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| My district having dinner at the senior couple's house |
It's amazing
how simple things can completely change your life. This week, I'm thankful for
Sora Polatis, for showing me a new way of life, a new culture, a new way
of thinking... all by introducing me to one simple thing: a nightgown. That's
right! I know it sounds crazy, and old fashioned, and it is! It is crazy and
old fashioned. But she was given a nightgown in her second transfer, and has
since been converted. She testified to me with power and authority of the peace
and happiness they bring. I admit, I was skeptical at first. But I thought the
least I could do was try one. So last week we bought my first nightgown, and
now I too can say that I am a believer! The bigger and uglier the nightgown...
the better! I invite you all to try it, and I promise that your life will be
blessed. [pictures will be coming next week, I can't send photos from this
computer].
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| Don't see many signs like this one back home! |
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| Sport's day theme |
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| Sora Polatis |
This week, well... it's
been one of those weeks where you're pretty sure that all of your investigators
had a secret meeting all together and vowed not to call you back. Yeah...
awkward! But oh well! We're so positive! Sora and I have really been working on
being positive and just having fun no matter what happens! We've had many
little miracles, despite the opposition. English classes start tomorrow for
example. So we've been working super hard to contact and find as many people as
possible. And already, we've had a number of phone calls with people
registering for the class! We're really excited! Another one of those little
miracles, was that this week, two of our members, Elena and Anca had their
20th birthday! We had a birthday party at the church for them on Wednesday
evening, inviting the branch and having games and food. It was super fun and
Elena had invited 4 or 5 of her non-member friends! One of them, Roxana, was
super open and friendly, and we invited her to church on Sunday. Then on Saturday,
Sora and I were on exchanges, and so Sora Polatis and Sora
On Tuesday last week,
we all went to Bucharest for Zone Training. Sora Polatis and I did a
presentation all about how to turn your English students into Investigators. In
this mission, 50% of baptisms come from English classes. So they're seriously
vital! But so often, people don't make the best use of them. So, Sora and I did
and super cute presentation! We made chef hats and presented the perfect
"recipe" for how to turn those English students into Investigators.
We gave everyone cookies and then went through each of the ingredients with
cheesy catch phrases such as "butter your students up with snacks"
and "Be Egg-cited to meet with them!" :D [Again I have photos of
us in our hats, so you'll have to wait till next week].
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| Planning on the beach |
Constanta is so
beautiful! Sadly it's getting ridiculously hot which means a lot less clothing
for all the people in the city. Apparently I missed some sort of memo, that
means that it's socially acceptable for people to wear their swimwear anywhere
in the city even if they're not at the beach. Occasionally we'll walk past very
overweight old men and women plonked on a random bench on the side of a
street, in speedos and bikinis roasting themselves in the hot sun. It's very
random! Sora Polatis and I also wanted to join in the tanning population, in
our own missionary way of course. We did our weekly planning outside our apartment,
on a blanket on the beach the other day. Sora Polatis sadly got quite burned.
But now, we're both nice a brown with fantastically white farmer tan lines and
knee length tan lines from our skirts. It's very impressive.
This weekend was
awesome! Sora Cook and Sora Kelly came to Constanta for an exchange. (again...
we have great photos but I'll send them next week). Now for those who don't
remember, I was companions with both Sora Cook and Sora Kelly! I love them both
soooooooo much! They're both so full of love and such great examples to
me. I went with Sora Kelly English contacting and on a lesson! We had the
best time, catching up, whilst attempting to contact the 3 people in the city
not at the beach. Sora Kelly completely fell in love with the city and is now
dying to serve here. I am seriously so blessed to be here in Constanta.
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| District on the balcony |
Random thing. Remember
in Tarzan when Tantor is like, "is this water sanitary??! It looks
questionable to me" yeah, Sora Polatis and I had one of those moments this
week. The water started coming out brown! It was soooo gross! And the longer we
ran the water, the worse it got! So thank goodness for water filters and water
storage. The water is fine now. Romania likes to turn off water supplies
sometimes so the water sits in rusty gross pipes and then comes out gross and
all nasty! Oh well, the joys of serving a mission. (PHOTO next week)
Alrighty, That’s about
all for now folks! I love you! and thank you all for your love, support
and prayers. You're amazing!
Love Sora Rivera
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