Hey everyone, this was a pretty good first week back here in Pitesti!!
I was actually very surprised to have had so many lessons this week, I think we had one every day and when we didn't have lessons, we did solid studies and finding activities and we found a good amount of new friends. We had a lesson with a girl named Ioana and her situation is really cool and exciting. She has only one concern, which is the question "Does God exist?" and she expressed that if she receives an answer that He does, then she will be baptized hands down, even if she is not a huge fan of the branch and how church services are. She has a true desire and now it's just the receiving answer process. We have been recommending scripture passages and talks for her to read and today we are going to meet with her and share the talk about personal revelation by President Nelson. I have a really good feeling about all this and I know that as she does these things, she will be baptized! We also had a lesson with a man named Mihai who was once on a date for baptism but doesn't, so we are trying to help him get back on track and we taught some of the commandments and he seems willing to follow them. We just need to meet with him more to get him ready for baptism. It's exciting and I think we can establish some baptismal dates in the coming week if the Spirit continues to help people understand the Gospel. We also received this referral this week of a younger father named Sorin and he has a lot of potential and wants to read the Book of Mormon. We are meeting with him this week and it should be a really good meeting.
We are trying to work with returning members because the branch is small and needs reinforcements. We have been meeting with Maria and trying to help her be a more stable member and come to church more often than she has. She's been great and she has many friends who want to come to church, which can hopefully help bolster the numbers here in Pitesti. We also really want to work with Luminita more because she hasn't been coming to church lately, mainly because of work. But she was super excited to hear I was back in Pitesti and we heard that her and President Constantin are officially getting married this Saturday. So that should be a huge help for her to come to church more and we can get President Constantin involved in her coming back. Other than that, we haven't seen much from returning members, which is why we want to work more with them to be able to have more success.
"O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit." (2 Nephi 9:10) Isn't great that we have a way to escape the monstrosity of death and hell through the atoning power of Jesus Christ. He is truly our Savior and Redeemer and I am so blessed to wear His name on my chest as His messenger of the truth. I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!! Loves!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
Scârbosule means disgusting one. And old man from the countryside kept saying that to some animals while we were there.
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| Some friends we got to know in Cluj. They have the best fries! |
I was actually very surprised to have had so many lessons this week, I think we had one every day and when we didn't have lessons, we did solid studies and finding activities and we found a good amount of new friends. We had a lesson with a girl named Ioana and her situation is really cool and exciting. She has only one concern, which is the question "Does God exist?" and she expressed that if she receives an answer that He does, then she will be baptized hands down, even if she is not a huge fan of the branch and how church services are. She has a true desire and now it's just the receiving answer process. We have been recommending scripture passages and talks for her to read and today we are going to meet with her and share the talk about personal revelation by President Nelson. I have a really good feeling about all this and I know that as she does these things, she will be baptized! We also had a lesson with a man named Mihai who was once on a date for baptism but doesn't, so we are trying to help him get back on track and we taught some of the commandments and he seems willing to follow them. We just need to meet with him more to get him ready for baptism. It's exciting and I think we can establish some baptismal dates in the coming week if the Spirit continues to help people understand the Gospel. We also received this referral this week of a younger father named Sorin and he has a lot of potential and wants to read the Book of Mormon. We are meeting with him this week and it should be a really good meeting.
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| My companion and I with a member in Pitesti. |
We are trying to work with returning members because the branch is small and needs reinforcements. We have been meeting with Maria and trying to help her be a more stable member and come to church more often than she has. She's been great and she has many friends who want to come to church, which can hopefully help bolster the numbers here in Pitesti. We also really want to work with Luminita more because she hasn't been coming to church lately, mainly because of work. But she was super excited to hear I was back in Pitesti and we heard that her and President Constantin are officially getting married this Saturday. So that should be a huge help for her to come to church more and we can get President Constantin involved in her coming back. Other than that, we haven't seen much from returning members, which is why we want to work more with them to be able to have more success.
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| Last pic of the crew in Cluj enjoying some food. |
"O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit." (2 Nephi 9:10) Isn't great that we have a way to escape the monstrosity of death and hell through the atoning power of Jesus Christ. He is truly our Savior and Redeemer and I am so blessed to wear His name on my chest as His messenger of the truth. I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!! Loves!
Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
Scârbosule means disgusting one. And old man from the countryside kept saying that to some animals while we were there.
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