10/9/23

 Bună Bună!!

Highlights:

-Lesson with our friend Irina, gave her a Book of Mormon and we're excited to teach her again!!

-ZONE CONFERENCE!!! We headed to București this week!! We actually had sleeper trains this time so that's lit!!! Left Arad at 8:30 Wednesday night and got into Buc at 8:30 in the morning!! I really liked everything that was shared and especially our mission president. It's just so crazy that every time he councils the whole mission there is always something that specifically helps with the problems that I'm facing. 

-Got to see Sora Reynolds at the gară!!!! #bestdayever

-Went streeting and met Ovidiu. He actually said yes to hear our message about the atonement (I was floored), and then we invited him to church and he came!! We taught him the first lesson and gave him a book of mormon!! He said he wants to keep coming to church!! And later he texted us later asking why we stopped to talk to him. We said that God let us to him. He said thinks the same!! I'm excited to maybe meet with him this week.

-The weather is finally getting cooler!! I'm so excited to break out all my sweaters haha.

Not-so-Highlights:

-um so that sleeper train??? Yeah we almost got bedbugs from it. But luckily Heavenly Father knows Sora Hansen could not do bed bugs so I was able to find one of the bugs right when got home and we should be in the clear now 🤪

Funny: 

A member în our branch came in with a big box of pill bottles? She starts handing them out and telling everyone it's collagen and that we all need to take them. We all started looking and realized they are postpartum supplements? I have no clue why she had them, why she wanted us all to have them, and also why did she give them to all the men too????? Habar n-am!

Gând Spiritual:

One thing Președintele Fowler shared during Zone Conference really resonated with me. He talked to us about "patient confidence". And I really love this phrase. Because I think often Patience is associated with sitting still or waiting. But it's not Patience is about doing what you can in this moment and not worrying about how fast or slow you maybe moving. I then especially love the "confidence" part of the equation. This is when faith comes in. Having confidence while being patient means to me that while yes we aren't to worried about the end goal coming right now, we are confident that it will come some day. And with this confidence we are always ready and looking for that next step. 

I don't know if this made any sense at all, but I love this thought, and know that this is what God asks of us. He asks us to trust him, to put faith in him, and then to have patience, knowing with confidence that his timing is right, and being sure not miss what he be laying out for you.

Vă iubesc pe voi toți!!

Sora Hansen