WEEK 25

"Don't be mad, but I'm communist..."

 I lost my camera charger in packing and just found it today so no pics this weeek!  I'll include some of my goodbye photos from Bacau.   Also I get to fly down to buc for exchanges next week! It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!

MARTI 3 IANUARIE

First we went to the post office so Sora Vann could send a package home. We had lunch with a potential investigator named Ligia who's our age and SUPER cute, but not really interested.  Then we went over to the branch president's house and met with his wife. She's pregnant and having a hard time and said our visit was exactly what she needed. Then we met with Sora Handebuti. She's about sixty, but is the sweetest old lady! Sora Vann and I stayed up kinda late just talking and even though it was killer in the morning, it was cool to get to know each other better. We have a lot in common and already I feel like she's one of my best friends.

MIERCURI 4 IANUARIE

We went BLOCK KNOCKING! An old lady invited us in, showed us her bible collection, and then kicked us out. We visited an investigator family. They've been investigating the church for ten years. We visited a member, but she was sick so we didn't stay long. Also it snows here every single day and it's SO COLD.

JOI 5 IANUARIE

We went to brunch with Carla, an inactive member who is from America. She's interesting. Then we went to a targ and saw a friend there. She agreed to take our lessons and read the Book of Mormon! She's SUPER cute. We language studied at a bookstore with weird but cool music. Then BLOCK KNOCKING! again. An old lady let us in. She fed us cooked orange peels and chocolate. It was fine. But the scariest thing we can be offered here in Romania is actually...... tap water. So we awkwardly just didn't drink it. Sora Vann really had to go to the bathroom after that so we went bathroom block knocking... and a family actually let her use their bathroom hahahah. 

VINERI 6 IANUARIE

We had district meeting! It was weird. Everyone has been telling me that our district (at least our elders) is the weirdest district in the mission. And they're right. SO WEIRD. But after district meeting we met with our neighbor Diana. She's not really interested in the church but she's really sweet. We had dinner with a member from Chisinau named Zu (he's Vietnamese) and his girlfriend Teo who's living in Cluj and is one of our investigators! And two of the elders were there too. 

SAMBATA 7 IANUARIE

We went through the area book and then cleaned the church, met with a less active member named Sora Sumurducan. She was so sweet. Then more block knocking. An old man answered the door and said (in Romanian) "Don't be mad. I'm communist. And atheist," and shut the door. It was SOOO FUNNY, and then after that we got into three houses and got three numbers. 

Dragos came to church & passed the sacrament before I left!

DUMINICA 8 IANUARIE

The new branch is HUGE compared to Bacau. There are like 30 people at church each week. I played piano for relief society. Only messed up once so shout out to my mom for those piano lessons ages ago. Then we went block knocking again and we got three numbers again. Okay let me tell you. BLOCK KNOCKING ALMOST NEVER IS SUCCESSFUL, but this week we were just on fire with it. 

LUNI 9 IANUARIE

So today we met with a former investigator named Andreea. She's interesting. She went to NYU law school but then decided after 18 years of practicing law that she wanted to be a hypnotherapist instead. Then we went to try this Mexican place in the mall. Disappointing. Then shopping! I got mittens and two fat warm scarves and a new dress so thank you to mom and dad and grandma and grandma and grandpa for the Christmas money--and anyone else who sent me Christmas money that my mom didn't tell me about. Then grocery shopping. Then emailing. 

HAPPY JANUARY.

Sora Lucy Gleason

România/Moldova Mission

July 2016-January 2018