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Hey guys this week was pretty good over here in Romania!
 
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Tuesday we had a good day, even though Elder Thomson had allergy attacks that weren't fun at all. But we managed to get through the day and get on our train to Bucuresti for our exchanges with the Zone Leaders. And then a fun little added note was that we took a quick detour to the Hettinger's place for our interviews. So we had some late night interviews with President and Sister Hettinger and it was our end of our night. Everything went great and we were ready for our sweet day in Bucuresti.

Wednesday was our exchanges and I was with Elder Krieger. It was a pretty basic day of just contacting and studies because nothing was really planned for the day. But at the end of the day, we had a good review of the exchange and talked about how we can improve and rise up to the next level as the mission itself starts changing. It was a really good time and I really hope to use what I learned to my advantage in the future of my mission.

Thursday we had a cool experience where we were able to have a Skype lesson with a Romanian in Ireland! It was such a cool lesson and just interesting in general. Her name is Ana and the reason we are teaching her is because she doesn't know English and she wants to learn more about our church. So, considering we know Romanian, we were the lucky ones to teach her. We actually are the permanent teachers for her, so that is super fun and exciting.

Friday we had a cool day because we watched the youth devotional President and Sister Nelson did. It was super amazing and I felt like I was personally being targeted (mainly because the audience was 12-18 year olds and I am still 18 haha) but I really felt the Spirit strongly as we listened to the prophet speak. Now what we need to do is take what we have learned and put it into practice. That is the first big step whenever you are given advice and that is exactly what we are going to do here in Pitesti.

Saturday we had a good day, but our main focus was getting people to church. We invited probably everyone we could think of and we had a solid 7 people committed to coming to church, which is stunning! We were super excited for Sunday, but when it came around, only 1 showed up. That's Romania for you, but while we had an off church attendance, we have another week to rock the world and do it again. So my invitation to you all is to get right back up when you fall down. I don't care if it hurts, get back up and move forward. Figure out what went wrong and fix it. Work at it again and again until you succeed. That is where true success comes from. That is where true victory begins. I love you all and have a great week!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
Game Night in Pitesti!


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