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Thankfully Traveling on Trains for a Turkey Treat on a Thursday

Hey everyone, it's that time again!! Time to hear of the great adventures of Timisoara!!!!

This week has been a good one here in Timisoara. We had good moments with our friends and helping them to come unto Christ. We had a lesson with Giulia and we focused a lot on the Book of Mormon. She didn't accept one our last meeting and we really wanted to help her see the importance of the Book of Mormon in our lives. So we had a really deep lesson about the Book of Mormon and the Spirit was super strong. Elder Strobel and I bounced ideas off of each others and in the end we testified strongly of the truthfulness. She ultimately did not accept a Book of Mormon because she's still afraid it'll confuse her and her beliefs. While it's kind of upsetting, the Spirit testified strongly and that will help her in the future when we bring up the Book of Mormon. We also had a lesson with a girl named Ica from English and that was not a very good lesson. We tried teaching the Restoration but she had unrelated questions and didn't really take the lesson seriously. She said she would read the Book of Mormon though so there is hope! Overall, the people we are working with are doing well and we hope this next week will be even better.

The members are also doing great! Fratele Panit is out of depression and we are going to meet with him this week and maybe have a member present lesson with Raul if they can both do it at the same time. We also had a branch council this last Sunday to discuss Light the World a little bit, but there were only 2 members at church Sunday so we didn't make huge progress on anything. But we have a good plan for the day of service and the first week of December and we plan to have another council this next Sunday to discuss more in detail. Our members have been super great and willing to help hasten the work here in Timisoara. We may be few in numbers, but we are still strong which has been spectacular.

So this week was ZONE CONFERENCE!! Zone Conference was great, I loved every second of it. It seems like every Zone Conference gets better and better because I'm understanding the work better and better every transfer. We had a big focus on members and utilizing them with our friends so they can progress towards baptism better. We also focused on how we can keep our friends on the right path towards baptism with good lessons, good commitments and invitations, and even better follow up. We have already started taking what was taught and applying it to our work here in Timisoara. I really do believe that as we do these things, we will experience miracles here, which would be a pretty big deal for the city of Timisoara.

So this week was THANKSGIVING!! Let me just say how thankful for all the many blessings I have been given in my life. My family, my life, my friends, my faith, my God, my Savior. I am so grateful to be on this earth and to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ, to be able to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and how we can return to our Father in Heaven after this life. I am thankful that I know that God has a plan for me and that I am a child of a loving Heavenly Father. I am thankful for all of you and I hope you all had a great week yourselves! I love you all and wish you all the best!!!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen

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