Buna Buna!!!
I cannot believe another week has gone by! Time is going by so quickly! It's been another great week! It has absolutely been a little more rough than the first few, but still great. It's been increasingly difficult to meet with our investigators. We had only one lesson this week. We had more set up, but they weren't there when we came over. This seems to happen often here. The lesson we did have was really wonderful though. Her name is Cristina and she is in the branch here in Arad. Oh my goodness! Okay. On Sunday, A less active member came in and she brought with her an entire family. This family came and spoke to us after sacrament meeting and they want us to teach them! Perfect? Yes. We're excited. Super excited!
We've been doing a lot of contacting this week and it's been... an adventure to say the least. haha:) I actually love it. You meet some people here in Romania you can only dream about in the states. The majority of the people here are so kind and are at least willing to listen for a minute. And then there are the others who want to do nothing more than freak you out. For example, we met a man on Thursday that listened to what we said for a minute, and then went on telling us how he was " not from this world" and that this world was finished. He yelled a looooot. Sora DeRuvo and I were so ready to get out of there almost the whole time! We said bye, and then started walking away really fast when he called out to us to come back. We turned around to see that Sora DeRuvo had left her purse on the bench is our rush to leave. hahaha. Oh my gosh, that was a good day.
Hey, I hope everyone had a good fourth of July! It was strange to not be in the States for that. For us it was pretty much just a normal day, with the exception that our Elders made us BBQ chicken and baked beans for dinner. SO GOOD. The best part though was trying to watch them ignite the grill with nothing but butane, coal and a lighter... Talk about fireworks..We ended up using the stove.
We are so looking forward to this next week. Sora DeRuvo and I have set some pretty intense ( but realistic of course!) contacting goals. We also get to start teaching that family we met at church. yay! Oh and this week we're going to start looking for a new apartment. Did I mention we're moving already? We are. The apartment we curently have is cute. But it's in a pretttttty sketch part of town. There have also been a few problems with mold. So we get to move. We're planning on moving closer to the center of the city.
Okay, I'm going to leave you with a quote I've had in my mind this eniiiiitire week with it being a little rough and all
it was from a BYU Idaho devotional we had a few years ago from... I think one the professors. He said
"Govern your mind unceasinlgly- Never become discouraged". Things get rough, things fall apart, Things don't work out. But I'm learning more and more everyday that it's always up to us to keep our outlook and state of mind intact. No one can break that but us! Do not become discouraged!
I love you all so much! I am so greatful everyday for such a wonderful and loving family. Thank you so much!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Sora Ralls
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