This week we visited a lot of members.
President Ivory came to the Ploiesti branch and bore his testimony and
taught third hour in Romanian. It is pretty incredible, he is a great
example to us of someone that is 100 percent dedicated to these people
and this mission. We talked about the need to strengthen the members
here, so many of them have sacrificed so much for this church. These
people are the pioneers of the church here in Romania and I am so
humbled to have the opportunity to serve them.
We met with a
in-active woman this week and we discussed the Book of Mormon. She bore
her testimony and she said "when I read it, I felt it was true" wow was
that refreshing hear. I know that Heavenly Father gave me and Sora Allen
that experience to remind us that there are people here in Romania,
ready for this gospel and that through the Book of Mormon they will find
the truth.
This week we did a lot of English Contacting,
this means walking up to the people on the street and just telling them
we teach free English, our zone leaders challenged us to get as many
numbers as we can from people so that we can call them today and remind
them about English. Being the insanely competitive person I am, I got
way into this. One day after about 2 hours of walking around just asking
people for their phone numbers we took a break. It just hit me, I
thought who would have thought that at 19 years old I would be walking
around Ploiesti, Romania offering free English classes to random people
on the street and having conversations with them in Romanian? That is
nuts, but I am doing it and I am LOVING it.
This email is a
little short I am sorry. But let me just tell you how much I love the Romanian people. These people are strong, they are resilient, they are
incredibly, frustratingly stubborn, but at the same time they are so
loving. Rarely do you walk into a Romanian's home without being offered
food and juice. I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to be here
for this opportunity I have to share my testimony of my savior Jesus
Christ with those choice spirits that the Lord has prepared.
I love you all! Thank you so much for the prayers and the kind emails!
Va iubesc!
Sora Armstrong
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