მეგობრებო!
Alrighty, so here is a
great story. So first off, I broke my toe this week. Walking is not easy
or pleasant, so moving apartments this week was not easy. Oh, yeah we moved
apartments and closed down the Delisi apartment which is good because it is so
inconvenient to live to get anywhere from that apartment. Anyway. We were
staying in the Temka apartment and I woke up to Elder Healey climbing over me
on the couch to turn the lights on. Well, why was he doing that, you may
ask? Well, he woke up to a Georgian man standing in the doorway. As
it turns out, our hot-water heater was pouring out water, and it was
spilling onto our neighbors' balcony. Yay!! What a great thing to
wake up to.
Well, it took a very
long time to close down the Sabartalo apartment. There were just so many things
to do and so much stuff belonged to the missionaries that we didn't realize.
Breaking my toe happened in the middle of all this, so it wasn't super
pleasant. Whatever, sure walking is tough, but is it really work complaining
about? I've learned about how necessary the big toe is for balance and walking.
And I learned how much I balance when riding on the metro.
We also went to მცხეთა last Monday. It was fun. Very cool legends
associated with it. For example, Saint Nino prayed and a pillar floated into
place so they could finish building the church. Afterward, some healing oil
started oozing from where the pillar was. Now I don't know how much of these
legends are legitimately believed, but I do think they are cool history of this
great country.
A view from a church in Mtskheta (მცხეთა). Yes, the rivers are different colors.
A view from Mtskheta on the street -- Sister Reynolds and Elder Fisher
Elder Fisher and Sister Mercer
Missionaries at Mtskheta
Mtskheta
So, I don't have a
good connective experience with this but it is important. The first Article of
Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is: "We believe
in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy
Ghost." Pretty simple. One thing that is fairly unique about The Church in
this point of doctrine is that we believe they are all separate beings. We
believe that "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as
man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but
is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us."
(Doctrine & Covenants 130:22). From what we can tell, the Orthodox church
does not teach this, as they teach the doctrine of the trinity found in the
Niccean Creed. Interestingly, many Georgians do not believe what is taught in
their church when it comes to the nature of The Godhead. They don't get this
belief from anywhere, it just makes sense to them. It makes sense to me too.
Not only that but I know it to be true. Again, we teach some bold doctrine in
the Church, but I hold it to be true. Millions of others do as well. Read and
pray and see for yourself. Well anyway. See you next time.
--უხუცესი ფიშერი
A few more pictures:
A great meme courtesy of Elder Nilsson. Georgians love to play chess
My trombone! What a great find. It's not very quality, but that's ok. It will do for the next year and a half.
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