December 9, 2013

Buna Buna!

This week has been soooo busy and so crazy. We've loved it!

Tuesday and Wednesday we did mainly contacting. Because we've been whitewashed in, we don't have much else to do, other than contact. It's strange having 0 investigators. Let's be real, we like contacting, but we really miss teaching! People in the West were also more willing to talk with us and let us come into their homes than they are here. Things are just quicker and busier here. 

The small branch though is absolutely amazing. The Spooners are some of the best people I've ever met... oh and they know Aunt Vivian! Which is super cool. 

On Thursday night, we took a train to Bucharest for Zone training and the zone Christmas party. It was so so so much fun! We did a tie/ scarf exchange (white elephant style), and we watched a picture slideshow. They also fed us a Christmas lunch that included ROOT BEER. Okay, that was awesome. The new mission president was also announced! His name is President Ivory, and he's the president of Ivory homes in Utah.... Sound familiar? He's very young, and he has a little son who will be living with them here. We're all really excited, and naturally a little anxious. President Hill read us a little letter from President Ivory, in which he told us that he'd talked with President Uctdorf who said that the brethren believe that Romania and Moldova are currently at a "tipping point" and that the work that's done here and now is crucial.
So after the conference we stayed in Bucharest for another, and left back to Craiova early in the morning. We had the branch Christmas party at 2:00 and made it to Craiova with 15 minutes to spare. It was only Fratele and Sora Radulescu, the Spooners and the missionaries at the Christmas party, but it was still great :) Unfortunately, we couldn't get a hold of a single less active member, or get any of our potentials to come.

Tomorrow we start English classes again! We're looking forward to that. Sora Smith and I will be teaching advanced English this transfer. Tomorrow the Spooners are also taking us out to eat. President and Sora Spooner are leaving back to America this week and won't be back until sometime in January. So we'll have a good time trying to figure out how to keep the branch going without them :)

It's insane to be serving in such a small little branch. I love it though because we are the ones who get to see the work progress from the bottom up. I can honestly  say that I really believe the church will flourish here someday. And I can say that because I'm watching the foundation be laid everyday!
Craiova is the best. My companion is the best.  Missions are the best. You guys are the best.

I love you all so so so much!

Have a wonderful week!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Sora Ralls