HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! It is officially 2018 and that is sweet!
Great things are to come for all of us! But first let me describe my last week
of 2017.
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| I love God! |
Tuesday was a pretty dull day because Romanians were not out
at all. So we forgot contacting and visited members for most of the day. We
went to Familia Briscaru and taught a very good spiritual thought about the
Plan of Salvation with the kids. In return, we received a 3 course Romanian
meal from Sora Briscaru that she cooked herself! It was very crazy and honestly
afterwards, I did not want to eat ever again. It was a fun time over there but
it was crazy in general. We finished the day at Familia Stancu and that was
just as crazy! They go on long tangents about weird things and we ended being
there for 2 hours because of it. But we managed to commit them to Family Home Evenings which is a definite plus from that trip!
Wednesday was a very beautiful day and we were able to get
some stuff done. We gave out 3 Books of Mormon to people while contacting and
then headed over to Domnul Popovici for a lesson with him. We talked about the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and how it is such an important part of returning to God
again. It was a super great lesson and we felt the Spirit so strongly with him.
He is still strongly Orthodox but we can slowly see that he is breaking and
believing in what we are teaching. It's pretty exciting because the more we
teach him, the more he is going to change and change is good!!!
Thursday was a pretty rough day overall. We had 2 lessons
set up and both people ended up not showing up and that was pretty annoying.
Plus I felt pretty sick the entire day so we essentially called it a day and I
went to bed early.
Friday was a sweet day because I am starting to get into
post-training mode. With Elder Dixon leaving, I will need to be more
responsible with planning, lessons, etc. which is nerve-wracking but exciting
at the same time! We also had a lesson with Ionuti, a less-actives boyfriend
and because Elder Dixon is leaving, I took the lead in the lesson. And it went
quite well! We read from 3 Nephi 11 and related that chapter to the Restoration
which was pretty great!! I feel we are moving along pretty well with him and
with time I think good things will happen for him and his girlfriend.
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| Cool statue in Galati |
Saturday was a dull day and nothing really worked out. I did
find out, however, my new companion! My new companions name is Elder Sewell and
I will meet up with him tomorrow which is pretty exciting. Elder Dixon says
he's a good missionary but that I will have to still be working extremely hard
regardless. It was a highlight of the day and I hope good things will happen
from that.
Sunday was probably the grossest day. Church was very great
with all the members praising Elder Dixon before he goes home. It was a nice
service and I enjoyed it. However, the latter half of the day included a hard
time contacting with no one really outside, hard time bloc knocking because
everyone is partying for New Years, and another 3 course meal from the
Briscarus. It was a really rough day and needless to say, we were ready to go
to bed when we got home haha.
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| A normally busy street in Galati that is dead because of the holidays |
With it being the new year, resolutions are always evident.
This year, I want all of you to join me in this simple resolution. Smile more,
be happy, make new friends, complain less and work more, act instead of being
acted upon, love your enemies and bless those who curse you, trust in the Lord
have faith in the Lord rejoice in the Lord, or to simplify everything...Be like
Christ. It is a hard thing to do for sure, but it is oh so amazing. You will be
blessed if you strive to be like Jesus. Love you all and wish you a Happy New
Year!
La Multi Ani! Va iubesc,
Elder Bowen
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