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Hey guys this was a crazy week on so many levels!!!!

Tuesday was a pretty packed day. We had 3 lessons with 3 investigators and they all went well. Our first was with Mihai and we helped him try and get back on that path towards baptism. He's been kinda flaky and this lesson was to really help him get back on track. We then had a lesson with Victoria and this was one of the highlights. We taught her about the Restoration and reestablished those expectations that we have for her. Turns out she has read from the Book of Mormon and is starting to see the similarities of the Bible and the Book of Mormon. She is starting to really progress and only big things are going to happen. We then taught Catalin a little about faith. This is what we really want to focus with him if he is ever going to progress any time soon. Overall, it was a bomb day!
Am I real?


Wednesday we had a slightly worse day as we only had 2 lessons to teach. The first was with Mihai again and we kept talking about his coffee problem and read Ether 12:6 with him. We really need to emphasize how even though hard things are difficult to get through, with time things will be okay. That was the focus and I think it really helped him overall. Our second lesson was a man named Dragos who comes to English and wants to know about our church. So we taught the Restoration and it went really well!
 
Forest

Awesome trees

Thursday we had an even worse day because we only had 1 lesson to teach...this time with our other Mihai. This was really a rebuild lesson because he has fallen away a little bit because some things contradict his beliefs. So we watched President Monson's talk on the Book of Mormon and discussed how the Book of Mormon is God's evidence that His church has been restored to the earth. If the Book of Mormon is true, then Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the restored church of God upon the earth. And because we connected these dots, he was able to understand a little better and he said he would read it again to know if it true. Simplicity and boldness equal a great missionary lesson!!!

Friday we had a pretty normal day for the most part. We had a cool language study where we watched the World Cup! The commentary was in Romanian so we had to listen closely to hear things we knew. It was actually a really fun time and I enjoyed it a lot!! And then we go home and we think the night is fine until we get a call from President Hettinger. So transfers are happening and I am not staying in Pitesti any longer. I will be going back to my former domain of Bucuresti to finish some unfinished business. So that was my shock of the night, but I'm not upset. I've done some great things here in Pitesti and I have helped turn this city around from a hard place to one of the most successful cities in the mission. President called me a legend here in Pitesti and now I must spread that fire to Bucuresti. What a night haha.
Language study with the World Cup


Saturday was a very chill day. I was able to say goodbye to some people who I wouldn't be able to see and that was pretty fun. Nothing much really happened though, so we watched another World Cup game for language study. Gotta get it in somehow haha.

Me and Alina, the only young woman in the branch (there aren't many youth). She wanted a picture with me, haha

Me and Daniel

Lucian

Vlad

Sunday was a really rough day because I was expecting to see 7 investigators at church, but instead, I saw 7 total people at church and no investigators. It was pretty sad to say the least, but that's life here in Romania. But afterwards, I was called by Victoria and she wanted to say goodbye because she wouldn't be able to see me before I left. So that was a fun conversation and was the highlight of the day. Now I'm chilling one last time in Pitesti before I leave for Bucuresti on Tuesday.

I love you all and I hope this week is the best!! NU FRECAȚI MENTA!!!!!!! //DB – This means literally “Don’t rub the mint” but means don’t waste time, I guess 😊

Vă iubesc,
Elder Bowen
and here's a fun little video from a few weeks back with Cole and his companion on a sketchy elevator...

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