2 Brothers, 2 Missions, 2 Stories: Pot sa va intreb ceva? (ben letter/pictures 3/18/2019

This week has been my first "normal" week, if this is what normal is. Also I do not know what scripture I want on my plaque yet, you will have to give me some time for that life changing choice. But yeah I study a lot of Romanian, and get help from my trainer elder Marshall, Mihai and Olicia. Mihai is fluent in English so he teaches me the deeper language concepts. Olicia doesnt speak English with me and so it helps me a lot to speak to her, to help my pronunciation and fluidity. The language here, Moldovan, is Romanian. But I think the main reason its considered different is because they are all fluent in Russian and Romanian, so when they speak, they kind of switch back and forth between languages. Thus making it a little more difficult to understand, but its fun.

We go contacting on the street a lot, mostly in parks and the street. The main street, Stefan cel mare si Sfint, is quite busy, and we can get out a lot of pass along cards and advertise for our English class a lot. Our 30 something year old water heater broke, and so we have been taking showers elsewhere.

A cool cultural thing here that I have already fallen in love with are the crepes or "plin". They have them in all different assortments, and they are so good. The food here in general is very good, and I have been quite impressed.

For a spiritual thought, prayer is very important. It's a little more of a simple concept, but it can be hard to remember. God is all knowing, so he knows what you need before you ask. But when you pray and have a conversation with Him, He will let you know what to do. For example, I pray to God everyday to ask what I need to do to help others. So I pray for my companion and think of the ways I can help him, and God will help me. I kind of think of it as a personal evaluation, but with God there to help me. But prayer is such a simple concept of thanking God for what you have, and asking for spiritual help you need. What father when hearing his child need bread, gives him a stone? Praying regularly will help you, not when you're in times of need, but always. I challenge everyone reading this to either start praying, or honestly seek about how you can pray more effectively and build your relationship with God better.

Te Iubesc

Varstnicul Stanfield

We talked to him for a while. The RS ladies in his ward had rented a bus to take them to a historical site about an hour away. When they saw how big the bus was, they invited all the missionaries to join them. So he had his first sight seeing experience. He sent me a huge file full of pictures without any explanations, so I just picked a few I thought looked good...