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Hey everyone!! This was a killer week for sure!
Piata Victoriei

Tuesday we had exchanges with the Assistants because they are in our district. I was with Elder Welling and it was a pretty good time. We did some good contacting overall at a couple different places but nothing overall crazy happened. I did have a good conversation, though, with this guy named Alex. Apparently he plays American football here in Romania, while being Romanian. Pretty crazy time for sure haha. But that was essentially the highlight of our time together.

Wednesday we had a simple day of contacting on the streets. We had success for the most part, but I didn't have any over the top conversations that led to baptism, but we are trying our best and working hard to make things work out here.
Bucharest!


Thursday we had weekly planning and had a good discussion about what makes a mission fun. I have not mastered that as I definitely have days where I'm not as happy as I possibly could be, but I've had a solid mission for sure. I think for missions to be "fun", you have to balance hard work with personal fun. You can't have a great mission with just doing fun stuff all day, everyday and not working, but you can't solely work if that is not how you have fun. I have experienced that and those days that we work all day without any huge moments to settle down and be ourselves are the days that I come home feeling not as accomplished as I truly could've been. So for all of you who want to have the most success in any sense of your life and be happy at the same time, work hard but set some time for you to be you. Anyways, we also had this really great lesson with this guy named Sorin and that was one of the highlights of the week! He is a super cool guy and willing to take the time to find the truth. He is excited to read the Book of Mormon and go from there!!
Metro!



Friday we had district council which was good and then we met with a member named Alejandro and we worked on a success formula with him. Honestly, it was pretty good and we are going to help him figure out his future!! We then had sports night and that was a pretty sweet evening!

During the weekend we had another baptism happen here in Bucuresti! Her name is Sara and it was a huge day for everyone who participated. Now it's our turn to get a baptism in Bucuresti I guess haha. We then on Sunday had a great time at church and then had a great missionary activity with the branch later in the evening. It was super cool and we had such a fun time with everyone. Overall, it was a hard week full of hard work and good potential for the future. We're hoping to find the one ready for baptism, but for the time being, we have to work towards that goal. I love you all and hope you all have a great week! Give someone a compliment this week to show you care for them! I love you all!!!!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen

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