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| Giant chair, or tiny me? |
I'm staying in
Constanta!!!! :D YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! Sora Polatis will be coming to Constanta
with me and I'm suuuper excited! Sora Caruso will be off to Chisinau with Sora
Peterson and me and Sora Polatis will be living the dream here by the
beach!
In one of Elder
Maxwell's talks, that I have on my usb stick, he quotes a man saying don't you
know leopards never change their spots. And the man replies "well that's
true, but you should know that I don't work with leopards, I work with men, and
men can change." I think my favourite part of being a missionary is being
allowed to witness change in people, being able to see the change that Christ
can have in peoples' lives. Remember that huge spiel about my investigator,
Andra, last week? The one who we met on the street and then came to church.
Yeah... her! Well, she's basically the most legit person EVER!! Andra is
sooo prepared for the gospel! We had 3 lessons with her this week! Just over a
week ago, she'd never said a prayer using her own words, and now she prays
every lesson, and truly speaks to Heavenly Father. She is reading the. Book of
Mormon, has come to church twice and is seeking an answer with a sincere heart
and real intent to see if the Book of Mormon is true. Wow! She's just amazing.
We've set a tenative baptismal date for July 6th, if she has received her
answer. She even told her parents about us and her mum was apparently very
"impressed" and we've been invited over to meet her grandmother
too. I love Andra. I really can see myself in her. I just pray
that she'll be protected from the influence of Satan.
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| With Sis Caruso |
Funny little story of
her: We had just taught the restoration. We gave her the soft baptismal commitment,
which is once you receive your answer, will you be baptised? And she just said
"yeah" so casually and quickly that we thought maybe she'd
misunderstood the question. But no, she understood perfectly. "What will
happen at my baptism?" she asked. I was completely shocked! It's never
been so simple and easy before, I couldn't believe it. The Lord has been
preparing her. I'll try and take a photo with her this week.
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| We found a little crutch |
In other news... I
sprained my ankle. I wish I had a super cool legit story, like, I was being
chased by police for teaching the gospel and they tackled me to the ground...
but no. The truth is that we were walking along an uneven path and I fell and
nearly broke my ankle... but thankfully it's only sprained. The Elders were
able to give me a blessing and I've been taking really good care of it. So I
should be up and running (get it... running ;) in about a week, according to
the mission doctor.
Have I ever told you
about the ultimate Frisbee we have going on here in Constanta? (this was before
I sprained my ankle). We have sports night every week, with the YSA. It's super
fun and a great way to get young investigators fellowshipped. The only thing,
is that the branch president Alin, is suuuper competitive. I'm talking Mum vs.
John Brandon competitve! Alin, is usually not quite as mean to the
investigators that come, but he has no trouble yelling at the missionaries. The
other day as we were playing, it was match point. He calls his team over. He
goes to me, "Alright, I'm all for this Christ-like love and stuff.... but
we GOTTA WIN!" haha, thankfully, we did win! Ha, another example of Alin's
competitiveness was about two weeks ago, Sora Caruso was just standing there.
"What are you doing?!"Alin yelled at her.
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| At a mosque |
"Well, I figure
the wind will just blow the disc to me." She said.
"Oh is that the
missionary attittude? Someone will just come along, jump in the font get
baptised?!" haha Oh Alin! That's now become one of our favourite quotes.
Sports night is seriously one of the highlights of my week. Our investigator,
Alina, has started coming, which has been great for helping her to make
friends, and we're hoping that Andra will come this week too. Andreea also
comes most weeks. It's such a huge blessing, having a YSA.
Oh, also something
awesome, my little Sebi, from Arad was baptised this last weekend! I'm so
excited for him. I love that little boy and that family. :)
Keep the Faith!
Sora Rivera
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