We don't have much time today, so this might have to be a shorter email. But we've had yet another amazing week!
We've gained 3 new investigators this week... All of which have baptismal dates! Two more for March 30th (we've had to move all the baptismal dates to March 30th because all of the presiding authority won't be available on the 29th), and one more for April 12th.
Our first two are Nicoleta and her son Adrian. Nicoleta just walked into church last Sunday. Apparently she know's Elena Pavel, and decided to come see what "her church was all about". We got Nicoleta's phone number, and met with her on Tuesday. Elena Pavel came with us and was a huge help. It's so nice when our investigators already have a friend in the church.
After just a few minutes, Nicoleta's 27 year old son, Adrian walked in the room and stayed for the rest of the lesson. We extended the baptismal date to both of them and they both said yes :) They are both so great! And Nicoleta is probably one of the cutest people I've ever met. She is always telling us how much she loves us :) We love her too.
Our other new baptismal date is Georgeta. She also lives in Feldiora. We were on our way to Elena Dumitru's when we ran into her. She was chopping wood in her yard. We had a few extra minutes, so we offered to help. Thank goodness she said no, because frankly neither one of us know how to chop wood.... But we did end up talking with her for a bit, and then we asked if we could return and talk with her after our lesson with Elena. She agreed.
We came back about an hour later, and the elders came with us. We didn't have much time before our bus back to Brasov left, so we just discussed the basics, and the Book of Mormon. We extended the baptismal date, and then taught her to pray. We asked her to say the prayer at the end, and she did it! However, she didn't say it out loud. We just saw her lips moving, so we kept our eyes closed for about 5 minutes as she prayed. When she finished she told us that she "didn't want to open her eyes because she felt so good". She has a little problem with smoking, so her baptismal date is set to April 12th to give us a little more time to work things out :)
Things here in Feldiora are just bumpin. Yesterday we had 52 people at church. Some of us had to stand because there are not enough seats anymore. How awesome of a problem is that? It's the biggest congregation I've been in... and it's not even a branch yet. Most of them are investigators or friends or family of members.
Brasov is doing great too! Cristina Mesco from the branch is now practically BEST friends with Adriana. :) She came to a lesson with us last week, and after the lesson they went over to the couch and just had girl talk for like an hour. It's perfect :) They didn't come to church yesterday though because they were in Moldova. But hopefully they'll be there next week!
On Thursday we had an exchange! I went to Feldiora with Sora Peterson, and Sora Barrera did some work here in Brasov with Sora Bischoff :) Both those sisters are amazing! And it's always so fun to show new people the city.
On Saturday night, Sora Barrera was not feeling well, and wasn't sure she could make it to church. So we organized our first split! Sora Barrera stayed at home with Sister Powell (Sister Powell is AMAZING), and I went out with Ema Miron. Ema is in her last year of high school, and has been thinking of a mission so she was excited to come on the split. She was such a great help! And it felt so natural to be her companion for the day. If she does go on a mission, she'll be great. :) She had cute questions too. Like "Can I paint my nails if I am a missionary?". It was fun :) Sora Barrera is also feeling MUCH better now. So we're happy about that :)
And that's that! We've also had some wonderful lessons with our other investigators this week. They all continue to progress which is a miracle!
Thank you for your prayers! We need them over here!
I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week!
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Sora Ralls
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