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HEYYY THIS WEEK WAS AWESOMEEE!!!!!

Tuesday we had 1) A lot of snow.... and 2) WE GOT A BAPTISMAL DATE!!!!! We had a lesson with this man named Bogdan and he was super awesome and everything was awesome! We met him at a games night and then he came to church and wanted to learn more so we met up with him. We taught him the Restoration and he absolutely loved it. He felt the Spirit super strongly and mentioned to us that he really wants to change. So we told him about how we can be made clean and forgiven through repentance and baptism for the remission of sins. He absolutely loved that and said he would for sure be baptized. So we set up a baptismal date for April 21 so please pray for Bogdan because this path is the one true path back to our Heavenly Father. All the missionaries we told were super pumped and everyone absolutely loves this man and his decision to be baptized.
 
SNOW


Wednesday we had a lesson with our friends Daria and Andreea with the other sister missionaries and we had a super great lesson about the Plan of Salvation with them. Andreea was very sensitive to the Spirit and asked great great questions while Daria was really weird and just didn't make sense. The lesson went great though and we gave them over to the other missionaries for them to work their magic. We then went over to a member's place named Familia Mustata. They are a wonderful family and very strong in the gospel. We talked about 2 Nephi 31 and how the Gospel of Jesus Christ is how we can receive eternal life. It was a great time with them and I enjoyed every second of it (plus they have this cute kid named Matei and he is soooo amazing haha).

Thursday we went over to another member's house named Fratele Socaciu and that was a great time as well. We talked about 2 Nephi 31 as well and he really enjoyed the part about enduring to the end. We need to keep living in harmony with the gospel of Jesus Christ in order to receive eternal life in the end. As an 80 year old man, he was pretty awesome and I enjoyed our time with him.

Friday we talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and how we can use that in the conversion process with our investigators. It was a really good day and I enjoyed our discussions in district meeting about the Book of Mormon in general.

Saturday we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders so I was with someone named Elder Krieger. We had a really good day and I learned a lot. I keep continually learning of how big a role I play in teaching situations and how I need to step up to the plate. I did not realize that my words are just as powerful as my companions, regardless of the situation. Elder Krieger mentioned that to me and it was probably the biggest thing that stuck on our exchange. He mentioned that the Spirit is strong in the words I say and that I shouldn't ever back down from speaking from the heart. It was a pretty awesome day!


Downtown Bucuresti



Sunday was ELDER WARD'S BIRTHDAY! So that was fun had a great time overall. We taught Bogdan again and this time we taught about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that was a really good lesson. He is continually growing in his faith and that is a sign of his awesome conversion to the message with have to share. That was the best birthday gift for Elder Ward (except my Rubix cube for him was a pretty close second haha).

I love you and miss you all and hope you are all rocking the world! Keep the fire burning!!!!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen

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