Hey everyone, this was a great week and I hope you all enjoyed Easter!! Sadly I didn't, but I will this upcoming week (we celebrate it on Orthodox Easter, which is next week...) But that doesn't mean that this week wasn't awesome!!
This was a super week for us in Cluj. It felt like a super slow week with finding people, but we were able to have some great lessons with people and saw the progression in many people. We succeeded in having a great Easter lesson with a guy named Catalin, the same guy that was in McDonald's the week before. He was so into the message and he really wanted to share the message with his friends. He's still trying to find a person to share it with, but it's super cool to see that he actually wants to share it with people. And he wants to meet as well this week so I'm excited to see his progression moving forward. We also had a great lesson with a guy named Tudor. He came to church a few weeks ago and we finally had our schedules work together and we had a great lesson focused on the Book of Mormon. He's a guy that loves personal experiences so we shaped our lesson towards testifying about how we came to know the truth of the Book of Mormon. Because of our experiences and our testifying, he gained a greater desire to read the Book of Mormon and we're excited to see how his progression goes now. We are really focusing on inviting to baptism as well and I'm excited because we feel like this focus will lead to greater progression for our investigators and we will see more converts out here in the west!!
We have really been trying to get returning members involved way more and we saw that this week with our man Emil. We went over and shared the talk by Elder Uchtdorf about missionary work and for some reason, it just stuck with him and he had a greater desire to do missionary work. And it also helped him come to church which was a great sight to see!! It was also awesome to see 60 PEOPLE AT CHURCH SUNDAY. All of us did our best to get returning members to church and the equal impact from having the patriarch there helped us have a great day and the spirit was super strong! I'm hoping we can continue this fire with member work and mix that with baptismal commitments to get the most people at church possible for the upcoming weeks.
Now, to those reading this, make sure you read this next paragraph..
I really just want to share my testimony. This church is true, this gospel is true. God is truly our loving Heavenly Father and He truly sent His son, Jesus Christ, to save us and redeem us so we may have eternal life. Jesus Christ is truly our Savior, our Redeemer, the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd, the Light and Life of the World, the Bread of Life, the Prince of Peace, the Rock of our Salvation. Christ did what he did because he loves us so dearly. He wants us to return to our Heavenly Father and to receive this eternal life. What we need to do is to come unto him and follow him. In this season of Easter, we can feel of Christ's love through his Atonement, his sacrifice and death and his triumph over death. He loves us. I know the Book of Mormon is a testament of him and his love for us as well. We can come closer to Christ by reading this book with real intent. As a ordained witness of Christ, I testify that these things are true and I invite you all to COME AND SEE. Those back home who aren't familiar with this church, I invite you to come and see what this is about. Come and feel of God's love for you. Come and see the blessings that come from this gospel. Come and know your Father in Heaven more. Come and read the Book of Mormon to know for a surety if it is true or not. Come and pray to God to know from the source. Come and worship with us and see how it can bless you. My family is willing to be your friends in this process and I know some wonderful missionaries who teach this gospel and are also ordained witnesses of Christ. the Spirit constrains me to say this and I know it will bless you so much. You don't even know until you try. I love you so much and I know that you will be happy, that you will have joy, that you will have peace as you go down this path and see for yourself. Have a great week!!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
This was a super week for us in Cluj. It felt like a super slow week with finding people, but we were able to have some great lessons with people and saw the progression in many people. We succeeded in having a great Easter lesson with a guy named Catalin, the same guy that was in McDonald's the week before. He was so into the message and he really wanted to share the message with his friends. He's still trying to find a person to share it with, but it's super cool to see that he actually wants to share it with people. And he wants to meet as well this week so I'm excited to see his progression moving forward. We also had a great lesson with a guy named Tudor. He came to church a few weeks ago and we finally had our schedules work together and we had a great lesson focused on the Book of Mormon. He's a guy that loves personal experiences so we shaped our lesson towards testifying about how we came to know the truth of the Book of Mormon. Because of our experiences and our testifying, he gained a greater desire to read the Book of Mormon and we're excited to see how his progression goes now. We are really focusing on inviting to baptism as well and I'm excited because we feel like this focus will lead to greater progression for our investigators and we will see more converts out here in the west!!
We have really been trying to get returning members involved way more and we saw that this week with our man Emil. We went over and shared the talk by Elder Uchtdorf about missionary work and for some reason, it just stuck with him and he had a greater desire to do missionary work. And it also helped him come to church which was a great sight to see!! It was also awesome to see 60 PEOPLE AT CHURCH SUNDAY. All of us did our best to get returning members to church and the equal impact from having the patriarch there helped us have a great day and the spirit was super strong! I'm hoping we can continue this fire with member work and mix that with baptismal commitments to get the most people at church possible for the upcoming weeks.
Now, to those reading this, make sure you read this next paragraph..
I really just want to share my testimony. This church is true, this gospel is true. God is truly our loving Heavenly Father and He truly sent His son, Jesus Christ, to save us and redeem us so we may have eternal life. Jesus Christ is truly our Savior, our Redeemer, the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd, the Light and Life of the World, the Bread of Life, the Prince of Peace, the Rock of our Salvation. Christ did what he did because he loves us so dearly. He wants us to return to our Heavenly Father and to receive this eternal life. What we need to do is to come unto him and follow him. In this season of Easter, we can feel of Christ's love through his Atonement, his sacrifice and death and his triumph over death. He loves us. I know the Book of Mormon is a testament of him and his love for us as well. We can come closer to Christ by reading this book with real intent. As a ordained witness of Christ, I testify that these things are true and I invite you all to COME AND SEE. Those back home who aren't familiar with this church, I invite you to come and see what this is about. Come and feel of God's love for you. Come and see the blessings that come from this gospel. Come and know your Father in Heaven more. Come and read the Book of Mormon to know for a surety if it is true or not. Come and pray to God to know from the source. Come and worship with us and see how it can bless you. My family is willing to be your friends in this process and I know some wonderful missionaries who teach this gospel and are also ordained witnesses of Christ. the Spirit constrains me to say this and I know it will bless you so much. You don't even know until you try. I love you so much and I know that you will be happy, that you will have joy, that you will have peace as you go down this path and see for yourself. Have a great week!!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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