Sister Hannah James: Week 46- a meeting with an Apostle of the Lord

This week we had a lot going on. It was really great! We have continued to work with Florin and he is progressing really well! He really likes the doctrine of the church and loves church service as well. He has a problem with alcohol and we are planning on addressing that the next time that we meet up but he is truly seeking the truth and he wont give up! We are also still working with Malina. We talked to her this week about baptism and although she feels like it is too early she realized that this is the path that she is on. I love her so much and am so proud of all her progress and her faith. I know that God will continue to bless her.

We have also had some great finding miracles as we have made it a priority to speak to everyone we see. On miracle this week came while we were studying. We were studying together and a girl approached us and told me that we had met on a bus a while ago. I vaguely recognized her but couldn't remember ever meeting but I assumed I would have given her a business card and I asked her if she was able to look at the website. She said yes and that she had some questions. We exchanged numbers and then before she left she stopped and asked each of us how we had come to know that we had chosen the right path. Only after she left did I realize the significance of that conversation. We have since met up and she has committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and continue to meet up. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father allowed us to be there where we needed to be and blessed her with the courage to come talk to us again.

We have continued to work with Ramona and we want to work even more with her. She is the cutest member and comes to church every week!. We also have continued to work with Sora Aurelia Pacurar and we were all very excited this week that she came to church and partook of the sacrament! We will continue to help her to come and to be a strength to the branch. We need her! We also have been talking with the Nistor Family and Fratele Nistor came to church as well! We are excited to meet with him and his wife when she gets back from England next week. Finally we are started to work with Linda. She is the member that we happened to meet on the street while contacting. She is very religious still and reads from the Book of Mormon but she hasn't been fellow shipped or really been asked to come to church. She is very busy (she is a single mom) but we are excited to help her to start coming as well! This city is being blessed by God. We have been blessed and helped in this work this week.

And now finally to the title of the email.... This week we were blessed to meet with Elder Quentin L. Cook. It was a really special experience. There was 50 of us there with an Apostle. As he spoke it was clear that Jesus Christ was speaking through him. The message that I got from that meeting is that God loves His people here in Romania and that He is aware of them and us and that we are enough through Jesus Christ. I also felt the importance of urgency and excitement for the work! I am excited to apply the principles that we learned about teaching, especially that we should focus mainly on the First Vision and the Plan of Salvation as we are teaching. I love this work and I know that it is the work of the Lord. I feel a hastening of the work and I feel so blessed to be a part of it! I hope that you have a wonderful week!

Love, Sora James

pic 1: we also got to see all of our friends because of the meeting and it was awesome