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Wild Wild Bucuresti

6 Month Dinner!

Yo yo yo what is up???? This week was pretty wild!

Tuesday was my 6 MONTH MARK!!!!!! And it was a wild one. We went over to this one lady's house named Axenia and while we were teaching her about the Book of Mormon, we get a call from a random number and it turns out to be an investigator of our Zone Leaders and he called us about the weirdest things ever. He was super hard to understand and we did not know why he was so angry so that was a weird way to spend that lesson. The lesson ended well and it set up for her to read 3 Nephi 11 for our next lesson which is exciting. We then went and got our 6 MONTH dinner at a place called White Lion and that was a super fun way to eat dinner. We then finished our evening burning a tie to commemorate 6 MONTHS in the country (because Elder Ward also hit his 6 MONTH MARK). However, the burning went pretty badly and it left a awful smell in our apartment...totally worth it though haha.

Burning a tie to celebrate 6 months.


Wednesday was a pretty average day. I had a contacting party with some Orthodox theology students and that was a party....but I stayed firm to what I believed and did not let them fool me into any trap so that was awesome. It was also Pi Day so we bought a lot of circular foods because we couldn't find any pies haha.
PIE!


Thursday was a pretty hard day overall. We had 2 lessons set up with people but they both fell through and that was a bummer. Then, I got into a heated contacting session with a Jehovah's Witness. I left that bash feeling like absolute crap and it was rough. I once again stood firm in my faith and did not let the person's hate and opinion get to me. But it was super hard because he was saying that everything I knew was wrong and that I don't know the scriptures at all. Well, I am not perfect but I have faith in my Savior Jesus Christ and I have a knowledge that He loves me. And He knows that I am on this mission for the right reason and He will be there for me. That is my testimony and it will stand strong.

Friday was essentially just like Thursday as in that we got bunged twice more and contacting was pretty rough. It was a hard day but you have to push through the pain!! We had a really good games night though!! And we were able to get a great friend out of it in a man named Bogdan! We invited him to church and he said he would totally try and come so that was sweet!!!

Saturday was another meh day. We had a lesson set up with a guy named Ralf, but turns out he can't meet up anymore cause his parents forbid him from talking with people about religion. So we won't be able to talk with him ever and now I am super sad cause he had so much potential and now that is not going to happen. But he is still a great guy and I hope for the best for him!!!
Pig Billboard in Bucuresti

Sunday was District Conference and it was super awesome! We ended up having our friend Bogdan there and turns out he loved it!! He said he felt super great and that he's now super interested in what we believe. He wants to come to church every Sunday and every games night so we are super pumped! We are going to meet up with him and bring him to BAPTISM!!!!!
That basically summed up our Sunday and our long and tiring week.

I miss you all and hope for only the best from you all!! Keep rocking the world!! Keep the fire burning!!!!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen

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