Hey Family!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA ROUNDS!! Wahoo 91 years old!
Some highlights:
Funny Story:
So I am sitting on the bus going to the church and this guy about 30ish is sitting across from me and he keeps staring at me.. which is kind of normal.. (the whole name tag thing makes us stick out) He then gets up and sits next to me and says in Romanian "Can I give you a compliment?" I just said "uh sure?" ha he then says "You are so so beautiful! I am sorry but I must say it because it is true!" He then asked me what I was doing in Romania.. I said I was a missionary... and all that.. He then reaches out to shake my hand "my name is Ionut" ... Me: "Sora Polatis" He then WOULDN'T let go of my hand. He then says "Can I kiss you hand?" I just said no thanks and then I started looking around for someone to give my seat to. ha Sora Peterson was dying she thought it was super funny! I was just afraid he was going to kiss me! haha
Block knocking:
So I have really started to like block knocking..kind of.. ha. It is THE form of contacting during these winter months. So First of you have to ring into the block... surprisingly random people let us in! So one night this week we went and we met this sweet girl! We are super excited to meet with her. She was super open about the gospel and she really has no idea who God is so we are excited to help her out with that!
Also we had block wars! I will explain. So we as a district go together and we have score cards.
5 points if someone looks through the peep hole
10 points if they say something to you
20 if you give them something
just random more points for things and then
100 points if you actually get a lesson.
So of course Sora Peterson and I want to win. I am still very competitive even with missionary things! ha Well at the beginning we are getting absolutely NO LOVE. People are telling us to leave them in peace and yelling at us through the door it is so funny directly translated into English they are yelling through the door "Who?!" Us: Sister Missionaries! Them: "Who?!" Us: a little louder... The missionaries!" ha It was not quite working.... Well we have been working on memorizing scriptures so we thought of one that we could use at the door 3 Nephi 5:13. So after about 20 doors and no one talking with us.. it was then my turn and I was going to use the scripture. So a man opened the door and I say "Good evening we are called of God to declare his word among this people." It was so COOL! The guy actually talked to us and recognized who we were. He had come to English class the year before! So we had a lesson right out there in the hall! We were testifying and bringing out scriptures.. The elders argued it wasn't a lesson because we didn't start and end with a prayer... but kind of awkward to do when block knocking... in conclusion....WE WON!! and we are going to keep in contact with him and he has a family!! So it was super sweet!
Baptism:
We had the cutest little boy in our branch get baptized this week! He is such a gem! Such a strong testimony! We only have 2 kids in our branch so it is so cute! (normal.. they will probably have to marry each other) haha just kidding! But so Sora Peterson and I were assigned to make brownies because the little boy loves brownies and it was also his birthday so we took on the assignment. I felt like it was preparing me to be a mom.. because while everyone was enjoying the talks before the baptism - Sora and I were in the kitchen cutting up all of our brownies. But it was great. We took out the brownies.. you would have thought that no one had eaten a brownie before in their whole entire life. The men here love women that can cook.. So our branch president comes up to us with brownie in hand and says... "you two girls are marriageable!" ha we were dying.. everyone was coming up to us and telling us how great we are... the secret is SUGAR! the romanian desserts don't have sugar so when they try american stuff they love it so much! ha
Lesson:
We had a lesson with our investigator before she took off for Malta. We just had a really clarifying lesson and it came to the point where she really didn't believe that our church is the ONLY true church. She asked "Well how do you guys know that your church is the only true church." I then said -"When God and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith they told him that none of the other churches were true." She was thrown off a little bit when I said that... it was very bold and of course cuts pretty hard to someone that believes their church is true. But it ended well... We bore testimony of the truthfulness and she said she would continue reading the Book of Mormon and praying. So we will see! We might try to do skype lessons.
Studying:
I have been studying all about the atonement this week. Wow.. I knew NOTHING before my mission. I have been listening to talks and reading in the Book of Mormon and Jesus the Christ. It is so amazing! God and Jesus Christ are the most merciful, compassionate, loving, amazing beings. We are so lucky to have the gospel in our lives to have access to the atonement of Jesus Christ. The atonement is not just when we mess up.. The enabling power of the atonement can help us everyday become better. It gives us the strength to do hard things and to make good people better. I have just really been touched this week by the goodness of our God. He truly loves us and wants us back. His plan is perfect. We are so lucky! There is hope for a better world. Even though we have trials... it is God's way of getting us back to Him. I don't know if this all makes sense. but just know that I know that God loves us.
I love you family so much! Thanks for being great! Thank you for all the love and support that you all give me as I am in Romania.. I could not have done it with out all of you having my back and always believing in me. Keep being great! This gospel is so amazing! I love you all so so much! Have a great week!!
va iubesc!
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| Sora Gorzo--I'm still the favorite |
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| A wonderful baptism!! |
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