Week 23- Happy Mother's Day!!

This week was so amazing and such a testimony builder. We had a point this week when we were trying to find people and no one was listening. We had also had a few lessons that had fallen through and some other things come up and I just prayed and told Heavenly Father that I knew that He was there and that this is His work and that we needed His help. From that point on miracles starting happening we were able to meet a lot of really awesome people who had been prepared and were able to set up with a lot of our other investigators. It was a small miracle, but a miracle nonetheless. I know that just when we feel like we can't go on any longer that if we keep moving forward with faith, Heavenly Father will bless us. We can always know that if our will is aligned with God's all things will come together for our good. That was true for me this week and I know that it is true for you. Labor with God and He will labor with you! I know that He is there and that He hears your prayers and that He loves you! I hope that you all have an amazing week and that you see the miracles that happen in your lives, big and small! 

Picture 1: I got to talk to my family this week on skype!! 

Week 22- Ramona a fost botezata!!

Buna prietenii mei! This week was amazing! As always we had many miracles! But the greatest miracle of all was our investigator Ramona got baptized on Saturday! She is the most amazing girl ever and was so prepared. After her baptism she said to us that she felt like she was flying. She is so enthusiastic to share the gospel and is going to be the best member ever! Other than that we have continued to meet people and work with our investigators. We taught Roxana and talked about baptism again. She said that she didn't really understand why it was important but we gave her a chapter to read in the Book of Mormon and we know that as she prays and reads she'll come to understand the importance. Something cool that she told us is that she has been going home after our lessons and telling her grandmother everything we teach her. She said that her grandma is interested and even sneeks into her room at night to read the Book of Mormon. We haven't been able to meet with her grandma yet but we are wanting to meet with them together! We had a lot of really cool experiences on the street and just in being where we need to be exactly when we need to be there. There are so many people prepared for our message here! I know that God loves His children here so much and that He has great plans for them! I love being a missionary and I love being here in Romania!! I love you all and hope you have a great week!!

Picture 1: we went on exchanges last week in Oradea

 Picture 2: our beautiful Cluj!!

 Picture 3: Cartea Lui Mormon and a beautiful flower I found

 Picture 4: me and Ramona

Picture 5: me and my fav book 

Week 21- I have no time!

I'm sorry to say that I have no time and no pictures from this week to send because we forgot our card reader at home. But I want to say that I love you all and I am praying for you and that I know that miracles are possible and will happen in your life! 

Some pictures from the last few weeks. I love Cluj and I love this gospel!

Week 20- Babas, Joy, and Missionary Work

This week was really awesome! (as usual (; ) Honestly being a missionary is the greatest thing in the world. All the time we just share the most amazing news ever that the true church of Jesus Christ is on earth and the fact that we can have a personal relationship with God and He can talk to us and help us know that truth for ourselves. We stop everyone we see and share this message with them. This week we talked to the cutest lady ever. The people here in Romania are just the cutest in the world but especially the old ladies!! Baba means old lady in Romanian. And this week I just went Baba crazy we talked to so many cute old ladies! ​​The people here are just amazing. They will literally give you the clothes off your back. My investigator actually did. She had a beautiful red dress and I made the mistake of complimenting it. She came to church on Sunday with the dress in hand and insisted that I keep it! This week I also had the opportunity to speak in church for the first time in Romanian! I chose to speak about joy! I was so amazing to be able to testify of the amazing joy that God has brought into my life! This week was full of miracles and I would never have time to write them all but just know that I am amazing and that God is blessing me in extraordinary ways every day! 

picture 1: the cutest baba literally ever

picture 2: me and my cute companion (me wearing my investigators dress)

picture 3: me in center of the city

picture 4: other sisters came and visited for zone conference!

love you all!! 

Week 19- Tender mercies and miracles

This week was super amazing! I am loving life in Cluj. The people here are more relaxed and life in general is just most chill. The cool this about that is 1) they all talk slower which is nice for me haha 2) they are more open to talk to random girls they meet on the street about Jesus Christ. We have been able to meet some really open and awesome people in our time already here in Cluj. And have had some really good times! Some of the highlights have been: 

Our lesson with a cute girl named Stefania. We taught her the restoration in a cafe in Center. As we talked to her she told us that she felt that God had guided her life up to this point and that she wants to read the Book of Mormon. It was cool that as we talk her that loud, busy cafe became a holy place.

We met an awesome girl on the street named Roxana. At first she said she wasn't interested but we didn't give up. We started teaching the Restoration and the spirit came and she started to feel the truth of what we were saying. At the end of our conversation she even turned to her friend and said "Did you hear that? The one true church of God is here in Cluj!" 

Bringing groceries to a member who was in need and then finding out that all of the weird random stuff we had grabbed was exactly what she had been telling her husband that they needed. 

Having the direction of God as we talked to people on the streets and searched for less active members in our branch.

Beautiful weather both rain and sunshine! And lots of flowers!!

Basically life is just beautiful and I feel God so close to us helping us and guiding us. I know this church is true and I love this work with all my heart!

Picture 1: Me and the branch presidents kids at their hamsters after church funeral.

Picture 2: I live in the prettiest city

Picture 3: See!

Picture 4: Us in a rainstorm!

Picture 5: And just me

Week 18- Transferred to Cluj!!

Hello everyone!! This has been a crazy week! Friday morning I got a call that I was needed in Cluj and that I needed to leave within 4 hours! I packed my bags and said goodbye to everyone I could and flew across the country! I'm here in Cluj now and I am training the cute Sora Christensen! Her previous companion Sora Robinson got very sick and is in the hospital right now. She has need of all the prayers that she can get. Although I am sad for Sora Robinson I am so excited to start this work here in Cluj! I know that this is where God wants me to be and that He has big plans for this city! The city is beautiful and big but the people are wonderful and I can't wait to get to know them all! I have a testimony that God takes us as we are and works miracles through us. He can take our weaknesses and make them into strengths. He can take us, as small and simple as we are, and make something beautiful. I know that He does that with me here on my mission. I know He does that for the people of Romanian and I know that He can do that for you if you will love Him and put your trust in Him! I love you all so much! Thank you for your prayers and support! Va doresc o saptamana frumoasa! 

