This week was the anniversary of the Union of Romania 100 years ago and my one year mark is coming up this week! LA MULTI ANI! Also we have been crazy busy! We have some amazing people that we have been working with and have seen some great miracles. Something that I have been trying to do recently again is as I am talking to people to see them in their baptismal clothes. It has brought some really amazing miracles! I love the idea of seeing their potential and as I do this I immediately love them more!
This week we had a really good comp study in which we counted the people that we are working with and categorized them by how we had found them. There were different ways including area book, english class, contacting sessions, and referrals, but the majority of our people that we are working with have been found as we travel from place to place and contact by the way. Because of this we have set the goal to pray before we travel anywhere. It is a new goal and we have forgotten a lot. One day we were traveling and we realized that we forgot to pray before leaving so we stopped where we were on the street and prayed that God would guide us to those who needed to be found. As we finished our prayer a beautiful family came around the corner. We talked to them about forever family and asked them if they would like to know how they could stay together forever as a family unit. They answered that they definitely would! We changed numbers and gave us their address and told us they are always free. After the conversation was over Sora Peterson told me how amazing it was that God lead us right to the family that we had been praying to find.
This wasn't the only miracle this week. We have been working a lot with Gabriel and had a couple of really great lessons this week. I have seen the Gospel change him already. His countenance has become brighter as he hears the message of his divine worth and God's love and plan for him. We had an amazing lesson in which we taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was with both Darius and Vasile. It has been so amazing seeing them grow since their baptisms in the light and knowledge of the Gospel. Darius's testimony of baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost really left an impact on Gabriel. It was cool to see the sort of generations there haha. Vasile had been a member present for Darius and had really helped him in the process of becoming involved in the Church and here they both were helping Gabriel. It was sooo cool. Gabriel is going to be one of the miracle stories that you hear.
We have also continued to work with Lorena through skype. She is doing great and has just finished 1 Nephi. She is recognizing the answers that she is getting from God and loves to read and pray. (this is especially amazing because when we first met her she didn't even believe in God) She has been having some really hard challenges that have helped her to realize her need of help from her Heavenly Father.
We were super happy this week about another miracle at church. One of our less active members who turned away from the church came by herself yesterday. As we were planning a Relief Society activity she even took out her phone and scheduled it in. We plan on seeing her sometime in the next few days.
We also had our exchanges this week and I was able to work with Sora Hansen. She is doing really great and is a bold, cheerful, hard worker. She is already an amazing missionary!
Things are going well here in Cluj and the work is really leaping. This is the best place ever and the best time to be here. I am so blessed!
Love, Sora James
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