Week 51- THANKS

This week was super fun and filled with lots of conferences, lots of food, and of course tons of miracles. We had Zone Conference this week and our mission presidents's amazing wife made us Thanksgiving lunch. It was amazing and we all went around the table and said what we are thankful for. We also learned a ton there and have been super pumped about this transfer. We have been seeing God guide us in so many ways and we have been meeting with the coolest people ever. I love you all so much! Thank you for your support and love!! 

Thanksgiving with my family of missionaries and also a cute girl we are meeting with named Elena

Week 49- Prayers are answered!!!!

This week has been really awesome and we have seen a lot of answers to prayers. Specifically in those who came to church on Sunday. This week Sora Peterson has prayed in every prayer that we will have many people come to church. It was amazing to see her prayer directly answered as God blessed us with members and nonmembers that came to church. The nonmembers that came were also miracles! One of them is a young man named Gabriel. He was received as a referral and we went to his house and gave him a Book of Mormon and then asked him to come to church. At church we started talking a little more and he let us know that he really wants to know if this is the truth and if this is God's path. He said "I'm assuming that I'll need to read the Book and then ask God if it is true."  He has a lot of faith and has been searching a lot in his life. We are super excited to start working with him! Another is named Horia. We met him on the street a few days ago and although he seemed interested he didn't want to change numbers or to meet up. But to our surprise just after the opening prayer he came in to sacrament meeting. He had a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon and wants to meet up to discuss more. The members showed so much love and fellow-shipped them both. As Gabriel was leaving Darius bore powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon and what it means in his own life. It was amazing! The members have all been working hard to do missionary work and to support us. We had an amazing member present this week with the one and only Sora Handabuti and I think it made a big difference for Malina. She is doing really great and is still praying to know if the Church is true and if this is her path. She said that she has to make more time to study and to pray and says that she will come to church next week. She says that she wants what we have and that although the doctrines are important that she wants to feel it. We then had the opportunity to testify of the Gift of the Holy Ghost and that she could have what we have.  She is overall doing very well and progressing great. We also had the chance this week to go back to Bogdana's house. We responded to a prompting and we went and visited them this week. We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it was amazing to see all that they had remembered from what we had taught. Especially little Raluca was testifying and making comparisons with acting before knowing and tasting of the fruit. It was beautiful. She also said that she knows God talks to us because she feels a warmth when she prays. (Which she does every day by herself) She really understands the Gospel. She has turned eight now and said she wants to be baptized but we want to keep working with her parents first. We have been continuing to work hard and having been seeing miracles. Including meeting someone in the park who said they want to be baptized, seeing one of our old people we worked with who said she wants to meet again, and meeting amazing people every day who are prepared for this message. Sora Peterson is an amazing missionary and a great companion. Thanks for your prayers and love!

Sora James

no pictures sooorry (We got a picture from a couple missionary in Hungary!) 

Week 48- Transfer 8!!!!

This week was transfers and I get to stay here and finish training Sora Peterson! We have been doing great here in Cluj! I was really sad to find out though that Sora Broadbear is leaving us. She has made such an impact on this city and on me as person. We went on an exchange this week and she taught me so much even though we already served together. I know that she will do miracles in Ploiesti. One of the people we met with was Bogi. She was one of our friends that I worked with with Sora Christiansen. We worked with her a lot and she came back for school now. We had a great lesson about the Plan of Salvation and I was so happy to hear that she is still praying now. She said that she would come back to church and wants to keep meeting with us. It is an amazing blessing to be able to start working with her again! We have also been contacting new people and working with our members. We are really excited because Vasile was called as the Branch Mission Leader. He has such a fire for the work! In his free time he goes to the park and starts conversations with people about our church. (there is actually 5 missionaries here because although he works full time he also is basically a full time missionary too) He was baptized when I first got here in May and has progressed and is one of our really strong members here now. All of the members are really excited about the work. We had an activity yesterday that we all went to the park and contacted with the members. Among the members that came were all three of our recent converts Ramona, Darius, and Vasile. We all gathered together and prayed for the Spirit to be with us. Sora Peterson played the violin and would stop mid-song when she felt a prompting to talk to someone. The rest of us took turns singing and talking and testifying. A special spirit filled that park as we combined our faith and searched for God's elect. It was amazing to hear them testifying and sharing their experiences. We felt their faith grow as they met those who were interested and wanted to know more. After we finished everyone was so excited about the Gospel and sharing the message of the Restoration. The best way to strengthen members is to give them opportunities to share the Gospel. I am so excited to be here for another transfer. I can't wait to see the miracles that God has in store for this branch.

Love, Sora James

a picture from our branch halloween party 

CLUUUUJ

the fab four plus this fab sora from bucharest 

love you all!!