Elder Mayans 12-2-2013

12-2-2013

Hello, Hello, Hello!!!

It is so amazing to hear about all the things that have happened this

week and the pictures are amazing. So, the baptism was amazing?! That

is so good to hear! I have been thinking about it all week. I wish I

was there but it sounds like everything went perfect. Also, from the

pictures it looked like there were a lot of people at the house for

Thanksgiving! haha My thanksgiving was very interesting this year.

So about the week. This week went by very slow but now looking back it

was a really good and humbling week. It has been awesome serving with

Elder Degraw and the Sisters in Craiova. Elder Degraw and I are really

different but we get along well. I have been extremely lucky with my

companions so far. They have all been really good elders.

So, this week was transfers but since Elder Degraw and I were already

in Craiova we didn’t have to go down to Bucuresti which was nice. We

spent a lot of time Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday cleaning out the

other apartment and getting it ready for the sisters. That apartment

was so disgusting from 10 years of elders living there. It wasn’t very

fun cleaning but we made it look a lot better. So Wednesday night we

picked up the sisters from the train station and showed them

around/took them to their apartment. It’s a pretty big deal to have

sister here because Craiova is one of the only cities in the mission

that has never had sisters.

Thursday as you know was Thanksgiving!!! We didn’t have very much

planned except for contacting and advertising for English classes.

That night we were able to watch a movie and celebrate Thankgiving a

little bit!! But we lost a lot of time because the Sisters got locked

out of their apartment and we had to help them with that. It’s really

different being with sisters if you haven't noticed. They need help on

a LOT of things and you just need to have patience with them. haha but they are still awesome. Also on Thursday I had my first district meeting as

a district leader. It was really weird to lead it and to feel like

everyone is looking at me. haha It went really well though. I’m excited

for this transfer and it’s awesome because my whole district is pretty

young. Sora Ralls, Elder Degraw and I are in our fifth transfer and

Sora Smith is in her third.

Friday was another slow day but we had Friday night activity. For the

first half hour nobody showed up but they we had a lady come and she

brought two friends who were pretty young. We had a little spiritual

thought and then made Christmas snowflakes with plates. They loved it!

haha they were really nice people and we got both of their numbers. We

are going to try to meet up with them this week and talk to them more

about the church.

On Saturday we did a lot of english contacting and also we got invited

to the Spooners house for dinner!! It was the first time I have been

over there. Their apartment is amazing! It’s like America. They live in

the Ford Block so the whole thing is owned by FORD.  haha It was

really nice of them to have us over and Sora Spooner had ranch dip

from America!! I miss ranch.

Sunday was also a great day. We had a very lonely but spiritual fast

and testimony meeting. After we went block knocking which is always an

experience. We talked to a lot of people but nobody was really

interested. Some guy yelled at us for knocking on the door at this

hour of the day. It was 1 in the afternoon. haha He wasn’t very happy.

Other than that, that’s about it. I’m loving it out here and everyday is

another new experience or situation that I have to accomplish. I’m

exhausted by the end of the day but I love it. I love you all and I’ll

talk to you next week.

This coming week I will be going to Bucuresti on Thursday for zone

conference/Christmas party! Also I will be having an exchange with the

Zone leaders on Wednesday. Love you all! Have a great week.

Love, Elder Mayans

P.S. I got my Christmas package from the ward this week. Seriously

made me so happy. Thank you for all the stuff that you sent me. I

watched the video that Sister Neilson recorded and I was laughing so

hard the whole time. I love my Ward! Thanks again.