Iowa to Romania

Serious(?) picture with me and my new mug with my Mission President's face on it. (From Cole’s dad. Cole was so happy to talk today.  He wanted to thank you for all your emails, your support and friendship.  It is a huge support for him.  He loves you all and apologizes if he doesn’t respond to your emails as quickly and completely as he would like to.  He was so positive and happy.  For sure he misses home, but isn’t homesick, and is really happy with the opportunity to teach others.  He is embracing the culture, the language, and the challenges of preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in Romania.  We were so happy to hear his voice and see him face to face.  It was the best Christmas gift ever.  Now on to his letter) Cole in Iowa!  At least on the computer. Merry Christmas everybody!! I love you all and I hope you have an awesome day! My week was pretty great so listen up! Tuesday, we went over to Sora Delia's house and sh...

Hot Chocolate! Hello everybody! This week was an interesting week but it was still great! Tuesday was a very beautiful day in Galati. For some reason, Galati was thinking it was not winter. But I am not complaining haha. But other than the weather, the day was pretty rough. We had 3 lessons planned but only one worked out and that lesson was a very awkward, rough lesson. But we pressed through and started English back up again. However, not many people even came to English and that was pretty awkward. But oh well! Wednesday we visited a member named Sora Prada because she has been having some health problems lately. She went down to Bucharest which was a good for her. But other than that, we really didn't have much go on. Just a simple day for us missionaries. Thursday we had a lesson scheduled with this Atheist but he ended up cancelling and it made all 3 of us frustrated. Us because another lesson fell through and the Atheist because he actually wants to meet and...

Heyyyy my week was pretty long and fun so listen up!! Teach everyone, right? Tuesday I finally became legal in Romania!! We finally finished my visa work which was a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. Because of visa stuff, we had an extremely long and busy day which was not the greatest thing in the world but it means we were doing missionary work right. A busy missionary is a good missionary! Wednesday was a simple day overall. We were able to go over to Sora Delia's house and talk with her about our Christmas play that is going on. The fun part about that trip was I learned that I am Joseph for our Nativity play...Honestly quite weird but hey I need to serve my branch and I guess I need to be Joseph to accomplish that haha. She is also very impressed with how my Romanian is coming along. I called her to set up the appointment that day and she was so surprised that I was the one calling. She said I spoke beautifully and I felt good about that. Thursday was a big conta...

Hey hey hey! This week was super awesome and very eventful so listen up! The Galati Elders Winder, Thomson, Bowen, Dixon Taken as Winder and Thomson are heading out. Tuesday  was a pretty cold day in Galati to say the least. We resorted to showing the Light the World video   (go see it is really well done) to people in blocks which was nice but people weren't the most receptive. However, we did end up meeting with this less active member at her home and we spent some time talking to her. Her name is Emelia and she told us how she's really struggling with family and her living situations. We send all members and investigators a small spiritual thought everyday and she told us that our texts have really helped her. The Lord really does bless us in the small and simple things so let that motivate you to do the small things even if they aren't the easiest things. We finished the night with English and we gave them a simple thought about hope. Hope requires faith wh...