Yesterday, a great leap was made for the group here in Nitra ("group" as in "not big enough to be a branch"). It was the first time that the group, which was started only 8 months ago, called a group leader (the equivalent to a Bishop or Branch President) from one of the actual members there! President Fabiano Gritti is an amazing man that was baptized only three years ago. This man is exactly what Nitra, especially Slovakia, needs. President Tychon from the Czech Republic came down yesterday morning to interview Brat Gritti and call him as our new leader. Only 10 people (4 members, 4 missionaries, 1 investigator, and Brat Tychon) were present but the spirit was so powerful as we listened to Brat Csicso (His Hungarian has to be translated into Slovak by another member as he speaks!) and Brat Tychon give remarkable talks on both Christ and hastening the work. We
are a humble piece of the church but it is a piece that really has some big potential to grow, its very exciting.
Today we have a meeting with President Gritti to teach him everything about how to run everything. He is a brilliant man. Before he was baptized he had already read all of the standard works of the church (he might have read them all twice), he speaks English, Italian, and Slovak, he is an Italian Literature and History teacher at one of the local universities, has a wife and a son (not members... yet), has published several books, and is currently working on becoming a Professor which is really hard here in Slovakia. He has a very busy life so we will still help him in every way we can with running the branch.
Well its time to finish but things are looking good here in Nitra right now :).
Ahoj!
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