The Adventures Continue.....

1-19-2014

This is Elder Mayans signing in on another week. #RomaniaMission ha

Sorry I don’t like starting the e-mails the same way every week.

So, the past week was wonderful. I feel like this week we have made a

lot of progress in helping Craiova stay alive.

Starting at the beginning of the week we had Zone Training meeting so

we had to go down to Bucuresti again. Elder Brundage and I had to do a

presentation on testifying while finding. Usually the meetings are

kinda boring so we made sure it was fun but still had the spirit. I

could tell that the ZL's were not very happy because they are a little

serious but President Hill was there and he loved it so it couldn’t

have been that bad. I though it was a good meeting over all.

So for the rest of the week we have been hitting the streets a lot and

trying to meet up with some people. On Thursday this week during

correlation, President Spooner made a little Craiova district goal to

try and reach a certain number of contacts a day so that we don’t just

walk around. We are also still strivng to get the in-active members back

so we can get the branch back. The contacting is going great and we

are we are talking to more people but as far a in-active members go, we

called all the ones we could and they can’t or said to never call back

again. sooo.. yeah the branch is kinda hard. On Friday we did have a

great Friday night activity. We had Tony show up and also this lady

named Dorina. We played charades and ate some food. It was really

simple but a really successful activity. Tony is a cool guy who hasn’t

been going to church but goes to activities sometimes. I think he

likes me because he’s really nice to me but not very nice to other

missionaries. haha So I invited him to church and for the first time

that I’ve been here he came!!

Which brings me to the next thing I want to talk about. So you know

how there have been  about 2 members going to church every week. Well

yesterday we had 17 people at church!!!!!! It was amazing. It felt so

good to have people there. We also had 2 Americans from the district

council come and speak. Since Tony was there he translated thank

goodness. it was really cool to see people at church and it was

probably one of the best Sundays I have had out here so far. We also

had a member come who lives about 2 hours away. It was the first time

I have met him and he’s was a really nice guy. He has written a few

books and is pretty well known.

Other than that it was a really quick week. We have English classes

starting up again tomorrow so we will see how that goes. I’m really

happy where this transfer is going. i am having so much fun and

working really hard. I miss those Sunday naps I use to have because I

almost didn’t make it yesterday. haha Well the church is true and it is

a great time to be a missionary in Romania. I now the the Lord loves

these people so much and he is helping me touch the hearts of the

people here. I love you all and hope everyone is happy and has a good

week.

Elder Mayans