(((: Fericita si multumita

I dont have a lot of time for emails this week. Also I left my camera in Busteni so i only have pictures from today until i get it back.

 But this week was super good!! We have gone to the Sandu family's house several times and they have continued to progress! We have had a ton of blessings and miracles with them. We had an amazing lesson and we reviewed the Plan of Salvation. It was the first lesson that Tibi (the son) came to and the spirit was really strong! He accepted to be baptized also! His sister, Dalia, couldn't have been happier! She can't wait to be baptized. Her and her mom always talk about baptism and how excited they are. They understand the doctrine so well and have accepted everything! We are still trying to meet up with the father. He is really busy and is still not sure about baptism. We have been really prayerful and thinking of other ways that we can better help them.
We were finally able to meet with Izabela Toth this week. We talked about covenants and watched the prophets talk. We invited her to be baptized but she said she hasn't recieved her answer yet. We really want to meet with the whole family and especially with Fratele Toth now that he is out of the hospital. While he was there he asked his family to bring him the Book of Mormon and as he was reading it he was able to share it also with another man that was there. He asked us for another book so he could give the man a copy!! He is so cool!
We also had the coolest lesson this week with a returning member and his family. He was baptized in Germany and since he has been here no one has reached out to him from the church. He said that he didn't even know there was a church in Brasov. We taught about the restoration of the church and the spirit was so strong! When we taught about the first vision his wife started smiling so big and said that she felt the chills. They really want to come to church but they work every weekend. It's really amazing to see how God has prepared these members they just need a little help to find there way back!
Other than that we have continued to work with our other people and have seen God working in their lives too. I have also been able to reach out to some of the people that I worked with at the beginning of my mission. This week I saw one of the girls that I worked with on the street and she said she wants to come to the church again! Heavenly Father is so good and loving. I love to feel his love for these wonderful people. Thanks for your guys love and prayers! Ready for another week of miracles!

Sora James

Busteni <3333

also me telling a cow to not eat the rock, i also tried to share the restoration with them (they weren't too receptive)

I WANT TO WRITE SO MUCH MORE

This week was amazing. Seriously we saw so many miracles. We are of course super pumped about the Sandu family! They want to be baptized!!! We have planned to go over there almost daily so that we can help them prepare. Sora Sandu has started talking about preparing to send her children in missions. They already call the Church "our church". We had a really cool experience at church this week  with the oldest daughter. We were talking about the spirit and prayer and she raised her hand and asked if she could share something. She then told about the first time we went to their house. She said that there was a peace and calm that they all felt. She said that they had never felt that feeling in their home before. When she said this the Spirit was so strong and bore witness to us all of what she said. We are praying for them and we know that God will work through us to help them be baptized! We really want to make sure that the father and son are there for the lessons, because although they have come to church, they haven't been able to come to the discussions because they are always very busy. We know how important it is so their family to progress toward exaltation together! We also want to do better at involving members in our lessons with them, even though they live further away.
This week we haven't been able to meet with Izabella Toth and her family but we have stayed in contact with her. It has been really hard for her and with her father at the hospital she has had a lot more responsibility around the house and at the farm. She has continued to pray every day but is having a harder time recognizing the spirit. They also haven't been able to come to church because of the situation. I know that everything will work out and that this is a part of God's plan and exactly what they need right now. We will continue to pray and have hope for them.
We also met with Sora Meze and Ramona a few times again this week. We have started My Foundation the self-reliance program and the first few lessons have gone great. Since we met her Sora Meze has really started to work hard and earn money for her family. She looks for work wherever she can find it and it has been a great blessing for her family. They still really want to come to church and have been trying every week but have started to loose hope that they will be able to come ever. We have discussed with the members and have been trying to find other options for them to come. They continue to pray ever night and still read together from the Book of Mormon. They are progressing and we want to help them see the change that God has already made for them in their life.
We are working with a lady named Sora Grigore and she is reading every night from the Book of Mormon. We taught her the Plan of Salvation this week and she was really touched by the fact that her husband (who died a year ago) is learning the same things as her and that he is alive in the spirit world. It is so amazing to see these pure doctrines touch the hearts of those we teach. I love to see the change in their eyes and how their spirits recognize what we are teaching.
We had an amazing miracle this week while we were walking on the street! Sora Aplea is a lady that me and Sora Garrett taught but after the first visit she stopped answering. We went back over and her family told us to not come back again. We were super sad but didn't stop praying for her. This week we met her on the street and she told us that her brothers from her church had said that she wasn't allowed to have us over anymore but the fact that she saw us on the street gave her the strength to invite us over again. She even told us that earlier in that day she had been thinking about us and wanting to see us again. We also had a miracle yesterday while we were knocking houses. We met Iliriana and it was the most amazing at-the-door-lesson I have probably ever had. She is soo prepared and she is going to be baptized! 
We have had too many miracles to write about them all! I am so grateful to be a part of this work of salvation! Have a great week!

