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In front of the church in Cluj

Merry Christmas!!!!!!! I hope this day is a wonderful one!!

Elders Dahl, Church, Bowen, Kemeney in Sibiu for Christmas

It's been a really great week for us, both in Timisoara and in Cluj. In Timisoara, we had a great couple of days to properly send me off! The greatest story was that Elder Strobel and I went bloc knocking for the first time in a long while. While we were doing so, we didn't knock any doors and we found 2 new friends!! What happened was that we rang their number outside the bloc, they answered and when we got to their floor, they opened the door straight up and let us in. Inside was a 70 year old man named Octavian who spoke English and really wanted to practice his English with us. So we went in and talked with him and his wife, Aurelia. As we were talking, we got to share about the Book of Mormon and we shared the Restoration and the Spirit was super strong!! They wanted a Book of Mormon so we gave them one and they wanted to come to church!! So that was a great way to end my time in Timi. And then in Cluj, Elder Dahl and I got straight to work to bring souls unto Christ! And we had a great lesson with a man named Gabriel and the Spirit once again was super strong!! He really wants to be baptized and knows the church is true, the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and he has a simple but strong testimony. We weren't able to set a baptismal date, but we really helped him and we now know what we need to do to bring him to the waters of baptism. We are keeping daily contact with him and we really hope he keeps progressing towards baptism.

Dahl and Bowen

Kemeney and Bowen - Christmas Gifts

A friend in Timisoara

I'm going to keep it short and sweet because of Christmas but I love you all and I know that this is the true church. I know that I have grown and I am a better person and I am excited for my time to come in Cluj. Merry Christmas to all of you lovely people!!!

Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen

The family at Christmas!

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