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| 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 talk!
Instead, Elder Dixon and I drank our sorrows away with hot chocolate from this
pretty cool coffee shop so that was a plus haha. We turned the day around
though with some pretty good contacting and conversations with people.
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| Sausages |
Friday was probably our most productive day because we
actually had a lesson!! It was with this man named Radu who we met on the
street. He only wants to talk in English (even though he isn't the best English
speaker) and we just taught him the Restoration. He was really into what we
were saying and because he wanted us to speak in English, we had to speak very
simplified and short to help him understand. It ended very well and he wants to
keep meeting up with us. We gave him a Book of Mormon and we will see how that
goes. We then finished the night calling people and trying to set up for
lessons next week. In doing so, we ended up having this conversation with this
girl named Maria who is going through a lot of stuff at the moment. She just
told us everything going on and we were able to testify of ways to help, such
as the Book of Mormon, prayer, and our lessons. She said she would totally be
up to it once she gets back into Galati in May...So we have a potential
investigator, but only when May comes haha.
Saturday was a very stressful day in general. We had to
teach English for 2 classes and those both were pretty rough. Not many people
showed up and it was quite awkward. We then had to prepare a lot of stuff for
our Christmas play and that was really frustrating because we were given a lot
of stuff to deal with. However, we managed to get everything ready for the
program and it all ended very well. We had a Muslim English student come which
was cool and a less-active member brought her boyfriend along which was pretty
sweet! We then had a huge dinner together and it was super fun!
Sunday was a chill day. I had to give a talk in Sacrament
meeting and that was quite a thrill. I talked about humility and made it as
simple as possible with my Romanian. But it was super great and I could feel
the Spirit strongly as I testified of the gospel. Not much else happened but it
was a solid day overall.
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| The Branch Nativity |
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| My Joseph Costume and the baby Jesus |
While this week was a pretty rough one, I still had the
opportunity to do a lot. I read the scriptures a whole lot this week and I was
in the amazing Jesus chapters in 3 Nephi 11-30. Reading the words of Jesus to
the Nephites is so powerful because every verse is so meaningful. However, I
felt the Spirit the most reading 3 Nephi 30:2. It is essentially everything
Jesus taught, His Gospel, in one verse. We must have faith in Christ, repent of
all our wrongdoings, come unto Christ, be baptized in his name, receive the Holy
Ghost, and endure to the end and we will live in the mansions of heaven that
God has promised us.
I hope your weeks are super awesome and the next time you
hear from me, it'll be CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Have faith in the Lord, trust in the
Lord, rejoice in the Lord!
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| Me and Elmo! |
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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