Hey everyone how is life!!! Cause life is a party here!!!
So I got my new companion! His name is Elder Strobel from Idaho Falls and he's a pretty chill guy. We are super excited to get work done here in Timisoara!!
Receiving Elder Strobel has been pretty great and we have been learning and growing together and we have had many opportunities to teach together. We have had lessons everyday and each one has gone very well. We taught our friend Raul about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he liked it a lot. We invited him to baptism, but he wants to ask his parents before he makes a decision just yet. He's been reading and praying, but he has not come to church and I don't think he totally understands the importance just yet. His parents have told him he can come to church but every week his parents have plans and he can't come. We are hoping to teach him the commandments this week, with an emphasis on the sabbath day and church attendance.
We also had a few Restoration lessons with a girl named Luciana and a woman named Irina. Luciana really liked the Restoration and was really excited to read the Book of Mormon. She just seems solid and we're going to meet with her tomorrow and teach her again. Then the lesson with Irina was really interesting. She came and we were talking about the Restoration and she kept asking these really good questions, whether it be the sabbath day or baptism or sacrament. It was scattered but we managed to get it back on track and testify about the Book of Mormon and how it will answer our questions. Elder Strobel shared a good verse about Jesus Christ, showing how the Book of Mormon is another testament of Him. It was pretty good and she said she would read that day. We then kept seeing her throughout the week and had an impromptu lesson about the commandments (blessings of doing companion study outside the church and on a park bench. I'm a believer now!)
Now, our last lesson we had this week was with Marius, a friend who has been coming to church for so long. We had a lesson with him and he brought up questions that have been on his mind. The big question was how can he really know that Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God. He explained that he hasn't had any personal experiences with him and he doesn't have that confirming witness of his prophetic authority. This was when the Spirit blew us all away as Elder Strobel testified that if he reads and studies the life and words of Russell M. Nelson, he will gain a witness by the Holy Ghost. The Spirit was so strong and we all were touched. I felt very proud for my young companion and his witness of the prophet Russell M. Nelson.
I have spent time praying and asking for patience and humility so I can be able to be a better teacher and example for my companion. It's super hard and frustrating at times, but I am definitely becoming a better missionary because of him and I hope he is learning and growing as well. It should be good here in Timisoara. Pray for help and support from Heavenly Father. He loves you and will give you strength to bear the burdens put upon your backs. I love you all and hope you all have a great week!!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
So I got my new companion! His name is Elder Strobel from Idaho Falls and he's a pretty chill guy. We are super excited to get work done here in Timisoara!!
Receiving Elder Strobel has been pretty great and we have been learning and growing together and we have had many opportunities to teach together. We have had lessons everyday and each one has gone very well. We taught our friend Raul about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he liked it a lot. We invited him to baptism, but he wants to ask his parents before he makes a decision just yet. He's been reading and praying, but he has not come to church and I don't think he totally understands the importance just yet. His parents have told him he can come to church but every week his parents have plans and he can't come. We are hoping to teach him the commandments this week, with an emphasis on the sabbath day and church attendance.
We also had a few Restoration lessons with a girl named Luciana and a woman named Irina. Luciana really liked the Restoration and was really excited to read the Book of Mormon. She just seems solid and we're going to meet with her tomorrow and teach her again. Then the lesson with Irina was really interesting. She came and we were talking about the Restoration and she kept asking these really good questions, whether it be the sabbath day or baptism or sacrament. It was scattered but we managed to get it back on track and testify about the Book of Mormon and how it will answer our questions. Elder Strobel shared a good verse about Jesus Christ, showing how the Book of Mormon is another testament of Him. It was pretty good and she said she would read that day. We then kept seeing her throughout the week and had an impromptu lesson about the commandments (blessings of doing companion study outside the church and on a park bench. I'm a believer now!)
Now, our last lesson we had this week was with Marius, a friend who has been coming to church for so long. We had a lesson with him and he brought up questions that have been on his mind. The big question was how can he really know that Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God. He explained that he hasn't had any personal experiences with him and he doesn't have that confirming witness of his prophetic authority. This was when the Spirit blew us all away as Elder Strobel testified that if he reads and studies the life and words of Russell M. Nelson, he will gain a witness by the Holy Ghost. The Spirit was so strong and we all were touched. I felt very proud for my young companion and his witness of the prophet Russell M. Nelson.
I have spent time praying and asking for patience and humility so I can be able to be a better teacher and example for my companion. It's super hard and frustrating at times, but I am definitely becoming a better missionary because of him and I hope he is learning and growing as well. It should be good here in Timisoara. Pray for help and support from Heavenly Father. He loves you and will give you strength to bear the burdens put upon your backs. I love you all and hope you all have a great week!!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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