Highlights:
-Surprise party for Sora Reynolds last p-day!! It was full of rainbows, unicorns, ice skating and of course SUGAR! Super fun.
-Had dinner with the Oanas. No not a family. Two ladies, both named Oana. Ones a member and another is a friend we recently had to stop teaching. The two had never really talked before but became instant friends, and we are so happy!!
-Went to Ploiești this week with Sora Fowler! We visited the Sisters there, did a fire language study, visited a member who is like a crocheting pro, and headed out!!
-This amazing American family, the Hyers, invited us over for dinner for Sora Reynolds' birthday. It was so gas, we had mexican food. (I literally miss mexican food so much). But the best part of the night was that they had also invited our friend Oana as well! We hadn't told them we met with her this week but the Lord is good! For our spiritual thought at the end, we decided to read Moroni 7. It was so amazing we went through the whole chapter, and shared our thoughts/comments and Oana probably shared the most! The spirit was so strong!
- Lesson with our friend Sara!! We started reading the Book of Mormon with her and this week went over chapters 1-3 in 1 Nephi. So many good thoughts, and I just love Sara she's such a light!
-Exchange in Brașov! I had a super fun time getting to know Sora Brown and learning from her (and got to hangout with my homie Sora Ballard)!! We had a packed day with visits and lessons and the cherry on top was that Brașov's games night is on Friday's and guess what they do????? They meet at a turf field and play soccer. I was literally in heaven. My lungs were definitely about to give out after like 2 minutes of playing, but it was so worth it.
-We made a goal to amp up our games night here earlier in the week and decided to try out Human Foosball, It was a hit!!
Funny:
-Choir practice again Sunday. Let's just say we're a ragtag bunch. We have an american family of singers, our sweet member from Africa whose trying to carry the alto section (sometimes by basically screaming but it's all good), a handful of Romanian members who barely can sing the Romanian hymn, let alone the english one, and us missionaries who are trying our best (and sometimes that just means trying our best not to laugh) but hey you know I think our musical level exceeds that of a primary program, and they bring the spirit (but they are also a lot cuter than us so idk honestly they probably have us beat). But I'm excited for next week!
Gând Spiritual:
- "This call to be meek and lowly of heart—one of the few descriptions the Lord gave of Himself—that He was meek and lowly of heart—is a call to all of us as His disciples. If we can live this way, He says, we will find rest to our souls and we will discover that His yoke is easy, that His burden is light."
Sister Patricia Holland
Sora Brown and I read this talk to prep for our exchange and I loved the insight she shared with me. She has been studying meekness, and what it actually means. We use the term so different now, but to be meek does not mean a lack of power, but to have great power and control over it. I love this definition with this thought, because becoming a follower of Christ does take away our power, but instead it helps us control it, which in the end gives us more power.
Vă Iubesc și vă doresc un crăciunul atât de fericit!!!
Sora Hansen
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