12-9-2013
Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well hello again. So, like I
explained last week I had a lot of things
go on this week. It felt like this
week went by really fast so I don’t
really know what happened but I will
try my best. First off in the
middle of this week I think Wednesday
the Zone leaders came up for
exchanges. I was pretty excited for
this exchange and since we only
have sisters in our district, we can
only go on one exchange each
transfer which would be with the Zone
Leaders. So they came up Wednesday
night, and then had our exchange. Unfortunately
is wasn’t the most
successful exchange because of time
but we dealt with what we had. On
Thursday we had district meeting in
the afternoon which went very well
I think. I feel like sometimes I’m
the only one talking because there
is not too much participation but it’s
going well. We have such a good
district. After that we had to grab
lunch really fast and go down to
Bucuresti for Zone Conference/Christmas
party!! Like I said the
exchange wasn’t amazing. Their main reason
of coming up was to check up
on how Iwas doing because I’m new at
being District Leader and see if I
had anything I needed help on.
Then we took the train that night
with the ZL’s back to Bucuresti which
took a long time and we got there
pretty late. I stayed in Elder
Barneys apartment with a few others
from my MTC group. It was awesome
to see them and get to catch up with
everything that has been going
on. Our whole mission is really,
really close. I know almost every
person in my whole mission and we are
all really good friends. That
night I had one of the worst nights
of sleep I have ever had. There
were no more beds so I was on the
ground and I probably got close to
an hour of sleep. That really messed
me up for the next few days
because I was dead tired.
On Friday was when we had our Conference.
A few big things that
happened there was first, we got to
see a picture of the new mission
President and second, a lot of the
older Elders that I served with in
Galiati had their dying testimony and
are going home in a few weeks.
So yeah the new President sounds
really cool and rich. haha he is
really young compared to President
Hill so that will be different. You
can never replace President Hill
though…. he’s amazing. and yeah, Elder
Ward, Elder Cunningham and Elder
Knapp all gave their farewell
testimonies. It was really good. I
love those guys. They have been a
huge influence on my mission and I’m
going to have to stay in touch
with them and meet up after I get
home. Also at the Christmas party we
watched a picture slideshow of a
bunch of pictures from the entire
year. I will probably be sending that
home because I have a CD copy
and I think you guys would enjoy it.
That night we stayed in Elder Ward
and Cunningham's apartment and then
headed back in the morning. We got
back in the afternoon which was
perfect because we arrived just in
time for our Christmas party that
President and Sora Spooner planned
this week. Everything turned out
perfect besides the fact that we were
all dead tired. ha The train
rides really mess up your sleep. At
the Christmas party we ate some
saremale which Sora Redelescu made
for us and also frosted cookies.
Not too many people came but it was
still really fun and had a good
time. We also watched The Christmas
Orange. I don’t know if you have
seen that one… its an older movie and
I liked it a lot.
Then on Sunday we had church. Right
before church a tall American
young man walked in the villa. I was
super confused and almost didn’t
know what to say because it caught me
off guard so much. Turns out he’s
just a student from BYU who is on a
business trip and some of his
clients are here in Craiova. ha kinda
random but he found out where
the church was through the internet
and came. It’s always nice to have
visitors because it is really
uncommon. I also gave a talk during
Sacrament Meeting. I spoke on the
importance of baptism. I talked a
lot about the same things that I
talked about in Abuelos Talk. I
thought it went really well.
That was about all that happened this
week. We are still English
contacting as much as we can. Our first
class starts tomorrow so I’m
excited to see how it turns out.
I love you all and I miss you so
much. Have a great week and happy
holidays. Bicerica lui Isus Hristos
este adevarata! Eu marturisesc ca
Hristos Traieste si ne iubeste. Sunt
foarte rescunoscator pentru
ocazie pe care o am sa fie o misionar
aici in Romania si slujesc
fiecare zi.
The Romanian has been a big struggle
but I am trying my best. I feel
like sometimes it is going really
well and other times it is awful.
haha I’m having fun with it though.
Love you all!!
Elder Mayans
P.S. It hasn’t been really cold
temperature wise but there is a really
bad wind chill here and it’s really
humid. Honestly I would say it
already feels colder then it was in
Idaho. I am freezing my butt off.
