Romania!

2-3-2014

Hello everyone!!!

I’m sorry I actually don’t have a ton of time today so my e-mail might

be a little short but I had another great week. I mean how could I not

I’m serving a mission in Romania. Ha. So earilier this week we went down

to Bucuresti for a Zone Training meeting. Elder Brundage and I didn’t

have to give a presentation this time so we just sat there, but it was

still a really good meeting. There is a ridiculous amount of sisters

in this mission now. Nine sisters came in last transfer and I

think we have sisters in every city now which is crazy. Let’s just say

it makes it interesting. During the meeting we talked a lot about the

best ways to approach doing missionary work and also how to be more

organized. Also, we had a really funny good experience at the train

station when we were going to Bucuresti. Elder Brundage and I love to

play the game "Table" which is like backgammon and it’s very popular here.

There are always really old guys playing it on the streets. So we

heard some people playing upstairs so we went up there to watch and

ask where they bought their board because everyone has one but they

don’t sell them! haha Anyways, long story short they were very surprised

that we were Americans who liked to play table. They talked to us for

about a half hour about religion and stuff. It was awesome and really

cool that I was playing Table with an old man at a train station.

The rest of the week we did a lot of English and Book of Mormon

contacting. We ran into a few people that we have seen in the past and

had good conversations with them. It has been raining on and off so

sometimes there aren’t as many people on the street. Also on Saturday we

went Hospital contacting again which was great like always. I can’t

sing but I’m grateful that my district can because then you can’t hear

my voice. haha We had the opportunity to share with a few people about

what we do and why we are here. It felt good to make people in the

hospital happy.

Sunday, we had a good fast and testimony meeting. The only people that

showed up were the 4 missionaries, President Spooner, and one member.

We are small but strong. We sang I Know That My Redeemer Lives in

Sacrament meeting and for some reason it hit me really hard and the

Spirit was really strong. Seeing only a few members of the church show

up every week is really hard but their faith is so strong. I always

say to the members, " suntem putin dar puternici" which means we are

small but strong. ha I love the gospel so much and missionary work is

the most amazing thing in the world. I love you all and miss you tons.

Have a great week and we will talk next week. The ZL's are coming here

for exchanges on Thursday so I will let you know how it goes. Love you

all and thank you for the letters!

Elder Mayans