Cum am devenit stupid?

Cum am devenit stupid? (how I becamse stupid)

Sora and I were assigned to do a presentation in our zone training meeting. The material we were asked to present on was a basic definition of accountability. How on earth were we supposed to do an entire presentation on that?! After 4 hours, Sunday night, we couldn't think of anything to do with missionary work and something that people would actually find interesting. Our problem was that some people are very self motivated, therefore do not really require accountability in goals. But we suddenly realised that the goals for which you require accountability are the one's in which you are the least motivated to accomplish. It was a great realization and for an object lesson to demonstrate this to the zone, we decided that we'd get one of the missionaries to eat crap paste.  There is this fish paste made of carp and other questionable ingredients and in Romanian the word for carp is "Crap". the disgusting little tubs of the paste have big old labels reading "CRAP". 

Miruna - Monica's little sister. just turned 7 :)

It turned out to be a great presentation. In exchange for eating the CRAP, which represented a difficult goal, we offered a greater reward and thereby increased their accountability. So we had one of our zone leaders come up and eat the crap in front of everyone in exchange for a loaf of zucchini bread. He just about threw up and struggled to eat for the rest of the day, but on the bright side our presentation really made people think and was definitely memorable! :) 

Miruna and Bello the dog

This week we had a lesson with our only investigator. She gave us the Book of Mormon back. yep. Her preot had told her it was a sin to read from it. But the lesson actually still turned out surprisingly well. We testified to her of the power of prayer and used Galatians and Moroni 7 to explain the fruits of the spirit and how she could truly know whether or not it was of the devil or of God. We also pointed out that she hadn't actually asked God, so she agreed to pray about it. 

We also went to visit Monica and her little sister Miruna this week. It was really fun! I love being back in Iasi! It's the best :D We also got to visit a lovely old lady from the branch who had a stroke last year. She's so sweet! it was a great week. We've also been English contacting like mad and having the best time! Sora and I have also made a last transfer bucket list for me, to make sure there are no regrets!

Keep the Faith!

Love the Sora