Picture 1: Me sharing the gospel with some clown. (Actually he was really cool and said he might come to church)

Picture 2: My new comp!

Picture 3: Cluj!

Week 17- Happy Easter!

This week was super awesome! The weather has gotten so nice and warm and missionary work is even better than ever. It's been so warm here I have even stopped wearing tights. I keep getting weird looks though and lectures from old ladies about how I need to be careful and how I'm going to get sick. Haha people here are really careful about cold weather and staying warm. With spring here, there have been so many people outside and everyone is friendly and willing to talk. Especially this week with Easter everyone is thinking about the Savior and talking about Him. There is a greeting that people use around Easter instead of saying "Hello" on the street they say "Christ was resurrected" and in response you say "true he was resurrected". It is so awesome here how much people love Jesus Christ! This week has been great with our investigators and members! We have been working with Alexandra still and she is just doing amazing! She has such a strong testimony and is working and studying to have an even stronger relationship with Christ! I appreciate your prayers for her and for all the people in Brasov. I love these people so much and I love this gospel! I hope this week is amazing!

This week we got to go to Peles Castle with some sisters from another city and it was amazing!

Week 16- Answers to Prayers

This week has been so amazing! We have been meeting with Alexandra still and this week she finished the Book of Mormon and prayed. Heavenly Father revealed to her that it is true!! I am so happy for her. We had an amazing experience and I feel overjoyed to be a part of this process and to see miracles like this in the lives here! We had so many awesome experiences this week and I am just so grateful to be here. With every day I feel my love grow for the people of Romania and I feel more and more that this is my home and that these are my people. I feel a deeper desire every day to share this gospel with each and every one of them. I know that this is the way to find true happiness and peace and safety and I know that it is my responsibility to share this amazing blessing with them. I love you all and I can feel your prayers blessing me and blessing my people here!

Picture 1:We had a great activity this week with the Young Women where we got to do makeup and nails and then we talked about inner beauty. 

Picture 2: Me and my companion cut her hair together haha!

Picture 3: One from last week because I had no good ones this week!

Week 15- Ioas, Poiana, Brasov

This week was amazing! I got to go to Ioas again for Zone Conference and this time I remembered to take pictures! It was an amazing opportunity to be there and I learned while I was there the power that each and every one of us have to do good. I have already seen so many miracles and lives changed here through Jesus Christ. God has allowed me to be His instrument here and as I turn my life over to Him and as I go forth with faith He allows me to see miracles. I unfortunately have no time again today but I just want to say that Heavenly Father is there and that He loves you and that He wants you to find happiness and peace and that I know that this happiness and peace is found through His restored church on earth. I have a ton of pictures from this week so I hope it makes up for the short email!!

​​​​​​​​​​I also got to go to Poiana this week which is a skii resort in Brasov! Love you all!! 

Week 14- I love Brasov! I love Heavenly Father! I love life!

This week was super amazing again! I love my life here in Brasov! With every passing week I feel more and more that this is my home and that these are my people. We have gotten to the point here that we will run into friends and investigators on the streets and at the store. I love seeing people that I know and love day to day. I feel so at home especially with the members here. We are a family in the Brasov branch! We have been working really hard this week to strengthen Zion here. We have been visiting less active members and meeting new people and just seeing so many miracles! I love you all so much and thank you for your prayers and love! 

Unfortunately I have no time and no pictures hahah so just know that I am happy, healthy, and receiving so many blessings from God!​​ 

Here is an old picture hahah.

Week 13- Goals, Prayers, and Blessings

This week was so amazing and full of miracles. It all started when we set transfer goals as a companionship. We set some really specific, kind of scary number goals. As we were talking about what we could do to reach them, we realized that it would really come down to our faith and prayers. We set these goals and got to work! We have been talking about how specific prayers bring specific blessings and we started praying that we would be blessed with more time to meet new people to share the gospel with and that we would be able to find a family to teach. 

The blessings came immediately! We have had so many more opportunities to talk to people and we have had so many chances to talk to families here in Brasov. Some other awesome blessings that we saw were that we were able to set up to meet with a lot of people whose numbers we had already had. We had one miracle with an investigator that we haven't been able to contact for weeks! We are planning on meeting with her this week to teach her about the Plan of Salvation. We are continuing to pray and pray and work and work. I feel so blessed by God! 

I have learned so far on my mission what a true power and force faith is. When I truly ask God believing that He will bless me He always does. Sometimes not the way that I think it will be but always the way that I need. We have continued to teach Alexandra and she's progressing toward baptism and really starting to understand who Jesus Christ is for her. She told us yesterday that she loves going to church and that there is something good in her heart that she can't quite explain! She is striving every day to keep the Word of Wisdom and is praying about the law of Chastity. The amazing thing about her is that she only wants to do what is right and to find the truth and she is willing to act on what she finds out. She has a sincere heart and real intent! 

We have felt so guided this week in our teaching and finding this week and we know that God has plans for Brasov and for all of Romania! Sometimes it is hard to see that God is there and that He has a plan for us. But I know with all my heart that He truly is. He is our loving Father in Heaven and He is waiting to hear from us and waiting to bless us. Pray to Him in faith and He will answer! I love you all so much! Thank you for your love and support and strength!

The only pictures I have are of the view from our new apartment. It is so beautiful and we feel so blessed!