OOPS
Hello everyone! I can't
believe that It’s been 6 weeks in the MTC!! I have 2 weeks and 3 days left...
but who's counting?? The new Romanians arrived yesterday!! 3 sisters and 3
elders. They're all so cute and adorable! For those of you who don’t know, in
English, we call brand new missionaries "greenies" in Romanian we
call them ducklings!! hehee the word is "boboci" pronounced like
bo-boch :D hehee so the ducklings arrived and they’re so sweet and nice and I
really like the girls already, I've barely spoken to the elders yet so maybe by
next week I'll have a better update for you on them but for now... just know
that the girls are great and I finally don't feel quite as alone! :)
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| Elder Cristie & Me! |
I find it amusing how
the better I get at Romanian, and according to my teachers I speak
wonderfully... I have a feeling they’re just being supportive but it's nice to
hear just the same... but anyway the better I get at Romanian... the bigger my language
mess ups become. I swore at my teacher in Romanian this week half way through a
lesson.. OPA! It was a complete accident but still he burst out laughing and
said after a year of working at the MTC I'm the first missionary to have done
that... oopss My bad! Ah well, overall I'm improving a lot, the Lord is definitely
blessing me! Reading in Romanian is still really difficult but if I take my
time, I can usually get my ideas across in Romanian. I've also started to get
to the point where my English is declining and I have permanently replaced
Prophet to be profit and Nephi to be Nefi, and God is Dumnezeu... even when I'm
speaking English haha :) oh but also on the bright side I learned to quote
Moaning Murtle in Romanian this weeks... oh the small things that delight a
sister missionary
So when you’ve been at
the MTC for 6 weeks you start to feel like a 30 year old in a singles ward.
you're that guy ;) the one everyone knows, the old one who knows the rules, the
schedule, you admire them, but at the same time they just seem so old and
weird! yeah... so that's me now! haha
This week, in the Book
of Mormon I'm still working through 1 and 2 Nefi, I've going to be studying
gratitude. I think it's a huge important topic. If you thank the Lord, and you
are grateful you've more likely to be happy, you can't expect to be blessed and
happy first.. Then you can say thank you! So yes anyway... if you care to dear
elder me your thoughts on gratitude... that'll be much appreciated! And I'll be
grateful hahha ;) get it??!! oh wow I'm such a missionary
I had many wonderful
experiences this week! I think I told you last week about my experience with my
investigator Dana, about how she was unemployed and about to be thrown out on
the street... well just as an update... she found a job and the Lord blessed
her... it's so cool cos even though these investigators aren't real, the
teachers use the real experiences that the investigator actually had so it's
cool to relive the experience of the real Dana and the missionaries. Also we
got a new investigator Traian, because Gheorghe was baptized and even though in
real life the missionaries would continue to teach them, here at the MTC we
just get a new investigator. The real person he is based on is a girl named
Alexandra. But anyway Traian is far more difficult than Gheorghe. He's Agnostic,
and he is angry with God but he’s not really sure if there is a god... but
anyway we had a wonderful lesson yesterday and the spirit was sooo strong! and
afterwards we had a class study session just completely focusing on the
Atonement. And it's just amazing to think that Jesus Christ not only took upon
him our sins, but also all of our trials, our suffering... everything! He
completely understands everything we go through... wow! He's amazing! Check out
Alma 7:11-13 :)
Anyway got to
go...
Love you all! Thank you
for your love and support and prayers! I send the same love and support and
prayers right back at you! :)
Keep the Faith
Sora Rivera
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