Hey everyone!! sounds like you all had a great week!!! I loved all the pictures! they look great! Everyone seems to be rocking it at life! I like to hear that! keep it up! Well the past couple of days have been pretty good!

1- Well we were team teaching this girl in Bucuresti with the other set of sisters in the city. She was super cool and told me last sunday that she wanted to be a missionary! We were really excited to work with her. We taught her on Thursday and she seemed to understand what we were teaching but had some random questions but after she said she wanted to be baptized but don't plan anything! So we tried not to get our hopes up. She wanted to be baptized this upcoming Thursday. She had to come to church yesterday to be qualified to be baptized. Well Saturday night we called her and she said she was coming to church. Well.... Sunday at 10... nothing.. We call her... the conversation went something like.. "I am not coming to church- its not my religion- I don't want to get baptized." I did not realized how high my hopes were until they were crushed. But it is ok. Mergem inainte! It was a bummer but I have faith someday she will be baptized! 

2- We had English Class this week. Super funny and awkward! This guy in his 30's comes to our class. We had this lesson plan all ready and he starts asking us questions about ourselves and if any of our missionaries have fallen in love with Romanian men. So funny. We said we are missionaries so no we don't fall in love with anyone here. In conclusion we basically just talked about American Holidays and us-- ha We teach the advanced class so everyone knows english really well. They then asked about Christmas songs and we were talking about Romanian Christmas traditions. Well thankfully I practiced their special Christmas song in the hymn book the day before because we then sang it for class haha so random. my life..... they then argued about what color my eyes were.. ha green!

3- We have also been participating in the very fun activity of Block Knocking. In American terms apartment knocking. So funny- I know that in America.. this form of missionary work is all long gone now that they use facebook and all that good stuff.. but here we go back to the basics. We have to get past the code on the outside of the apartment buildings and buzz ourselves in. We then start at the top floor and we usually go with elders because it is safer that way.... and then we knock all the doors as we descend down all the floors! Usually an apartment building consists of about 50 ish doors usually about 10 people answer their doors and then maybe about 2 people will talk to us!! It is like a game show... NEVER know what is behind the door!!! ha door number one: women with a crazy dog, door number two: man who has to run put some clothes on! number three: crazy old grandma yelling at you to get out of the block!!! ha I should be tough as nails when I get back home! 

4- To just kind of sum up the situation here in Romania.... here is a little preview for you all. We had a lady come to help with the primary program - her husband works at the embassy so she has lived her for a couple years. Well we were needing to translate for her. Well we walk into the office of the branch president and he says "well unfortunately we dont have any one of the primary presidency here today...... and we have NO children here so... you will have to come back another sunday." I guess that the church was up a few years ago before Romania joined the European Union but once they joined a lot of members left to other countries for better jobs and living situations. So the church is baby here! But I love it! honestly. I went to young womens the other day and I completely forgot that mutual and all of those programs exist back in the states! this church is amazing!! But Ya I remember watching the Joseph Smith movie when he tells Brigham young that they are not just building a temple but that God was building them! That is what I feel like- I am being built by the hand of God. I really love the scripture where Alma talks about how he wishes he could cry repentance to all but he realizes a couple verses later that he should be content with what he has. That is what I am finding out how to do! Just enjoy what I have!!! I love my mission!! 

5- I am going to the national Soccer Game tomorrow night!! Greece Verses Romania!!! Whoever wins is going to the World Cup!! I can't wait! 

6- Transfer Boards are this week! Wish me luck!

Have a great week!! I love you all so much! keep the faith:) Read the good word zilnic!! :) 

va iubesc!! 

Sora Abby Polatis