Înghețată este cea mai bună!!!

Bună Bună tuturor!! 

I never know how to start these so I'll just get into it...

Highlights:

-Our last P-Day with Elder Spencer!! He wanted to go to a bunch of ice cream shops in the city, so we did that and got then got pizza!! It was soooo good!

-We had new people at our English class!! One of them was very interested in why we are here so maybe there's a lead there!! 

-Talked with a family during street contacting that seem interested!! They also want to come to our English class, so hopefully we'll see them there this week and talk to them more. 

-SHAORMA!!!!!!!!!!

-Had a fire family home evening with the Ions, the other family did not come though (other than one of the little girls) but it was still so good! We just talked about the restoration, had a fun object lesson, and then cookies!! It was a party!! 

-Saturday we weren't even trying to street contact we were just outside studying and then decided to eat lunch there. I started praying and then hear a voice say, "ceva religios??" (Something religious?) I open my eyes and this guys was gesturing to the pamphlets I had. I was like yeah sure, and gave it to him and he walked away... it was pretty hilarious, but hey maybe he'll give us a call sometime!! 

-On Sunday we decided to do a little primary-like lesson. We have one kid who comes to church with his family and has to sit in the adult Sunday school because we don't have anything else. He is always so rambunctious and somewhat disruptive, but I don't blame him!! Adult Sunday school is boring for me sometimes!! Sora Olsen and I can't be alone with him, but we set up a table in the back of the room and did a little mini lesson and gave him a coloring page. He was so excited!! And so proud of his artwork! He walked out showing it to everyone. It was so cute!! We've decided we're going to make it a regular thing. 

- Also on Monday we found our new favorite ice cream shop and went 2 more times haha. 

Some not so highlights:

-Literally every lesson we had this week fell through. I didn't realize how much I've been thriving on having those interactions!! Luckily they all wanted to still meet with us so we have them scheduled for this week!

- Friday was hard. We went street contacting and no one would talk to us. We had our games night, and no one came. So we did 2 hours of social media work and not one person I messaged responded back to me. It was definitely discouraging. But luckily it's not like that everyday!! So we just got to keep on keeping on haha. 

Funny:

-On Thursday at our FHE we were at the Ions house, and we were trying to see if we could get our friends to come, so we called them. Now I had the lovely opportunity to make this call. Here's the problem though, we really needed to make sure we contacted them and got all the information, so I needed to have it on speaker so Sora Olsen could also hear and help me out. So we call and I'm stumbling on what to say back. All of sudden everyone there is trying to tell me what to say and all yelling at me in Romanian... it was not helpful to say the least. The only person I wanted to hear was Sora Olsen, and I couldn't. But somehow we made it through the call!!! Needless to say, I've learned my lesson and will not be taking a call on speaker phone in front of Romanians again...

Gând Spiritual:

"As His followers, we are His peculiar people, called to proclaim His virtues, promoters of the peace so generously offered through Him and His atoning sacrifice. This peace is a gift promised to all who turn their hearts to the Savior and live righteously; such peace gives us the strength to enjoy mortal life and enables us to endure the painful trials of our journey."

- Elder Soares (April 2023) 

I have been continuing to go through all the conference talks again in personal study and I really love this quote I read this week. "This peace" he talks of, is why I'm here. I am so thankful for this gospel and I know the role it has taken in my life. I thank Heavenly Father everyday for the opportunity I have to know, and have a testimony of it. I want others to have the opportunity I've had, and to help them find the peace that comes with it! 

Vă Iubesc!! 

Sora Hansen