Heyyyy my week was pretty long and fun so listen up!!
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 contacting day for us. We didn't have much planned for the day so we hit the streets and tried to talk to people. We found a lot of success because of that! We met this man named Vasile and we ended up talking to him for 2 hours about religion and we taught him the first lesson which ended very well. We gave him a Book of Mormon and we hope he turns out to be awesome. We finished the night by essentially getting Bible bashed by this man named George. He is a super nice man but he wanted to meet up and say how the Book of Mormon is not true and has false stuff in it. Well Elder Dixon and I are witnesses that he did not get very far. We bore our testimonies of the Book of Mormon and stopped him in his tracks. We invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know that it is true. I know the Book of Mormon is true and my testimony stands no matter what people say.
Friday would have been district meeting but because we are a 2 man city, that didn't happen. But we did plan out our week and organized everything on a cute little whiteboard. We also had a lesson with this woman named Liliana and it went quite well. We read the Book of Mormon with her and we hope she continues to read as well.
Saturday was pretty simple as we started preparing our English classes which will be difficult with only 2 elders. But we will make things work as we always do. We practiced for the Christmas program and turns out I just stand there which is super nice!! Still very weird being Joseph but oh well haha. We also met this man named Paul on the street and we talked for only 5 minutes but we invited him to church.
Sunday was a very quality day to begin with. At church, we had 16 people come which was super awesome for Galati. Paul and his son Andrei came and they said they really enjoyed church and want to keep coming each week and they want to know how to become members!!! So we are hopefully going to meet up with him more and prepare him for baptism! I was also called to be the 2nd counselor in the Branch Presidency which is pretty scary especially if I have to conduct any meetings. (A branch is a small local church congregation. It typically has a president and two counselors who help manage the business, conduct meetings, and teach, so it is some different responsibility than he has typically had) I But it is all good. The rest of the night was a bust but it was a good day.
I want all of you to know that this church is true. Being a missionary, I have first hand experience on how the gospel, the Book of Mormon, etc. has impacted people, including myself. I implore everyone of you to read the Book of Mormon because it is super amazing and you will feel the spirit enrich your soul. Also, I invite you to serve people. Every day you wake up, wake up with the mentality that you will make a difference in the life of someone. I love you all and miss you all so much! I hope everyone is rocking life!!!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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| 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 contacting day for us. We didn't have much planned for the day so we hit the streets and tried to talk to people. We found a lot of success because of that! We met this man named Vasile and we ended up talking to him for 2 hours about religion and we taught him the first lesson which ended very well. We gave him a Book of Mormon and we hope he turns out to be awesome. We finished the night by essentially getting Bible bashed by this man named George. He is a super nice man but he wanted to meet up and say how the Book of Mormon is not true and has false stuff in it. Well Elder Dixon and I are witnesses that he did not get very far. We bore our testimonies of the Book of Mormon and stopped him in his tracks. We invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know that it is true. I know the Book of Mormon is true and my testimony stands no matter what people say.
Friday would have been district meeting but because we are a 2 man city, that didn't happen. But we did plan out our week and organized everything on a cute little whiteboard. We also had a lesson with this woman named Liliana and it went quite well. We read the Book of Mormon with her and we hope she continues to read as well.
Saturday was pretty simple as we started preparing our English classes which will be difficult with only 2 elders. But we will make things work as we always do. We practiced for the Christmas program and turns out I just stand there which is super nice!! Still very weird being Joseph but oh well haha. We also met this man named Paul on the street and we talked for only 5 minutes but we invited him to church.
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| A pretty Romania Sunset |
Sunday was a very quality day to begin with. At church, we had 16 people come which was super awesome for Galati. Paul and his son Andrei came and they said they really enjoyed church and want to keep coming each week and they want to know how to become members!!! So we are hopefully going to meet up with him more and prepare him for baptism! I was also called to be the 2nd counselor in the Branch Presidency which is pretty scary especially if I have to conduct any meetings. (A branch is a small local church congregation. It typically has a president and two counselors who help manage the business, conduct meetings, and teach, so it is some different responsibility than he has typically had) I But it is all good. The rest of the night was a bust but it was a good day.
I want all of you to know that this church is true. Being a missionary, I have first hand experience on how the gospel, the Book of Mormon, etc. has impacted people, including myself. I implore everyone of you to read the Book of Mormon because it is super amazing and you will feel the spirit enrich your soul. Also, I invite you to serve people. Every day you wake up, wake up with the mentality that you will make a difference in the life of someone. I love you all and miss you all so much! I hope everyone is rocking life!!!
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| A creepy lawn gnome we found |
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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