Week 42- TRANSFERS Bibi and Jane: The Legacy

Ahh so this week has been insane! I found out that we are getting more sisters in Cluj!! I am so happy and I think it will be great for the city! But I am bummed a little to have to split up with Sora Broadbear. She is the best ever and has taught me so much. But the good thing is that she will stay with me in Cluj and we will both get new companions. The other thing is that my new companion that I am getting is coming straight from America! I am super excited for her to join me in the best city EVA! This morning I woke up and flew to Bucharest and in a few hours I will be heading to Budapest to go get her! I'm excited to get to travel and see another country and to spend some time getting to know my new pal. I can't wait to learn so much from her and to work together in faith and unity! 

I am super excited about these next few tranfers! We have really been seeing how God has been preparing the area to receive more sisters. We honestly were not able to keep up with the work toward the end of this last transfer. Heavenly Father has big plans for Cluj! I feel grateful because me and Sora Broadbear will be able to stay together in Cluj and I can't wait to start working in unity as us four! We have plans this next week to do a "missionary month" we want to pray and fast together with all the members for those who need the message of the gospel. I feel very excited to see what ideas and inspiration we can start to implement.

This week was amazing! It was filled with lesson after lesson and pray-fully deciding on the future of our people and who will continue to teach them. We have felt very inspired and guided and I know that those we are teaching need these new sisters that are coming. We are planning Darius's baptism and we have continued to work with Malina, Rosalia, Ana, and Ana Maria as well as several others. We also have met some really great people lately that we are excited to meet with more regularly. Heavenly Father has been blessing us to see Him work in these people's lives and I am so grateful. We have been praying longer and more fervently than ever before and we have been talking to ever person that crosses our path. I know that as we make these small efforts that God takes them and makes them great! Thank you for your support and prayers!

no pictures this week because I am not with Sora Broadbear today haha but here are some oldies to enjoy (also feel free to laugh at the awkward picture of us and the elders...)

Love Sora James

Week 41- yay love you all

We had a great week this week. We have been busy in the greatest way and have been working hard to improve the work and further God's plan for His children here in Cluj-Napoca. Something that I have been thinking about lately is the worth of each and every soul. We are all children of God and He loves us more than we can understand. I am so grateful that I get to see up close this love working in the lives of people who have become so dear to me. 

We have been working hard lately to meet the spouse of a recent convert to the Church. We have been asking him and trying to get him to set up. For one reason or another he has pushed it off. So the other day we were contacting people on the street and we met a woman who ended up being his wife! In a city as big as Cluj coincidences like that just don't happen! We were able to meet with both of this week and teach about the Restored Gospel! It was amazing to see how God worked in His own time and own way to accomplish His work. 

We also had an amazing Restoration lesson this week with a sweet lady named Rosalia. We talked about the Church being established on the earth at the beginning with Adam and how the same church is still on earth today. The Spirit bore powerful witness as we focused on the priesthood power and that it is here on the earth today. The most amazing part was when we talked about the fact that we can all receive a personal witness that this message is true. Personal revelation from God is one of the most important aspects of the Gospel!

One other thing that happened this week was that we had exchanges with the sisters in Bucharest. We got to go there and learn and grow in how we do the work! It was amazing and I learned so much about how to improve and to find those who have been prepared by God! And it was even that much better because I got to spend the entire day with my very first comp Sora Ebert. It was so cool to be able to work with her again! 

We had about 100000 other miracles and amazing stories this week and my testimony that God truly does guide this work has continued to grow. I love you all and hope that you are doing well! 

Pic 1 SORA EBERT 

pic 2 and 3 Us being us lol

Pic 4 and 5 CLUUUUUJ

LOOOOVE YOU

Week 40- HALFWAY WHAT

 This week I hit my halfway mark and I am kind of in shock because I got here like three days ago. Time moves by so fast and it is crazy because we just have to make the most of it. This week especially just flew by! We have been seeing God's hand working in our lives to bring those who are prepared for the gospel. We went to a members house this week and he wasn't home but we were able to meet with his sweet wife, Any, who is not a member. She talked about her experiences with God and other churches and told us that she doesn't actually know a lot about our religion. She said that she will read the Book of Mormon with her husband and that we could continue to meet up. We also saw God's hand working in the life of one of our English students, Dorina. We haven't talked about the church much with her besides our spiritual thoughts at the class but I guess she is prepared because she invited herself to church this week. It was an amazing experience and she ended up getting pretty emotional during a talk about the Restoration. We have also seen miracles in the lives of our sweet members here. This week the brother of Sora Constantin passed away and we were able to go to his funeral. She was very sad but there was a hope and a joy that she had knowing that although his life here is over God's plan for Him is eternal and that there is more work to do in the next life. The knowledge of Plan of Salvation is a beautiful blessing. I have also been thinking a lot recently of the power of personal revelation. Go read President Nelson's talk from this last confrence. I love you all! Have a great week and remember that God has a plan for you! 

me eating subway for my 9 month mark 

​BE HONEST

us (((:

​throw back to the beginning in honor of halfway 

​LOVE YOU

Week 39- yayayaya

Dear President,

This week was so busy! We had miracle after miracle as we were running from appointment to appointment. We met a girl named Virgi this week and were able to teach her the Restoration. She is 18 years old and has moved here from Moldova. She has leukemia and has been getting treatment here. She is amazing! She has been looking for the truth and is very open. She is so strong and has relied on God a lot throughout her life. We have also worked with our other people this week including Bogdana. We see her progress and also her girls'. They are going to start coming to church once school starts in a couple weeks and they have been reading together from the Book of Mormon for kids. We haven't been able to meet with Malina because she is busy in this time but we have been keeping contact and she has been telling us about her Book of Mormon reading. We have also met again with the friend of the member in Oradea, Adora. She doesn't believe in God and is having a hard time accepting our message but we see the Spirit working in her and softening her heart. We have been working on teaching more in equality and working on getting on studies to be more productive. I realize more and more every day the importance of this work and the impact it has on this country. Sora Broadbear has taught me so much about love and hard work and helping these people and giving our lives up. This branch is growing in faith and love and unity! They all came back from the temple this last week and the Spirit that they brought back was amazing. Salvatore and Aurelia were finally sealed! It is amazing to be here and to witness the miracles that the Lord is working in these lives! I am so grateful for your prayers and support and I know that these miracles are happening because of your prayers and faith. Thank you so so much! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Love Sora James