Sora James

May 13, 2019 woooohoooo (((((:

This week was really good. Sora Collins and Lowther are awesome. We have been seeing a lot of blessings. This week we had Zone Conference and I really loved it and I got a ton of ideas of how I want to improve my work. I was super inspired by a talk by Elder Bednar about prayer and I really want to change my habit of asking God simply to bless our people that we are working with but instead to ask Him to help me know how I can help them and then be willing to do what He asks me. We have been really blessed this week with the people we are working with and we know that God is really taking care of them. A really amazing miracle happened this weekend with the Sandu family. We hadn't been able to get a hold of them for a while and finally decided to make time to go visit them. We showed up at their house and they we so happy to see us. They said that they had continued to read together and individually from the Book of Mormon and to pray together at night. They admitted that it wasn't daily and that they needed to do better. At the end of our short visit they promised that they would come to church and said they were sorry that they hadn't come. Sora Sandu then said the prayer and asked God to "continue to send the sisters". The next day the whole family came to church! (Sora Sandu, Fratele Sandu, and their four kids) They are the real deal!! They all loved church and the members all loved them. The girls all participated in young womens and the dad and the brother were best buddies right away with Razvan. And Sora Sandu LOVED Relief Society. They talked about missionary work and she was so excited. She showed us Elder Uchtdorf's talk and said "this is what we need to be doing!". At the end of church they asked us when we would be coming over again and asked "So we have church every week at 10, right?" Yes, you do! When we first met them I felt like God has really prepared them and I am so glad that we listened to the prompting to go over again and to keep trying. We have had some trials with the Toth family. Fratele Toth had a really bad accident this last week and is now in the hospital. We think he is going to be okay but it was really scary. Luckily we were there and were able to comfort Izabella and help her while her mom called the ambulance. They have stayed positive and have been praying a lot for him. It has been a big comfort for them. We have continued to work with several families in Sacele and have seen how God has been blessing their lives. We met up with a very sweet family this week and were able to have a great lesson with them. There situation is humble but they have so much faith in God. We also met with Ramona and Sora Meze again this week. They are so amazing! We just need to help them to get to church. This week we went over to their house before church to wake up Ramona and help her come but before we were able to wake her up, her dad sent us away. I have never seen someone who wants to come to church so much and it is so hard for us to see so many things stopping her but we know how strong she is and know that she is going to be able to come. Heavenly Father doesn't ever give us a commandment that we are not able to keep. He is going to prepare a way for her to accomplish what she needs to! Our studies have been going really well and we have been really focused on the needs of each person. I feel like I know these people so well. I have been keeping a new journal that is specifically for the needs of every person we are working with. Each person has their own page and as I recieve inspiration for that specific person I add it to their page. It has been really cool! My testimony has really grown that we need to invest everything into each individual. We should be putting our whole heart into every conversation and every lesson and every person. I think about the fact that Jesus Christ suffered for each individual. I think that's what He asks of us also. Love you all so much. VAAAA PUP

Sora James

ahhhh i love these people

Mother's Day Call!!

This week was really good. I love being with Sora Collins and Sora Lowther and we have already been able to see a lot of blessings and miracles. This week we got to go to Bacau for a conference and President Hettinger talked about gathering scattered Israel from the four corners of Romania and it reminded me of something Sora Lowther said this week. She said, as we were walking through the outskirts of town, that we were going to the edges of the city and that we were speaking to people who had never seen us before and the people who maybe hadn't ever had a chance to hear the restored gospel. We had an amazing lesson with a family out in this area this last week. We met Sora Gandac on a bus and she invited us to her home. We were able to teach her about the restoration. We prayed together and sang together and felt the spirit testify of the truth, especially when we talked about the first vision. She is so humble and so prepared. While we were in the area we were also able to visit someone that we used to teach and although she wasn't interested in learning more we were able to meet a few families that Heavenly Father had prepared and placed in our path. 

We also had another great lesson this week with our sweet Ramona. She is sure that this is her path and she is progressing really well. She really wanted to come to church this Sunday but wasn't able to because of the conference in Bacau. We really want to help them come and to become self-reliant. They are the most amazing people in the world. We also had another great lesson with Izabella! She expressed concerns about authority and still has some questions but we have maintained daily contact and have encouraged her to continue in her process and her search and she has had some amazing things happened! She recognized the spirit speaking to her the first time this week and was so excited to tell us when we called. She has been trying to encourage her family to all pray together and this week they did! She also invited one of her best friends to learn about the gospel with us. She told us that she feels more confident and happier lately and she also said that when we first talked about the spirit's influence she didn't understand but now she finally does! It has been so amazing to see her progress. We also had progress with Adi and Ionela. It was so cool that they made the long trip to Bacau! They still aren't sure about what they want to do but Ionela especially has really been looking for signs and answers. 

We also had a great lesson this week with Sora Bencze through skype. She is really awesome and we're super excited to try to get her involved in the branch even if she is not able to come ever week. Overall a super good week and we really feel great about this next transfer! Please pray for Izabella and Ramona and their families! Love you guys!

Sora James

from the conference in bacau and from our hike today (((: