"hello"
"my name is Boris"
"hello Boris, how are you"
"fifty-fifty" or "from time to time"
(This is every english convo I have had in Moldova)
So yeah I'm still alive, just like Pearl Jam. Things are going well. I'm still talking to a lot of people, and all that missionary stuff. I don't know if I already said this last week, but I got a smartphone and
its easier to study, and look at maps and all
that stuff.
But as far as missionary work goes, we have a similar problem that Jackson has time to time with the bus system. The trolly bus system in
how people get around here, and if it shuts down, then its really hard
for people to get to church. So they have like
fun runs, or bike races, or anything like that on Sundays RANDOMLY.
Nobody knows or advertises the fact that the buses wont be running. So
then nobody shows up to church and its lame. But yeah I love the
trolly buses. They are scared of wind here, so instead
of air conditioning they have like holes on the roof of the bus that
suck air out. And let me tell you it doesn't work at all, its pretty much
a sauna in there. And the smell is... fantastic. And then they cram as
many people as could possibly fit in there.
You know that game in highschool where you get two cars and see how
many people can fit? Exactly like that. I actually do enjoy it, and
trying to contact at the same time, its like a challenge. Also I'm
planning on getting a Gold chain and cross this week.
So that will make the JWs mad because Jesus was actually crucified on a
tree. I went on an exchange with Elder Robinson this week, and it was
quite fun. He is my MTC comp, so it was pretty cool to contact together
and speak with each other in Romanian. We
have a lot more to go, but we have come a far way, so its rewarding.
This week I have been thinking of gratitude. We ask people on the
street if the believe in God, or Jesus and they say yes. But when we ask
how God has helped them in their life, they say He has not. They cannot
see how God has actually blessed them, with
everything they have. No matter where you live, there can always be
excuses or reasons as to why God has not blessed you. Here it is that
they have no money, therefore God has not blessed them. In America,
people don't get free money. In the church, people don't
get some extravagant sign from heaven. However, in all of these cases,
God has blessed us so much! Everything denotes there is a God, the fact
that we are alive, and have the chance to live and talk and learn and
grow is just amazing. And that's just the basics.
We have so much to be grateful for, and thank God for. And when people
deny this, they are being prideful. I could go on why I think that, but
that would take too long.
When Joseph Smith was is jail and his life stunk, Jesus
reminded him of Job. And then after that
He reminded him of His own sufferings in Gethsemane. To deny that you
have been blessed or helped is rejecting the Atonement of Christ,
repentance, and so on. I could go on but I will actually stop now.
va iubim
Varstnicul Stanfield
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