transfer has kind of gone fast! It has already been 5 of the 9 weeks! Looking forward to this week as it wont be as busy and I don't have to drive so much, hope you all had a good week! All the best.

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Elder Winfield

Starješina Winfield

Старешина Винфилд 

Adriatic North Mission

Beautiful Zadar

Lovely day in Zadar with the district

My Trrainer and I 

 It was pouring at pozdrav suncu

elder Eddington and I, he was in my mtc group

elder bowles and I cruising

Off to see David Archuleta

David Archuleta and I - sorry about the bad tie : ( poor choice haha

Awesome family skype Mother's Day 8th May 2016

3rd May - 9th May 2016

This week was great! Had a lot of things on which made it go quick and then next week we will even have some more things 

 Monday was not a normal Monday :/ we had pday on the Tuesday because of a public holiday which was in Serbia and Bosnia, which didn't effect us but the mission all wanted to be on the same page so we had district meeting in the morning, it was weird without the Devers (The senior couple) they always make it a lot more fun. After that we went to Maccas for lunch which was like the 2nd time this transfer, I don't actually go to much, it's not as good as back at home and not too cheap either!

Tuesday we ended up going to "Supernova" which is the big shopping center, got myself a nice $3 blue sweater which will help cope with the heat without having the wear a bright white shirt everywhere! We went with Dino and Bozo, who are our sick Croatian buddies! It was a good day in the end, that night we ended up finding someone pretty cool to talk to which was cool.

Wednesday and Thursday we had fairly normal days up until English then we exchanged and I took Elder Matthews, I stayed at the other apartment which I used to live it which brought back memories, there washing machines filter was clogged so when he opened the door it flooded the whole place! Our land lord came after we used the 10 towels we had to soak it all up, he then fixed it, pretty crazy day! We couldn't find anyone cool unfortunately.

Friday was good we cleaned the computer room in the church in the morning as it was pretty dirty and full of a lot of old stuff! We then had papicas which is an amazing sandwich place across the road, after that we went back home grabbed our plan of salvation cards and went back to the church for a lesson with one of our investigators he text saying he was a little late, we ended up waiting an hour for him! We had a good lesson and realised more about what he needed help with so it was a big step there. For dinner we made some Fajitas!

Saturday We just had a normal day, it was good because the Devers returned from there conference in Sarajevo, it's weird how close you can get to a lot of people within such a short period of time, we pretty much just had a full day of talking to people, apart from at night where we cleaned the church which was fun.

Sunday was all normal except we got to Skype home! I really enjoyed seeing all my family, its funny how things dont change too much even though its been about 9 months. After that we had dinner at the Devers, we had a lasagna which was lovely! 

Overall it was a great week, looking forward to next week, get to be reunited with my trainer as he is coming here on exchange, then on Sunday and Monday I'll be chilling with David Archuleta, :) Hope you all have a great week and that you had an awesome mothers day! All the best

our little lizard friend we named "Godzilla"

26TH APRIL - 2ND MAY 2016

Hello, this week has gone pretty fast we had a lot on, with zone conference being on the Monday we didn't really get much of a pday which was a bummer, but thats okay. Apart from that it was really just a normal week, a lot of talking to people! 

On Wednesday we had to do all of Elder Bowles' visa stuff and get it all ready to go which took a bit of time, luckily the police were nice that day, no dramas! We then had English that night which was good we had 3 people come, we taught how to tell the time!

Thursday was just a lot of talking with people and doing the same old same old, we had English again which was good, we did a review on time again and made them talk a lot! we also switched off and had an exchange with the other elders in our district because the zone leaders dogged us and canceled at the last second, I was back with my comp from last transfer (Elder Bolan) which was great, brought back all the memories from the transfer before, it's funny how nothing changes!

Friday was long, it was hot and we just had nothing to do so it was finding all 8 hours, we switched back off that night and had dinner which was yum, mi gorang noodles!

Saturday was fun, we went and contacted in the morning and then I had to do some clerk stuff with our branch president, we then went and had a baptismal interview with and 8 year old who we have been teaching with he grandma who is a member for a while, he did well, we still need to teach him more regarding the Holy Ghost and the sacrament but apart from that it was really good! We just have to organise a date for it all and go from there. He is a good kid I hope he stays in the church!

finished the puzzle!

we got Dr pepper, from zagreb, the only place in the mission to get it

It was fast Sunday on Sunday which is always fun! we had church and unfortunately we had 0 investigators at sacrament meeting which was the first time that has happened since I have been here, we then had one of our investigators show up after the first meeting, I think it was because it was a public holiday here in Croatia and it was pouring down rain. (People are scared of the rain here) We then made cinnamon rolls which was great I will attach a photo of that. After that we had weekly planning and joined our lunch and dinner hour to have a feast with the other elders, we made the weirdest meal but it wasn't too bad in the end.

We ended up finding a few people who were pretty cool, they were not interested in meeting up again unfortunately. That was about my week though, next week will be busy, we have no senior couple here at the moment because they are in Bosnia at a meeting so we have to run the place, we also have a David Archuleta concert in Zagreb which luckily we can go too! We also get to meet him ect.. should be exciting it will be a very good week!

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Elder Winfield

Starješina Winfield

Старешина Винфилд 

Adriatic North Mission